I love it. The first reason I've seen to buy Hero Wars. We could add
even more crappy poetry, like a rendition "I've got a brand new combine
harvester" whenever a member of Orlanth the Farmer meets an Ernaldan
Priestess.
I have a few theories as to why Orlanth has so many aspects:
- Some bored barbarian priest gets into a drunken argument with a
priest or priestess of another religion and they play "My God's bigger
than your God." Whatever power the other priest comes up with, hey up,
Orlanth's had it for years. Of course, this does backfire, as a new
aspect, Orlanth the Flatulent shows after a session with a Trickster.
(you don't want to be on the end of this one's Wind Words).
- Orlanth is jealous of Yelm: "Anything that big Solar poofter can
do..."
- My Wife's theory is that Orlanth is her Dad. He's a general
expert in everything and can always do things better. Barntar comes in
from a hard day in the fields and brings back the harvest. Orlanth sees
him and says "Call that a harvest? When I were a lad we worked far
harder. And there was a war on!"
- All God's do it, Humakt The Pacifist and Basmol The Vegan being
examples.
- It's all a God Learner conspiracy. Before they rolled up, the
Orlanthi worshipped a god called Orlanth that defined their society and
a load of other gods that did specialised bits and pieces. Then the GLs
gave Orlanth a tweek and he suddenly became this general expert in
everything. They did a similar thing with Lhankor Mhy: One day he's
standing on his Law Rock, reciting the wisdom of the ages, the next he's
wearing a jacket with leather patches on the sleeves, building
universities and complaining about the students.
Incidentally, Jane Williams is a God Learner. Vinga didn't exist in my
Glorantha until I saw her web site, what more proof do you need? Beware
of this woman!
Ash