RE: Re: Thunderstone

From: guy hoyle <ghoyle1_at_...>
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 15:30:07 -0500


|Here's something I _don't_ see happening in Glorantha:
|
|Hrolf Swordthane was a famous fighting hero in his time, and I've
|learned his "Leaping Sword" feat from one of his followers. Hrolf was
|famous for throwing his sword at deadly accurasy, a last ditch
|move, but
|one that saved his or a friends lives on occasion. But lately I've
|started wondering... "Since the feat is called "Leaping Sword",
|shouldn't I be able to make the enemies swords leap right out of their
|hands!"

Was that part of Hrolf's legend? If it wasn't (and, since you were the one who made up the feat, I assume you would know), then don't let it. Or give it a big penalty of some kind. It's only a problem if you handle it inconsistently in your own group, or play with a Narrator who doesn't agree with you.

|
|Now I hope even the slowest of you will see where the problem lies. The
|feats are named after something. They refer to feats done by a god or a
|hero. People who learn this feat have to know what they are learning,
|and they are not trivial things, not something you can just decide to
|interpret totally different.

One thing I find very interesting in mythology is that legends and stories change over time and distance. For example, in one version of the death of Baldur, mistletoe is a plant; in another, it's a sword (IIRC). Why should a myth on Glorantha be consistent from one place to another?

This is one aspect of HW that I like very much; I don't see it as a drawback at all. Slow? Maybe I am.

Guy

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