Re: Re: HQ questions

From: Greg Stafford <Greg_at_...>
Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2001 10:37:58 -0700


At 09:35 PM 10/3/2001 -0000, you wrote:
>I guess that that is more than just a slightly different view of
>Gloranthan reality. :-)

Always welcome. YGWV.

>since you are here - have you finalised how the various planes and
>worlds of Glorantha are structured and how heroquesting interacts
>with these places/states of mind/whatever?
I thought that their basic structure was established already: the central world of Now has exclusive links to the three (or four, if Underworld is differentiated) Otherworlds which each have links to the Hero Planes, which are the "mythic ages" of Glorantha. Each Otherworld has its own subdivisions, denizens and cosmic laws, and each is exclusive of the others without any direct links between them. The three true Otherworlds also have a cosmic connection with the Absolute.
The Underworld is not a true Otherworld within this definition of Otherworld. It has links to all of the three Otherworlds.

>Or is it someting you are
>still working on?

I am working to quantify the constants in heroquesting to make it playable in a Hero Wars context. My plan to is to present a sort of HQ Guidebook first to indicate the nature of the Hero Planes where most HQing takes place. This is mostly in the Storm Age/4th action/Artmali Period/Gods Cycle. Golden Age is rare, because actions there usually precipitate the Gods Wars. Darkness Age is rare because it is so dangerous and random (all the worlds are broken in this era, and mixed together). No one goes to the Green Age. HQing to historical events are a special case.



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