> A Trickster who creates a temporary fire makes
> a fire. If you are able to discern the elemental
> (runic) association of it, you will detect Fire.
> A Humakti who creates a Death Sword makes a
> Death Sword. If you are able to discern the
> elemental association of it, you will detect
> Death. A Trickster who creates a Death Sword
> makes a Death Sword. If you are able to discern
> the elemental association of it, you will detect
> Death.
One of the first things I thought of when I read the cult of Eurmal in
Storm Tribe was that behind their mask, these guys were really
powerful. In their unbonded state, they cannot not fit into any one
magical system because they already have transcended all systems.
There are 3 limits that I can think of on their power.
- They are bonded to disorder. They cannot truly apply their own
lessons/experience to themselves. "I must be a trickster, I even
trick myself", they say mournfully before happily trying out their
next powergrab.
- Their lack of bonds makes them even more lonely than any Humakti.
This, and risk of being strung up for any minor offence drives them
into bonding to someone who will protect them. But the bonding
channels their power into the limited, narrow, theistic way.
- Heortlings carefully avoid teaching a known trickster any magic,
'cos by definition, it would be in the wrong hands. This, of course,
is overlooked when there is a really shitty problem and the only
person offering any (superficially) reasonable solution is the
trickster. The nature of their trickster magic makes it appeal, even
to people who know that they know better. "Power, without
responsility". But of course, the community sometimes does benefit
and the trickster rarely does. And the trickster knows this too but
is still driven to try to break this bond.
regards,
Charles