Second (or maybe third thoughts) on Apotheosis....

From: Michael Cule <mikec_at_room3b.demon.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 16:48:52 GMT


A slight modification to my previous position on apotheosis:  

> > Perhaps what forces apotheosis is not the amount of POW/WILL/WHATEVER
> > that you have on the God Plane but the number of people who are treating
> > you as a god. That is the number of people who have taken up your path
> > in imitation of you and are using the Rune Magic or whatever you have
> > brought back.
> >
> > Hmm.. Yearly chance of apotheosis =(Number of Initiates) - Hero's POW %

I think I would alter that so that the (Number of Initiates) bit is replaced by (Number of Initiate Rings/Circles) making each yearly graduation class of new initiates the decider rather than the individual initiate. This makes the apotheosis slower but just as certain UNLESS the Hero decides (as IMG Sir Ethilrist and Cragspider decide) to keep the number of Initiate Rings low and not to go above the critical number. They would not be able to admit new Initiates until all of an old Ring had perished. (Easier to do in Sir E's case: all he has to do is order an unnecessary charge...)

I think I should point out that I'm making the Initiate Circle mythically identical with the HeroQuesting Ring that formed the Hero's Myth in the first place so that the pressure comes from the number of Rings the Hero is tied to including the original one.

V.S.Greene he say:

> I kinda like that! (in a "Pinky" voice)Oooh, wait, noo, what about
> the Pharaoh? Other than that, It works great and I'd use some varient of that
> myself.

See my earlier postings for the way the Pharaoh cheats, getting himself a nice new and untied down soul every few years....

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