Mixed traditions

From: Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_bigfoot.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 11:45:22 +1300


Simon Hibbs:

Me>>There are several _mixed_ traditions according to the God
>>Learner scheme of which the two most significant are the
>>Kralori and the Orlanthi. While the Kralori (Mysticism/Animism)
>>could be considered to be enlightened and thus support your
>>proposal that bypassing the differences is an illuminated
>>power, I do not think the same could be said about the
>>Orlanthi (Theism/Animism).

>I do not mean initiates learning some spirit magic, what I'm
>talking about is full blown priests, with reusable divine
>magic (if you're using RQ)

But I'm not talking about RQ, I'm talking about Gloranthan magic systems and the Orlanthi Priests do embody a mixed tradition - they are not pure theists. Thus to say that to draw upon more than one of the four magic traditions is an illuminated power is wrong.

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