Steve Lieb wrote:
>
> "gian gero" <gianger-_at_...> wrote:
> > >(BTW, anyone notice that with HW we'll have to change our language?
> > >When you "roll up" an HW character, you're not 'rolling' anything...)
> > That's part of the miracles of the new millennium (for those of you
> who
> > think that we have already entered the third one...).
>
> Anal-retentivo delenda est! :)
Indeed. It was the Third Age of Mankind, the year the laxitives fell upon us all...
> > The issue of the Iron Sword: I assume Steve means that it is a
> non-enchanted
> > (RQ3) iron sword which reduces the effetcs of magic. We usually have
> > enchanted Iron in Glorantha, so this is no ordinary (even if more
> cheapy)
> > "magic sword" at all!
>
> Actually it was Iron from a stone that fell from the sky that behaved
> like normal Iron in RQ (-% to any nearby magic per ENC) but the other
> curious property was that it simply ignored magic, and was likewise
> ignored. So for example the character was teleported with all his
> equipment...oops, no sword.
Heh. Been There. Done That. Got a draft...
> Likewise, that magical "wall of force" simply didn't exist, and neither
> did any magic bonuses to armor. Of course, it wouldn't accept as a
> focus for bladesharp or anything either.
> It did apparently have the chance on a critical to short-circuit magic,
> since once it not only ignored a magical wall, it took it down (but
> then got so hot I had to drop it (4 hp directly to my arm)). But that
> may have been a one-time plot device by the DM, I never found out.
Interesting. And that can be reflected by a 'Magic Cutting Sword' trait that starts off low and works its way higher as you spend points on it and/or get better at using it.
> > >Devotees go to temple everyday and spend 4-5 hours in prayer or
> service
Not QUITE. See below.
> > This is awful! 4-5 hours a day in prayer is something that I doubt
> even the
> > Pope (in RW) would enjoy!
>
> OR SERVICE ... i.e. for Humakt, that's killing people :)
>
Or guarding caravans....
or raiding...
or guarding the stead....
or Playing Humakt In Clan Rituals...
or teaching the young clansmen and women to fight with swords...
or stealing cattle (okay, maybe not)
Jeff
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