> Clearly this is not a dull and uninteresting set-up, but is it as much
> fun as the Previous Version (for lack of a better name)? IMO, no. Consider
> the LARP Life of Moonson. Had it been set up according to these new ideas
> (new to us, anyway) interesting things would likely still have been going on.
> Roan-Ur and his supporters would, I suspect, have been one of these rebel
> groups you're describing, attempting to put, as it were, a Black Emperor on
> the throne to replace the Red one. Other characters would have been
> attempting to gain influence over the newly revealed Moonson, as well as to
> put down this rebellion and ensure the real guy got onto the throne.
I guess one question is: if (say) Roan-Ur had succeeded in becoming Lunar Emperor, would he become the Red Emperor? (I'm sure this task is easiest for the "real" Red Emperor).
I do like MOB's interpretation of this, and hopefully the final writeup can have enough ambiguity to support both the old and new views.
David Dunham <mailto:dunham_at_pensee.com> Glorantha/RQ page: <http://www.pensee.com/dunham/glorantha.html> Imagination is more important than knowledge. -- Albert Einstein
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