>The thread is: do Gloranthans (human
>Gloranthans)reason and act and live basically like RW
>humans (with a wide range of emotional and
>psychological behaviors, as in the RW, but also with a
>basic mortal mold that limits their performance), or
>are they alien beings that just incidentally are
>called humans (as in most RPGs) but that can (due to
>the nature of Glorantha) and usually will become gods,
>demons, monsters, uz, killers and generally display an
>extreme sensibility which finds no equal in the real
>world ???
Both. I generally portray transformations into gods etc in terms of human traits and motivations taken to the extremes. That way their actions are still tangible to the rest of us.
>If the first issue is true, then:
>Even Red Emperors get to deal with everyday activities;
Well, he drinks a lot and has wild parties. That's his human side taken to extremes.
--Peter Metcalfe
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