Gods

From: Steven E. Barnes <akuma_at_best.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 23:12:56 -0800

> From: Robert McArthur <mcarthur_at_fit.qut.edu.au>
>
> The God gives more power when they can trust that the worshipper is
> not going to do something with the power that the God dosen't like. There is
> no other reason for all of the 90% in ___ or speak ____ otherwise - everyone
> could be a rune priest/hero/whatever whenever they wanted without referent
> to the god. Therefore the Gods do not (fully) trust their worshippers.

Having 90% on a bunch of skills does not prove loyalty. These requirements are part of the section "Convincing the Examiners", in which cash donations also increase your chance of acceptance.

Clearly, these "requirements" are imposed by high ranking human worshippers, who control access to the cults secrets. A cynical view of Glorantha might be that the "god" has no control over who gets to become a rune lord!

(In my interpretation, the true requirement for becoming a rune lord is being "like your god"; the list of skills is a crude approximation of this)

> > Does Humakt know what every sword in the world is being used for? No.
>
> Well, I can't see any reason why he *shouldn't*. MGF comes from whether he'll
> tell you anything ;-)

In a campaign I was in, a heroquester obtained from Humakt, a book in which he had recorded all battles ever fought. It was rather large, and difficult to carry out of Hell...

• -steve

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