> In Glorantha, genetics doesn't play the same
> role it does in our world. Mutation is chaos (to some extent - at least
>that's how I
> believe it's viewed)
While I agree Gloranthan genetics isn't identical to ours (there's no doubt a strong Lamarckian component), I don't think mutation = Chaos. There are plenty of excuses for chance, even negative chance. You could blame Luck, Fate, or Disorder.
Tim Ellis wrote
> Sandy suggests that the being with the most
> knowledge in Glorantha is probably Cragspider but "The problem is that
> she is a Mistress Race Troll who is half Black Widow Spider"
This is how she's portrayed in the computer game.
Which Robin Laws will be bringing to Convulsion -- though without a machine to run it on. Anyone who has a Power Macintosh or Pentium (Windows 95/98) laptop with at least 20 MB of RAM who wants to see the game should bring their computer.
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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