Re: The Glorantha Digest V7 #241

From: Bob Stancliff <stanclif_at_ufl.edu>
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 17:28:26 -0500


> Alex wrote;
> Honest David Dunham writes, doubtless before selling someone a used
chariot:
> > I don't think you'll find Issaries
> > merchants using false weights or passing bad coins.
>
> No, of course not. If one's found out, it means one wasn't a very good
> cheat...

        If RW merchants devoutly worshipped a god of Communication and Harmony, don't you think there would be a lot less graft and corruption in business?

        Lying violates Communication and theft violates Harmony... IMO. Not that Communication equates to Truth, but it should support accurate statements.
> ------------------------------

> David Dunham:
> > (Of course, the example of Glorantha
> > shows that the separation isn't as rigid as the rules, though I do
> > remember that one of the crimes of the God Learners was supposedly
> > that they broke the RQ3 rules and use all three sorts of magic.)
>
> Alex.
> In Glorantha at least (I don't know I want to blame them for RQ3
> entirely) another of the GL crimes is having made that rule up in the
> first place. (Whether that makes their subsequently breaking better
> or worse or not is a moral nuance I'll ignore...)

        Please... implying that the godslearners made the game rules is at least a violation of causality. They did try to determine the true nature of the world and how everything works, which is the necessary function of rules and background material, but that level of knowledge is effectively impossible for a character within the game world, and yet, it is essential for the person running the game world.
Stancliff


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