Re: Mermen are on fire?

From: Ian Gorlick <ian_gorlick_at_sympatico.ca>
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 14:21:00 -0400

I'd say that it is possible for mermen to use magical fire under water, however such abilities would be very rare and expensive given the antipathy of water for fire. Few mermen would have any fire rune connection, and fewer still would have the power to summon up fire beneath the sea.

I think it far more likely that they would trade with surface dwellers for metal or ceramic goods that require fire-processing. This also provides greater scope for adventure and interaction with the merfolk.

glorantha-request_at_rpglist.org wrote:
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 07:58:23 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Gianfranco Geroldi <giangero_at_yahoo.com>
> Subject: Mermen are on fire!
> To: glorantha_at_rpglist.org
> Reply-To: glorantha_at_rpglist.org
>
> Andrew wrote (many days ago):
> A thought occurs to me - mermen would find it pretty
> hard to use fire
> to
> forge weapons, but if they work with rune-metal maybe
> they don't need
> to.=
>
> Besides, I was reasoning that in RW there are quite a
> few known phenomena (like lava or caustic lime) which
> actually seem like fire, working even without oxygen
> or underwater.
>
> Since in Glorantha fire is not a product of oxydation,
> like in RW, the more is possible that mermen know a
> number of ways to handle submarine "fire", maybe using
> magic. But as Greg has stated the difference between
> real fire and magical fire in Glorantha is related to
> its ignition and not to its effects/appearance.
>
> So, in the end, probably mermen _know, use and
> produce_ fire!!
>
> Ciao,
> Gian
>

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