I have absolutely no idea what that means. Something Japanese?
> It is entirely possible to view it as a connection to the Gods, rather
> than the Runes, but the accompanying text in the sidebar about the Runes
> being awakened in your soul and the description earlier about the runes
> defining/reflecting your personality and such make it seem not. Note,
> however, that in order to get stronger powers, they follow the paths of
> the gods, becoming more and more in tune (and even restricted in the
> case of feats) in their behaviours. So you can see both trends going on.
>
Yes, and it seems to me that it's the gods that should be emphasised.
(If anyone emphasises the primal powers, its probably
wizards/sorcerers). As I say, the runic system seems a good one to me,
but, now that you point it out, some of its implications need reigning
in a bit.
> The implication (I don't think it is explicit) is also that this link to
> the runes is through the Godworld, even at the "common
> magic"/non-initiate level (although whether that's true for people who
> link to the spirit rune is a bit unclear), so there is that as well.
>
That doesn't strike me as terribly meaningful (although it's undoubtedly true). But that's a YGWV area, I suspect.
> Trotsky wrote:
> >
> > That's interesting. To me it seems that the Heortlings should be the
> > other way round - that they are more tied to the gods than to the
> > relatively impersonal primal powers. I happen to like the Rune Affinity
> > system as well, but yours is the first good argument I've heard against
> > it. And not one that had occurred to me, I must say. I may have to think
> > more about this...
>
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