I hope this is helpful:
Thus the divine magic comes from within the individual, as if it was within him. Its beings are huge, being gods and goddesses. The power is something you are.
Spirit magic comes from beings who are smaller and more personal than the gods. The spirit, often in a power item, is something you have.
Essence magic comes from understanding the abstract secrets of the world. It is something that you know. It manifests from the abstract as a spell, a discharge of energy to change the world.
Copied, needless to say, from
http://www.glorantha.com/support/primal_worlds.html
IMO, theistic and essence based magic could be available to a captured (severed) head. Of course, if the donor had his animistic power items at the time of decapitation, the Atyari head doctor may have access to those.
How many Thanatar worshippers are there in Teshnos? :)
A question to the wise.... (That's not a qualification anyone has to stick to)...
Are people making up their own myths for the chaotic religions? Are we just using old cult write-ups and converting magics? What is the general feeling on how to HQize chaos?
Inquiring mind(s) wish to know :)
M
-----Original Message-----
On Behalf Of Mike Dawson
Sent: 06 March 2006 15:47
To: HeroQuest-RPG_at_yahoogroups.com
Subject: Thanatari stealing Spirit Magic?
Hey there,
A last minute thought before my PCs interrupt almost every Thanatari in
Teshnos at a ritual
to Consume the Mind of the Highest Priest of Somash Endi Varo:
What's your opinion on whether Atyari can Consume Spirit Magics? How about
the spirits
associated with a victim of Head Taking?
Paraphrasing Greg (I searched for the quote in back messages and the digest
and can't find
it) he said something like "god magic is something you are, sorcery is
something you know,
and spirit magic is something you have" makes me think that the first time
the head master
called up a spirit using the new head, the spirit would go "Yuck! this
wasn't part of my deal.
I'm out of here!"
Thoughts?
Mike Dawson
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