Me>>I don't think so. IMO There is a great deal of difference between
>>postulating a cult variant in a different region (which BTW hardly
>>qualifies as changing the rules) and postulating that members of a
>>well-known cult in a defined region have some ability that overcomes
>>a intentional deficiency in the published rules
>The key words (or in this case, abbreviations) here are "IMO".
>Apparantly, in the earlier poster's (Brian Fantome?) opinion there
>isn't much difference.
I put in IMO because I find it useful for several people to be aware of the fact that I am speaking for myself only, not because other people 'Apparantly' think differently. If you have a problem with that or with what I said above, then say so and explain why rather than point out that another poster thinks differently.
>Also, your version of Malia does require some rules changes.
>The requirements for non-broo voluntary initiates have to be changed so
>that they are no longer carriers, the Disease Master's (or whatever
>thy're called now) allied spirit/fetch can no longer be a Disease spirit,
These has *not* changed! I have said time and time again that IMO the spirits are made inactive (look at LoT) and are made so by special techniques. Given Malia Aprophasos a new spell to effect this change is not a change in the roolz anymore than giving a Malkioni Sect a new sorcery spell.
>and Malia's "spirit of reprisal" , which consists of turning the
>shaman's body into a binding enchantment for all his disease spirits
>which then wander about a 1km radius circle attacking everyone in it
>must be changed.
Did I ever say this was changed for the new cult? No! Then why do you say I did? For the record, I think it will be *unchanged*. *Think* about it.
>Again, there is nothing wrong with changing the rules, it's just when
>you say that someone else isn't allowed to do the same thing to, say,
>Chalana Arroy, that you're wrong.
I didn't say he wasn't allowed to do so. It is my opinion, that if they could do so, it would have been in the roolz as it is a very useful technique and all that. The inability of CA to provide any prior protection against disease is an _intentional_ defect just like her geas against killing. There may be a cult of CA somewhere which may provide prior protection against disease but it is not a _general_ ability (and doesn't exist in Central Genertela IMO).
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