They could even still _be_ animists, and simply sacrificing to the "foreign gods" by (gasp) misapplied worship. Key question is, did their _practices_ change (and if so how much), or simply their notional object?
> Collective idols are technically kind of guardian beings.
Now that makes sense. This would suggest to me that the "entity" (ignoring for now whether it's a spirit or a 'god' (daimon)) would be not so much "something you get magic from" as "something you ask (nicely) to do magic for you".
Or to get briefly "take it to hw-rules, punk!", you might have a Relationship to such a being, rather than an Affinity from it...
> I think there can be individual relations to idols too. Our fisherman wants
> some specific feat. He's gifting the priest properly, paying him a beer now
> and then, and with help from his family and the priest does some ritual
> preparation. There comes the yearly Big Fish Rites. Our fisherman meets the
> Fisherman Hero in person there on the Godplane and makes a bargain with him.
> Now he can use an an extra feat from the fishing idol (Kill Sharks with
> Teeth). In return, he must obey some extra taboos vis-a-vis to the idol,
> thus showing he pays it more attention.
Yep, works for me. Stand alone feat/integrated talent -- rules-wise, it's the same thing (give or take the odd Misapplication...).
> >The idol shares its self with what, though? That _is_ the self of the
> >idol? I'm not especially gripped by this as an account of what's
> >going on.
>
> You're right, that was silly. The people probably give food to their idols,
> satisfy their whims, and in some clans even dress them like Barbie dolls
*disturbed shudder*
> all things that are direct sacrifice.
All lesser/ritual sacrifice, yes.
End of The Glorantha Digest V8 #589
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