Stephen Martin
(Voriof)
> Given that the Orlanthi started out as shepherds rather than farmers (or
> so I gather), the lack of importance of Voriof does seem strange. I think
> this is a cultural reflection of the myths about Varnaval, the original
> Shepherd God from whom Voriof learned his ways.
This is a new name to me (or at least one that does not spring to mind). Does this indicate that I've not adequately committed _KoS_ to wetware, or is it from some other arcana?
Pam Carlson:
(Witches and wise men)
> That seems to me to be largely a western sterotype (in the RW), and one I
> reject as universal in Glorantha - particularly for the Heortlings.
If the general run of Orlanthi traits don't scream out as a melange of north-western European cultures, I don't know what does. In that case, I think we are doomed to talk past each other.
> I view it like science. The old theory has been disproven. Get over it
> and get on with new theories.
Rather, new data were discovered, as, for example confirmation of one of the significant "discoveries" of our c1981 _Borderlands_ campaign, that Orlanth was Sartar's "Church of England".
> Don't worry - I didn't like it at first, either. (Heck, years ago I
played
> a cheerfully deranged BG who challenged Humakti for fun!) But once I saw
> how much more opportunity for campaign depth the new material offered, I
> was hooked!
I think we may find our depths in different directions.
Nick Brooke:
> Nice work on the potatoes, BTW!
I don't know. I get malicious and tricksterous, and that's the bit that I get a good word for.
Better than nowt, I suppose.
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