As much as I agree with Jaimie's main point (that the population demographic
in G is the same basically as the Real World(tm) Middle Ages; that the
magic (positive) and lethality (negative)effects cancel out) I *have* to
dispute this.
There is no way herbal remedies (say 20% effective) plus the placebo effect
(say 10-20% effective) equal heal 6 (100% reattach your arm). That's my
point.
In the real world healing remedies are *partially* effective, but the world
is much less lethal. In Glorantha healing is real, magic is real, the Gods
are real (and grant serious power to their worshippers), but then again, in
Glorantha the boogeyman is real too - and will kick your butt and eat you
(or worse).
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>Old age has many mythological connections, so healing magic
>probably becomes less effective in Glorantha unless the recipient has an
>exceptional will to live.
Well, we all have seen how older people - the really really old ones, I mean, start to look a little "transparent". A visible analogue of a spiritual effect.
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>major distinctions we make world creation harder than it needs to be.
100% agree. The principal is to keep RL and G in parallel except where necessary. For example, I've never seen any works referring to them, but I bet there are all the typical earthly subfauna - rabbits, squirrels, worms, gophers, etc. - in Glorantha, but they never get discussed because they fall "under the radar" so to speak.
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