....
> Assuming the cleaner is literate enough to recognise
> which
> bit of paper is a record of the ritual as opposed to
> the laundry bill.
Basic literacy comes as standard in the Lunar Empire, remember. The cleaner probably won't understand the ritual, but he'll have a pretty good idea what it is. And someone at the bottom end of the scale is more likely to have grudges and lower loyalty... then again, this could be someone who's always believed in the Purity of the Lunar Way (we are all us, etc) and is now rather shocked by seeing the reality in action (crucifixions, the Bat).
> >True - so the grain in question is whichever one
> the
> >PC in the campaign specialises in. Kallyr won't
> care
> >which grain gets used, it'll be whichever one she
> can get the ritualist for.
>
> That'll be how she thinks - I don't think it's
> actually true.
Nor do I :)
> We know that the Godlearners goddess switch
> caused
> crop failure because the grain didn't grow in the
> different
> area. This is probably one of the arguments being
> used against Kallyr.
If that's generally known about in Glorantha as well as in RL, yes. Though if she's got backing from the Esrolian Grandmothers, they can be quite specific about what grains to try or not to try, and may even be supplying the Earth expertise.
> Looking at it in game terms the PC priestess isn't
> the
> only possibility for Kallyr - there should be an NPC
> one as well.
Yes, true. Is it more fun to have that be a local, or an Esrolian who thinks she's really important, do you think?
> Then the PC has to decide how far to push things
> before Kallyr goes off and gets someone more
> co-operative to do it.
Yes....
> Or maybe they gang up on Kallyr and get
> her to do it their way.
Now that's a scene I'd love to see.
> >> Otherwise she'd have got Ernaldesta to do it.
> >
> >Maybe.... she's the wrong aspect, really, but with
> >magic even stronger than Kallyr's, she could have a
> >go.
>
> She was probably the first person to tell Kallyr
> that she didn't know enough to try.
I'm sure of it.
> Just as Kallyr can swap
> from Vinga Vangarth to Vinga Dar Ernaldesta could
> swap to Esra.
That wasn't a trivial swap, you know, and I don't think swapping to Esra would be, either. Ern could take the role, but an expert would do the job far better - what would you give her, -10 improv modifier?
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