newbie questions

From: Martin Crim <mcrim_at_erols.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1996 10:17:30 -0400 (EDT)


I sent this once already, but it seems to have disappeared into the aether:
>1) I'm trying to run a Gloranthan campaign by post. Has anyone tried
>anything similar and would like to comment?

No, but I'd be glad to play or offer technical assistance if you want.

>2) Swenstown. One (possibly two) of my players is about to visit the place
>(game year=1597). What is there to know about it beyond what is said in King
>of Sartar? In particular, is it documented as having (or not having) a
>Lhankor Mhy temple?

Nothing ofishul is in print. Have at it. There's a LM temple if you want one.

>3) I've read most of the debate on Lhankor Mhy literacy, but one point
>remains unclear. The clan Loremasters: presumably they're L.M. initiates?

Yeah, but remember they don't have a monopoly on lore.

>How are they tested, assuming they're not literate? I can see that the
>incumbent Loremaster for their clan could adminster the test (assuming the
>subject they go for mastery in is Clan Law/Lore), but what if the previous
>is dead? Does that clan just lose its Lore, or did it somehow get written
>down, or what? And wouldn't the incumbent be suspected of favoritism to
>his/her own apprentice, anyway?

My feeling is that the tests are pro forma, if they occur at all. Yes, there's favoritism, the same favoritism the king shows to his eldest son or the farmer to his.

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