> There are definately Basmoli, who came from there in the first place - and
> ... The Heroes Hykim cult write-up says there arer many Hsunchen tribes
I admit to forgetting about the Basmoli, but I haven't really seen much evidence that they exist in present-day Pamaltela. (Of course, if they live in Tarien, that could explain it, though one unpublished source doesn't mention them.)
I think I missed Pamaltelan hsunchen because they're not mentioned in the Pamaltelan sources, only elsewhere.
Mr Tines defended his bored temple guardians. Mr Tines is clearly not a Seattle Farmer -- in our games, you'd be insane if you took a productive member of society and made them unproductive (really, temples don't get attacked very often, and that assumes you have a temple in the first place, which is also something of a luxury). You'd much rather support Granny, who has useful knowledge, than an unruly teenager.
Of course, prosperous Esrolia might be a bit different, but I don't think that's really the area under discussion. And even there, you'd have dedicated guards, not kids you somehow managed to get to swear their lives [donate POW] to taking arbitrary vengeance.
And my complaints evaporate if they're not initiates, because then it's not a permanent thing. Making someone carry a heavy axe for a week is a reasonable punishment. Making them become a devotee of a bloody goddess is not, because that lasts a lifetime.
David Dunham <mailto:dunham_at_pensee.com> Glorantha/RQ page: <http://www.pensee.com/dunham/glorantha.html> Imagination is more important than knowledge. -- Albert Einstein
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