Truth or Dare

From: Erik Sieurin <BV9521_at_utb.hb.se>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 14:38:49 +0100


First, about coins:
> I suppose it depends on what one wants in their Glorantha. Still,
> there's some appeal in some smith in Sartar taking in Lunars, melting them
> down, and then minting Free Sartar Pennies. Hmm, with slogans in
> Stormspeech....

Excellent protection against the Lunar chaos-coins, inscribed with horrible phrases which will _illuminate_ you if you read them... (this rumour may be true or false according to the referee's opinion).

> Jane WIlliams notes:
>... what about
> >those enchantments with conditions about "will only work for one of my
> >descendants". How does the enchantment know?
My take: people who are related to each other have similar souls; they look alike. I think most things which have happened to a person can be seen from his or her "aura"; it is like a record of his or her life (past lifes?).

There OUGHT to be a LM spell which tells the caster if two people are related, and how (same bloodline, same clan, same tribe...). But not too common, because it makes paternity suits and trouble over wills less fun.

> >Trickster vs LM? Which do you think? LM hasn't a chance, I'm afraid.
>
> Trickster is extremely *important*, but he's hardly omnipotent. He's
> the butt of at least half of the stories about him. A clever or lucky
> person can routinely win against Trickster.
Making hilarious and disastrous mistakes is what makes playing a Trickster so difficult (well, one of the many things). From my campaign:

PCs have a feud with a trickster. They are in Pavis. The Trickster has the special habit of stealing the most prized possessions of his enemies - they've already recovered the Humaktis' swords once.

They receive a letter from a friend containing information about the trickster. The letter is carried by an errand-boy. While reading the letter, the player remembers that this particular trickster also can shift his shape so he appears as another man entirely.

Player: I'll eye the errand boy suspiciously (eyes GM suspiciously) and check if my sword is still there.
GM (as trickster changed into errand boy, seeing the suspicion in the face of his mark): "Hey, stupid, do your really think I would try something  like that when you do not know it is me, blowing my cover like that?" Silence.
Both players: "Unsheathes my weapon!"
GM (as trickster changed into errand boy): "OOOOPS!"

Seriously, if an undetectable lie spell and a detect truth spell clash, I'd say both are canceled and the participants just have their wits. Which means trickster will certainly loose, because he will use the Lie spell only if he wants to tell a lie nobody would believe otherwise.

And finally: Is Ikadz the deity of executioners as well as torturers? The acts are usually performed by the same people. BTW, liked Loren's job on I the Nice One.

"The Owl and the Pussycat went to sea, in a beautiful pea-green boat..."
>From "The Owl and the Pussycat" by Edward Lear

Erik Sieurin
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