Warhammer, associtate cults

From: Hasni Mubarak <richo_at_epix.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 18:57:51 -0400


>From: "Jane Williams" <janewill_at_mail.nildram.co.uk>
>Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 22:48:11 +0000
>Subject: Re: Shamen, Basmoli, accents, etc.

>> The folks at games workshop
>> (Warhammer, Bloodbowl, etc) more or less say that highelves live on an
>> island out in the ocean, which can be interpreted to mean they equal
>> brits in their universe, but who knows.
>Since the folks at Games Workshop ARE Brits, this seems unlikely. I think
>you'll find they're equating this Elven island with Tir Na Nog (how
>spel?), the mythical island of eternal youth out in the western ocean:
>you know, that one that doesn't end. You could give their elves an
>American accent if you like, but really the place is too recently
>discovered to have a spot in the mythology.

Well, it appeared that they intentionally put the Dark Elves in Amercica, so I thought that they were making a statement about Americans and Brits. Anyhow, enough about Warhammer, right?

>Alex...

> I can see some merit in having an "Orlanthi Lay Member" status; I can't
> see why they ought to have access to scads of rune magic. My approach
> would be to look at the magic available to an Actual Orlanth Initiate
> (or Ernalda, for those on the Generic Female Path) in the particular
> location (and remember, this will be _no_ Common Divine Magic in most
> places, according to the temple size "guidelines"), and conduct a
> sharp Dutch Auction from there. If most are going to become "real
> initiates" at 20 or so, this shouldn't be an overly harsh restriction.
>

You had some very good points that I need to think about, and yes, I agree that somebody will need to sit down and decide how the whole associate thing works.

The reason I suggested that the "non-aligned Orlanthi" (Is that better than lay member?) be more effecient than initiates of associate cults is two fold. One, why would you bother becoming a "Non-aligned Orlanthi" when you had the same impact and bennies from joining Orlanth A? And two, shouldn't a dedication to one god water down your worship of antother?

I suppose I WANT people to join cults other than Orlanth, and I want communities to be able to support priesthoods that seem ridiculous to maintain at the present rate.

Now, Orlanth has a billion and one associate cults, but how about Lahnkor Mhy? If he only has a couple, then I suppose he gets most of his support from real initiates and Orlanthi associates. Likewise, he would not have to go help out Mastakos, for instance. I don't think I like the idea that Orlanth A. might have DIFFERENT associate cults from Orlanth Rex. As I see it, either you're a friend of Orlanth or not. However, I really like the idea that some associates are more "friendly" than others. i.e. Different subcults might be more compatable with other cults, funnel mps better, etc. Nice idea. (Of course, I also wanted to make this as simple as possible. I suppose there can allways be different options.)

Oh, and this will be my official "Are their any RuneQuesters in the Harrisburg/State College PA areas?" message.

Thanks.

Rich


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