I rather like this idea, not least because it makes resurrection so much more difficult. I think I'd probably be a bit more lenient, say by allowing people who 'represent' the Lightbringers to stand in rather than having to find the full set of initiates. A traveller for Issaries, an outsider for Trickster, that sort of thing. I think this is how Orlanthi clan councils tend to work, from my reading of KoS, and it doesn't make things so hard for the PCs if they need to use this spell. Although admittedly trying to find someone related to the deceased could be awkward for many parties, and many travellers (for instance) _will_ be Issaries initiates anyway.
I'd add that the LBQ wouldn't apply to non-Orlanthi resurrection. I'd guess the Lunars use some form of the Red Goddess' quest, since this is also about death and rebirth. So you'd need representatives of the Seven Mothers instead of the LBs. Again, IMO representative people would do, e.g. a young innocent for Teelo Norri, rather than actually having to find an orphanage (a bit of a bummer if you're outside the Empire, where you are, in fact more likely to need resurrection).
Hugh McVicker again:
<< I've noticed this attitude(BG=destruction & man hating) around and was
wondering the basis of it. There are several cults (Maran Gor, Gorgama)
which I would have thought already filled that role. I always thought
BG's role was that of temple protection and anti-oath breakers which
sounds more like cops than reavers to me. >>
I seem to recall that BG was pretty violent mythically, and went around slaughtering almost everything in sight until Trickster got her to drunk to stand. Presumably she calmed down after this, but I guess that could be where the BG=destruction comes from. Mythic correspondance or not, I agree that Babs cultists are more like cops than rampaging nutters. Largely because they wouldn't get very far if they were. They're an important part of society in Esrolia, aren't they? I'm not even sure that Maran Gor is particularly man-hating, although she certainly preaches feminine independence and is pretty destructive when riled. Gorgorma is a different matter, although living (hiding?) in stratified Dara Happan society presumably puts a curb on her most cultists' most violent inclinations, if only for the sake of self-preservation.
David Cake:
<<Basmoli, for example, living in areas with no native lions at all. >>
Do they? I thought there were Praxian desert lions. Or are you referring to some other Basmoli inhabited area I've forgotten?
<< an orca follows its mother around until one or the other dies, and never leaves its mother >>
And an orca pod consists of a single male and a harem of three to four females (plus sub-adults of both sexes), which is hardly matriarchal either.
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Trotsky
End of Glorantha Digest V4 #377
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