OiD refers to Kallyr as 'never wedded nor bedded' since she took the
vow to free Sartar. So presumably Vingans are part of the circle of
life so to speak. Queen Boudicca had daughters and she was the
archtypical warrior queen was she not?
Regards
Rob
wrote:
> Jane
>
> >RQ Vingans had the blessing of infertility granted by Ernalda,
and tied
> >to the "Camphire" (aka henna) used to dye their hair.
>
> Actually, there was no such thing as a RQ Vingan, since no
> information about the cult was published back then. (In my
PenDragon
> Pass game, Vingan characters got to roll on the yearly childbirth
> table.)
>
> I would probably adopt a general-purpose rule, that you'd use
> Death-related stuff of a Humakti or Vingan as an automatic
negative
> augment on their ability to become/make pregnant.
>
> >I think the "how Vinga became a warrior" myth that made it into
HQ was based
> >on one of Dave Dunham's, with some tweaks
>
> Into Storm Tribe. My myth was based on an Irish one...
>
> > > severe iatrogenesis of the birthing process.
> >
> >Severe what????
>
> Iatrogenic diseases are those you get by going to the hospital.
They
> are, after all, places full of sick people.
>
>
> Stephen
>
> >It's also curious that 'Aid Contraception' is a part of the 'Bless
> >Mothers' affinity, since the whole point of contraception is to
avoid
> >becoming a mother... maybe the magic only works on people who've
>
> In our world, when you provide people with contraceptives, birth
rate
> typically increases. People are able to space kids out so that
more
> survive. (In Gloranthan terms, who would want to have a kid during
> the Disaster Year or the Big Winter, when they'll almost certainly
> starve to death, if indeed you as a mother can stay healthy enough
to
> have a healthy baby?)
> --
>
> David Dunham
> Glorantha/HQ/RQ page: http://www.pensee.com/dunham/glorantha.html
> Imagination is more important than knowledge. -- Albert Einstein