On Saturday, April 19, 2003, at 10:15 PM, Peter Metcalfe wrote:
> At 05:01 AM 4/20/03 +0000, you wrote:
>
>> So, how IS one god MECHANICALLY more powerful than another in HQ?
>> Seems to me
>> the answer is "because the Narrator knows who's tougher." Anyone got
>> a better
>> answer?
>
> Maximum intensity of effects? Small Gods 1W3, Big Gods 1W6 and Great
> Gods
> 1W9? So a thunderbolt by Yavor Lightning can only be a maximum of 1W3
> while
> a storm voice using the powers of Orlanth Thunderous can only still a
> whirlwind
> with a maximum of 1W6.
See, IMG (not that I actually have a G of my own yet), the Hero Wars are now. A no-name weaponthane from some out-of-the-way clan, devotee of Yavor Lightning, can (and perhaps will) use a 1W9 thunderbolt. By the end of this hypothetical saga, Yavor will be a major aspect of Orlanth, or perhaps even be revealed to be a wholly distinct entity in his own right, earning the worship of far more Heortlings than he did before. Perhaps Yavor is the one who slays Shepelkirt.
Basically, heroes (IMG) will have no limit on their powers, regardless of the source of those powers. Gods will not be mechanically more powerful than each other, at least as far as granted powers go. (Hm. Heroes as the means by which weaker gods can leverage their powers to compete with greater gods?)
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