RE: Immortals vs. 'Heroes'

From: Jane Williams <janewilliams20_at_...>
Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 22:15:15 +0100

Me:
> >How does the number of followers affect any of this? AFAIK
> "community
> >support" only applies to HQs. So I'd say that it affects
> these "Heroes"'
> >ability to do stuff on other planes, and it therefore
> affects the sort of
> >abilities they can gain by HQing. But while on the mundane,
> they've got what
> >they've got, and having thousands of followers doesn't
> affect their own
> >abilities as such. Yes, having an army to back you up can
> help in fights or
> >in intimidation, but AFAIK only in the same way as it does
> for anyone else.
> >The difference is one of scale, not of type.

 Donald:
> I don't follow this logic. Why is getting community support of an army
> in a battle any different from getting community support for a HQ?

Well, partly because I worded it rather badly, and partly because you snipped the question I was answering. Let's put it back in.

> How does the number of their followers
> affect their personal abilities or the amount of magic they can offer? ..

With reference to "Heroes" who may be heading towards immortality etc. but aren't there yet.

So the army in a battle may well be useful, but is nothing to do with the level of their personal abilities. A HQ to help them gain new abilities, though, can be made easier by having community support, and so indirectly, having lots of followers will mean that they have higher abilities.