Re: HeroQuesting

From: Nick Brooke <nick_at_etyries.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 18:32:00 +0100


Graham quotes me:

> Nick Brooke once wonderfully commented to me that the seven
> mothers had "realised" the link between the ancient moon=20
> goddesses and the future Rufelza, by which he meant "had
> made real" the link...

Or, as Yanafal Tarnils once said on the eve of battle: "We have made our myth. Tomorrow, let us make history."

> Myth is a living, changing, evolving beast. No point looking
> for a static original - it changes everytime you interact
> with it, albiet slowly.

HeisenbergoQuesting?

> through the power of the heroquest you can discover=20
> new myths, new twists on existing myths, and special=20
> exceptions to old rules.

You can also apply old solutions to new problems (perhaps a special case = of
"new twists on existing myths"); or, of course (as Jane notes), seek to = gain
*exactly* the same thing from your heroquest as was gained by the first person/deity who performed it. (Though without any guarantee whatsoever = that
this will happen, of course).

Cheers, Nick

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