All -
Jane and Stephen observe that there are some strong occupational divisions
between normal Heortling men and women:
>>* But he can't make pottery using the Bless New Kiln,
*>>* Colour Glaze, or Pattern Firing feats. ...
*>>* Or rather he can do all these things, if he
*>>* initiates to Nandan first.
*>Exactly. And it seems from the current Nandan
>description that if he does that, "he" is now "she",
>and his wife may object. Which seems to me to be going
>too far. Easy enough to modify the social effects
>in-game, of course, or to use the usual "everything
>has local variation" to cover it, but there seems to
>be a middle line that's gone missing somewhere.
Actually gang, I think this is right. Orlanth does not provide men with any
pottery making magic - that's women's magic (presumably with all sorts of
Asrelia connotations). As a result, pottery making is a woman's occupation
for most Heortlings (unless there is some local variation). And that's ok.
The Heortlings are not modern Westerners who believe men and women are
largely interchangeable.
Jeff