At 6:35 PM 4/6/96, Timothy Byrd wrote:
>Brett Evill writes:
> > > > I'm thinking that Argrath at the battle of Milrain (in KoS) had
> > > > a hundred Teshnans (courtesy of Harstar) who knew how to
> > > > immolate themselves and did so scaring the bejesus out of the
> > > > Lunars.
> > >
> > > Like that Human Torch comic book superhero? Body of fire and all
> > > that?
> >
> > Gary Gygax notwithstanding, 'immolate' means 'kill as a sacrifice'
> > or 'sacrifice'. It has nothing to do with becoming enveloped in
> > flame.
>
>So you are saying that these Teshnans were a suicide squad? (Shades
>of Monty Python!)
:)
I'm suggesting that a lot of RPG notables follow Gary Gygax in misusing the
word 'immolate'.
Brett Evill
<b.evill_at_tyndale.apana.org.au>
"Decay is inherent in all composite things.
Work strenuously for your own salvation."
End of Glorantha Digest V2 #621
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