Re: Lunar Chaos Figthing Cult

From: drscience3000 <dr.dave.00_at_sbcglobal.net>
Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2013 19:27:27 -0000

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> --- In WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com, "drscience3000" <dr.dave.00@> wrote:
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> > I once came across a cult that existed to oppose unhealed chaos. (and control the excesses of chaos?) But I can't remember the name? (Erin? Edgin?)
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> The Irin School in Under the Red Moon. Not all that great IMO as its militant antichaotic ethos conflicts with the Lunar Way and there's very little effort made to explore the contradiction. As it is, it's rather bland. It could be developed into something fantastic but there's the sense of "why make the effort?"
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Well, now that I have the right spelling, I can actually find the write-up again. Thanks!

For my group, we didn't find much contradiction with the Lunar way. Lunars are against "unhealed" chaos. After all, they find Thanatar and Malia to be "evil" just like everyone else. It may have been easier for us because we were in the middle of stopping a Thanatari plot to infiltrate Carmanian succession when an Erin hero offered us a special skill. So we already had chaos that was "OK" (the Lunar magic that has chaos) and chaos that we "bad" (the Thanatari).

But I agree the write-up in the book is pretty sparse. Maybe more of something to develop yourself than something you can use as is.

In any case, in the end what we have struggled with is finding a good definition of what is "healed" chaos and what is "unhealed" chaos. We even had a small civil conflict where the two side started throwing charges that the other side was using unhealed chaos. In the end, I personally decided a good starting point was whether you got the power from a Lunar god. You can assume a Lunar god wouldn't give you chaos if Natha hadn't healed it. Conversely, if you get chaos from any other source, then Natha hasn't had chance to heal it.