Re: Godlearners

From: kmnellist_at_...
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 15:03:34 EST


I
me:
<< >FWIW I am working out a Magic Keyword for an order of Godlearner Theomancers
>who specialise in stealing Pagan magic through Misapplied Veneration - most
>of their Grimoires are catalogues of Pagan practices ->>

Peter Metcalfe:
<< I don't think that is what they did.>>

I wasn't meaning to implyi that that was all they did. Just this particular bunch of sorcerer-scientists.  

 <<        "Cleverly exploiting the similarities and differences
          in all that they found,>>

This would include, IMO, finding and cataloguing similarities and differences - and as a possible side effect, learning/exploiting their powers , albeit inefficiently.

<< [the God Learners] created

          grandiose devices or magical spells, they wove the four
          modes of magic into one etheric cloth of powers and
          energies which seemed to envelop the cosmos."
                          Glorantha: Intro p32>>

I don't think this rules out my little order.  

<< So instead of having spells, powers, talents or feats, they either  had a fusion of all four, or had developed a mindset that allowed  them to use all four types of magic.>>

Surely though, they used sorcery as their starting point. The ruthless, callous and immoral pillaging of Nature (and theist and great spirit entities) came afte rthey worked out how to use them. Iwould think only a few godlearners did the really high level universe changing. Perhaps a cult/order secret.

<< That's not the whole of the story of what they did however which  really belongs in a discussion about advanced heroquesting.>>

Certainly, the godlearners were good at advanced heroquesting, I presume that is where they got most of their special powers, grandiose effects etc from .

I certainly didn't plan to have this little order and imply that that was how ALL of godlearning was done. The godlearner did big things that changed everything, but I do not think they were a huge cohesive organisation, and probably included more sects and secret orders than modern day Safelster.

Keith

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