In response to Peter Micheals:
Well, seeing as the other Seattle David has gone walkabout I think that I'll have to step in and seal the breach. As a caveat, I only play in David's Ralios campaign so my understanding is not as good as his. He will be able to do a much better job when he gets back (and we can play again - withdrawal symptoms are beginning to show ;).
Firstly Issaries is _not_ a trading god in Ralios. That function is filled by Doskior (the river god) as most trade in Orlanthi Ralios is river borne. Issaries serves the functions of communication travel and I believe that the create market spell is more a "create moot" spell whereas pathwatch is useful for travelers in general. I think that the bargain has less to do with trading than with "dickering for position" and status, etc that is so important amoung the Ralian Orlanthi.
Another difference is that Urox is not the smelly, drunken chaos killing cult that it is in Dragon Pass and Prax (although drink is still appreciated ;). Rather he is the god of beserks in general (the divine rage) and his worshipers are (often) well respected warriors. Urox is respected as the slayer of the devil, but due to the general lack of chaos this is not a huge part of the cult. That said old rune lords do sometimes make a pilgramige over high Llama pass and never come back. Which is why these strange red people who said that they came over the pass are so supicious...
I did very much like your take on the Eurmali and as they have not played much of a role in the campaign thus far... Indeed in the intitation quest I believe that a trickster played somewhat of an analogous role to what you are suggesting (but I was not there for that so I can't be sure).
On a related note: Did anyone play in David Dunham's Bemuri game down under? I'd like to hear what you though of it if anyone whould like to share their thoughts. Da Bull!!
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