David Cake:
>
> The Doraddi have always been animist, but in the RQ days the
> animists always seemed to be somewhat theist - being equipped with gods and
> divine magic and all.
> Actually, there are lots of Doraddi magicians who practice
> devotional magic, not shamanic magic, and would look quite a lot like
> divine magic users from a rules perspective* - even though they are animist
> from a philosophical perspective. The most important are the Clever Men,
> and they correspond to the old RQ3 Acolytes of Pamalt. They are very
> important, they are the tribal elders and guardians of lore.
>
> * technically,they are practicing Adoration, in gregs terminology, I think.
> They attempt to incarnate the god into their own lives. They are in a way
> attempting to Integrate a spirit that is far too large be integrated. They
> do not offer regular sacrifices as a part of worship, like the theists.
I assume that animists originally didn't try integration
with great spirits/gods since they are as you say too
large and thus too dangerous. However, after interaction
with theist people, the animists could learn techniques to
deal with these entities - still within their own paradigm.
Nils Weinander
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