Re: Odaylan Beast Charms

From: Gavain Sweetman <gavain.sweetman_at_...>
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 16:02:37 +0000 (GMT)

>> Sarah

Currenly snowed in here in Odayla's Camp in the Storm Realm (aka Lower Normandy), I'm just finishing up converting PCs from HQ1 to HQ2. One of them is an Odaylan initiate, and while the conversion looks great, I'm a little confused

about how to gain Beast Charms. p280 of the Companion says 'worshippers may receive Beast Charms from kolatings if they succeed in special sacred hunts', whereas p281 says Odaylans can breathe in a prey animal's last breath in a special ritual using the Air rune and bind it into a special magical item called

a Beast Charm.

Are these both true? If so, I'm not clear why any Odaylan would bother with the former, unless the latter ritual s very hard. If the former is true, can this be

any old kolating, or does it have to be a spirit society member or even shaman?
>>

I would say that they are two parts of the same ritual, but poorly explained. If you look at ST p150 it looks clearer.

"Many hunting quests involve a ritual agreement between an Odaylan and a kolating shaman. If the Odaylan succeeds in the quest, he breathes in the prey animal’s last breath in a special ritual. He then returns to the kolating, who takes the breath from him and binds it into a special fetish called a Beast Charm."

So the Odaylan breathes in the last breath and then needs a kolating to bind it into a charm. I guess you get to decide if that is one contest or two, depending on what is interesting for your game.

Gavain