> > I might require something like 5 levels of mastery in at least 3
> > abilities as being the recognition, given the default power level
> > of the game.
>
> Er: so Harrek the Berserk has just four levels of mastery in his best
> abilities (HW p.118), but every Rune Lord has five? That sounds just plain
> wrong to me.
Then Harrek would need just one more ability with mastery.
Sorry, my proposal was to have 5 total masteries, not 1w5.
Jonas
> The Narrator _did_ let me take Lightning Spear and Shield of Arran as
> teeny-tiny subcults with just the single feat each, though. He even
> agreed with me that these should be raised according to normal ability
> costs, not as affinites. So he's not all bad. :-)
Well, that's certainly how they should be increased. (I don't remember if subcults so small have time requirements.)
> what motivation could a Shaman have for
> offering the 'wrong' kind of worship to a being that he encounters on the
> spirit plane? The other examples of misapplied worship mentioned in the
> book all seem to basically be cases of mistaken identity, but that is
> obviously not what goes on in a spirit cult. Everybody involved knows
> that these are spirits, not gods.
All I can think of is that it may be more efficient in other ways -- sacrifice a quick sheep rather than engage in a lengthy escstatic drumming, or perhaps it's easier for an entire group to sacrifice than to worship animistically.
Or the spirit is too big to integrate, and too big to capture. Perhaps the *spirit* suggests a sacrifice.
> if a Praxian shaman
> sacrifices to Thunder Bird, why doesn't he sacrifice to Waha? Or does he?
Waha has tons of helper spirits he can provide. Thunder Bird doesn't, but is too large to integrate.
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