> I'm about halfway through the ILH1, and I have a question regarding
> the appearance of the Red Moon, and its effects on Lunar magic.
>
> ILH1, on p. 9, says "... the Moon is visible as an orb whose surface
> color changes from red to black to red again in a weekly cycle. ...
> The available power on which a worshipper can draw is determined by
> the perceived phase of the Moon, which varies depending on where he is
> in Glorantha."
>
> When I read this, I envision a Moon which is red on one side and black
> on the other, and which rotates weekly.
This is not the case. In fact, the Moon has a satellite, called Destix, which radiates Darkness on one half of the Moon and projects the perceived blackness onto one half, and completes its orbit over the course of each seven day period AKA "week" ;-).
> Thus, when someone in the
> Oronin satrapy (to the northwest) sees a red Moon, someone in the
> Kostaddi satrapy (to the southeast) would see black.
This is correct. :-)
> An observer in
> Glamour would look up and see a moon half red and half black, with the
> division between the halves running roughly southwest-northeast.
This isn't necessarily the case, although logic would suggest it.
An observer in Glamour is under the influence of transcendental forces that may (or may not) skew his perceptions.
> Similarly, a Lunar outside the Glowline to the northwest would get a
> red Moon bonus to her magic use, while one outside the Glowline to the
> southeast (say, in Pavis) would get a black Moon penalty.
>
> Is this how other folk envision the Moon?
As far as this detail is concerned, yes.
> (The other vision of the Moon might be one that would be all red, or
> all black, at the same time, regardless of the observer's location.
> In some ways I like this idea more, though it's a little more
> "magical" and less grounded in 21st-century reality and thus a little
> harder to fully wrap my brain around.)
There is a possibility that this is indeed the case inside the Silver Shadow. Can anyone clarify this ?
> On a related note, how big does (your campaign's version of) the Moon
> appear to be?
Just about as big as the Sun ... :-)
Does it appear larger the closer one gets to it ?
I would think so, but do the mechanisms of Gloranthan perception skew this too ?
> (I have a hazy recollection of reading that it appears to be lower in
> the sky the farther one gets from Glamour, until it's at the horizon
> when one reaches the Glowline.
That was indeed stated at one point, but AFAIK it's been gregged.
Julian Lord
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