Re: Illusion Rune and Entertainers

From: Nick Eden <nick_at_uBkd2kluTjfeZAd1cFAk4Ctnv_q_HfoXH1J8-HX2dZhEkOm2SgghmR9QP1VPeBN6G9nrpLL>
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:46:17 +0100

There was I think mention in the section about character's runes not matching their gods that an entertainer might have Illusion. I've never really been all that sold on the connection. It's old Glorantha though, think back to the Puppeteers in White Bear Red Moon.

I've always liked the idea of a Talesin like bard who knows just too much, embodying Harmony-Truth.

On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 9:27 PM, Benedict Adamson < yahoo_at_Fumyb5cS9s9m9tAFXixGotsXunfYX_cuAeHX_i0lAJB5hfw9EF-meuHFzm8rZ1AywJsc6xJdrustCmSh9R11q3QFuSNU80s.yahoo.invalid> wrote:

> Traditionally, the Illusion rune has been taken to apply to
> entertainers, a connection I've come to think was rather strained in
> many cases. Why not the Life or Harmony runes, for making people happy?
> Or the Magic rune to transporting people to a different world? A case
> could be made for acting being Illusion, but music and painting?
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> The (Tentacles draft of the) Sartar: Kingdom of Heroes book provides
> short descriptions of the core runes. The description for the Illusion
> rune does not mention entertainers of any kind.
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> Does that omission indicate a change in thinking? Or is it just the
> constraint of word-count?
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