Re: [WorldofGlorantha] Re: Is Argrath a theist or an animist?

From: Pete Darby <pete.darby_at_UUdbg-pUfPJhttfW9Boiq5WJC22mR1sS7NVoBVENyVoKsgce2y9Oqx9W--ge3nVSU>
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:23:27 +0100


"Let's get old Ridcully in, the old duffer hasn't held a decent post for years..."

Or, wait, are you saying that George W Bush (or a Gloranthan analogue) is Argrath? Which would make Dick Cheney Minaryth purple...


>
> Donald:
> > As for Argrath being good, exactly what is he supposed to be good
> > at? Given that we can't be sure that anything that's attributed
> > to him was actually done by him. I know he is supposed to be the
> > true Orlanthi hero which would make him a theist with a best
> > ability of something like "Lead Orlanthi" AKA "Herd Cats". If that
> > isn't true then he could be anything.
>
> There is a tendency (in RPG's at least) to imagine that those major
> figures are going to be really really good at stuff, most particularly
> at the stuff which their organization (for want of a better term) is
> good at. We know, though, that the leaders of many RW organizations are
> not very good at the nitty gritty business of their organization but are
> good at at least one thing: getting to the top of an organization.
>
> I personally like the idea that the leader of a warband is a crap
> fighter, the leader of a magical organization doesn't know one end of
> his wand from another (as it were). In a place as diverse as Glorantha,
> there mucst be a large space open for the person who, by being a
> generalist, can hold discourse with various factions.
>
> Just my half penny.
>
> Sam.
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