Re: Classification of divine powers

From: jeffkyer <jakyer_at_...>
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 13:27:54 -0000

> Jeff said:
>
> <Orlanth is not the god of storm. He IS storm.He
> <holds some of the greater principles of the universe - but really
<he IS
> that principle.
> <To have a certain amount of control over all the weather in
<Glorantha is
> about a 10w9 - which is the power of a greater god.
>
> COOL!
> That is exactly the kind of information,that i have waited for.Do
you think
> you can write a text like this, for other divine ratings
(W4,5,6,7,8,9,10) as
> well?!!
> What about some gods from our world,like mercury/hermes(who was a
lesser god,
> i think) or mars,venus or jupiter ?!

Sigh. Probably not. If you check the HeroWars rules you might find a semi-useful table about divine power.

10w3 is the amount of difficulty neded to get into the godplane/spiritplane/sorceryworld. 10w6 is the difficulty needed to contact a 'big god' and 10w9 is to contact a greater god.

Greater gods are unknowable, which is why we have aspects and subcults. We can only see one facet of the whole.

> I had this idea, that W4 is demonic.A being with greater powers
than humans
> but not a god.Also the rating for demigods like hercules ?

There's a section on semil-divine offspring that Greg wrote. However, I think you are perhaps too insistent of putting things into lists and spectra and catalogs...

> Or we could do it in order,what kind of gods do we know and what
are they
> like.There are gods in a pantheon and supergods that rule
alone,there are
> saints and demons and angels....I always wondered what Cthulhu
might be in
> HW....
>
> Christian

...a different game system entirely, I think. I am not sure CoC works all that well in HW.

Jeff