Re: Ancient cults

From: Jonas Schiött <jonas.schiott_at_...>
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 10:22:56 +0100


Jeff Kyer:

>Most men do NOT worship Orlanthcarl. They worship Durev the
>Steadholder.
>
>Those who are heavily into the specialist farmer/ploughman thing tend
>to worship Barntar.

Look at the Farmer keyword on p.162: Barntar is "Unusual Magic", and while Durev is among the common cults, Orlanthcarl gets the boldface font, indicating that's the default.

>As was stated in TR, many of Orlanth's offices and jobs were passed on
>to more capable sons when they grew up and surpassed their father.
>Barntar ploughman being a classic one. Odayla the hunter being
>another.

Hunter keyword, page 165: Odayla is Unusual, Ormalaya is the default.

Essentially, what you're saying is that page 217 is right and all the keywords and numerous comments elsewhere in the book are wrong - like having Ormalaya as an Occupational Cult on p.216, the Allfather initiates description on p.230...

I'm not saying your opinion is necessarily wrong, it's just not supported by the text. If you're right, then a good deal of the text needs a rewrite.

Unless all the keywords etc. are only meant for players who only have access to Thunder Rebels, and will be supplanted by new keywords in Storm Tribe. ;-)



Jonas Schiött
Göteborg

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