> I was thinking too en RW lay-monks (benedictins, for example) that
> are not priest.
If you mean the lay brothers of the community, sure, they'd be farmers. Actual monks came predominantly from the middle and upper classes (at least in England), and I'd expect them to be wizards in Seshnela.
> And in nuns also, because I think women can't be
> Wizards in rokari Church as a general rule.
Yes, Rokari nuns are an interesting issue.
> >If Malkion could marry and have kids, its difficult to argue that
> >procreation is a bad thing for religious leaders, since we all know
> >that Malkion was perfect in every way - and he's clearly a religious
> >leader!
>
> Yes, marriage and children are good (Malkion did it), so wizards can
> marry. A Wizard is the son of a wizard, not the seventh son of a
> seventh son ;-) That's my opinion at this time ;-)
>
> But malkioni religion is about sacrifice (Malkion did it); sacrifice
> is different for different people. So, there are some wizards, and
> some religious orders that has chastity votes for a lot of reasons
> (there are also people who fast, etc). If you belong to the Order X
> you can't marry. Of course, this is a excuse for using medieval-
> inspired plots based in celibacy in the game without losing very-
> hereditary castes ;-)
Yes, I'd agree with that.
> I like the idea of cloistered nuns and the very-holy Father General
Personally, I detest the idea, and it certainly has no validity in my Glorantha, but YMMV and my view isn't necessarily the official one.
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