Re: Mixed vs. misapplied

From: Roderick Robertson <rjremr_at_...>
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 09:06:04 -0800

>I just wanted to re-iterate that mixed worship (e.g. we worship both

> gods and spirits) is distinct from misapplied and has no penalties.
> People who do not concentrate their magic can worship many different
> entities, in their correct manner (i.e. not misapplied). Only
> concentration on one magic system prevents this.

Quite right.

And concentration is relatively rare among the 99.999% of Gloranthans that *aren't* Player Heroes. Unfortunately, our exemplar culture (The Heortlings) are rather more single-system than others in Glorantha. But they still worship and celebrate the animist Kolat as part of the pantheon.

Misapplied worship is actually relatively common - e.g. the Aeolians and the Sword Man practice. Since Misapplied Worship really doesn't penalize a non-concentratee, there is no reason for a non-concentratee to worship a being in the manner to which he (not It) is accustomed. So a Praxian non-concentratee will worship all Spirits, Gods and Essences with (misapplied) animistic ecstatic rituals. Only Magic specialists (and Player Heroes) will worry that "Sword Man is a God, not a spirit, and must be worshipped with Sacrifice!"

RR
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