> Conversely Heortlings don't share our western fear of mortality,
> they know that after death they will go to Orlanth's or Ernalda's
> halls until they are ready to be reborn. Their equivelent fear is
> being destroyed utterly by chaos.
An excellent point, indeed. But would that apply to someone who dies on the initiation quest itself?
> I think Esrolian women are really shocked that their sisters in
> Heortland mostly rely on a single husband/protector.
I think much the same here.
> What I see happening is that the clan women chose a few men from
> the clan to play the parts of Orlanth and the Thunder Brothers
> in the HQ without telling them what's actually going on. These
> are older married men who can be relied on to follow their role
> and keep their mouth shut.
> It's not so much about choosing a particular husband, which is
> later, but social conditioning in what a good husband is like.
That's in interesting view. The ones who show up in the initiation are the Orlanthi all examples of what a good husband is like. I can see that. I'd probably use it.
Jane Williams on Magic
> This may be one for the rules list - but I've always
> assumed that any feat *can* be cast on anyone else.
Same here. You can mess around with difficulty/situational modifiers (and probably should in certain cases) but I've always assumed virtually all magic can be cast outwards.
> I tend to assume touch range, and cooperation of
> receiving party, myself.
I'm not sure I'd even put that limitation in for all cases, myself.
LC
Powered by hypermail