I've just come back from my holidays, not that it's too relevant, I just want to gloat... :)
On Friday, October 13, 2000 12:55 PM, Thom Baguley
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>
> Very interesting! I'm using Bruce Ferrie's initiation myth. The final stage
> involves the child alone to face a ritual enemy. The rescue quest involves
> a mythlet of my own devising - wherein Vinga rescues a child snatched by
> evil spirits (either chaos or darkness depending on the versions you have
> heard). The goal of the quest is to rescue a lost child, so technically it
> might work ... (but who'd be stupid enough to try a hero quest at such
> short notice ... my players!).
>
I think it's importnat to think about what the Rakstani are trying to achieve. Are they:
If it goes to tribal moot, in case 1, they could argue that they were just
trying to recover a runaway child and argue that this is a private matter for
her kin.
The other situations are more likely to start a feud or lead to a bunch of
outlawings to teach everyone a lesson. In fact, case 3 could be regarded as
kin-strife. Unless you can convince the lawspeakers that, by running away to
another, the girl has severed her relationship to her kin. This would be pretty
tough, IMO, unless the girl had run away to initiate to Humakt, say, or to a
completely foreign or enemy cult.
Whatever they do, it's bound to anger the cult of Vinga, especially if the PC Vingan kicks up a stink about it.
Regards,
Bruce
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