Gets an inspiration from Sandy's post
>Right! What I'm getting at after some additional thought is this,
>if we go with Peter's idea (as I'm much inclined to do) that the
>land of the dead used to be accessible and now isn't, will the
>blesings of the dead emperors fade. Will the laws start to fall
>apart? Will the language be babelized?
And then runs smack into:
Me>> I assume people can still reach the land of the dead through
>> worship and mystic voyages
>OK, I assumed stricter, that the heroquest path is closed as
>well.
To resolve apparent contradictions between my and Sandy's PoVs, mystic voyages (of the Kralori sort) are difficult. For example, Yao Fune had to meditate in a desert for three years before he was granted a vision of how to raise the sunken lands. And even then most people don't believe him.
'Can you show us the signature of the Most Wise and August Sage to prove that what you say is true? No? I thought as much. Run along now...'
Dave Black:
>Lately I've been feeling uneasy about my understanding of the difference
>between Spirit Magic and Divine. Aren't the spirits supposed to dwell in
>the Underworld whereas the Gods dwell on the God Plane?
Spirits live in the spirit world which is a portion of the Other Side. The God Plane is also part of the Other Side. But some gods are known in places as big spirits and vice versa, so it's really a matter of cultural perception.
>Why then should Divine Magic practitioners have any Spirit Magics at all?
The spirit magic of a divine magician is really a portion of the god that moves in the magician. Shamanic magic is similar save that the whole of the spell spirit moves in the shaman.
>On the other hand Daka Fal is clearly concerned with Spirits and yet is
>considered Divine?
He's not divine. He's the ultimate ancestor who is so powerful that worship is necessary to reach him.
Richard Ohlson:
>Is there a convenient way to go from apple lane to river of cradles?
If you had Borderlands and Pinfeather survived the raid on Gringle's
Pawnshop then the players could hunt him down and end up in the Zola
Fel.
Failing that have an important personage receive a divination that the recent misfortunes (caused by the PCs stuffing up) can be resolved by offering weregild to the Karandoli clan which was presumed extinct but now fled to the River of Cradles.
>Specifically, should I more or less insist on a Zola Fel initiate how just
>"happens" to be in Apple Lane with the rest of the normal, Orlanthi
>types?
An initiate of a river god can change his god without any problems if he moves to another river. So if a PC was a fisher who worshipped the River then he would be accepted into the Zola Fel with open arms if he moved there.
>On another note, any ideas on where I could get a copy of Griffin
>Mountain/Island?
Get down on your knees and pray?
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