Please Simon, I'm only creating a shorthand for the problem. If you really want me to describe the problem every time it comes up I will. It's just that it reminds me of how some supreme court justicies in the US look at the constitution, and as such seemed an apt label. But if you feel offended by the label somehow, I'll do what I can to describe you instead...
>What myths of Orlanth's strength do we have? Ok probably not an
>awful lot in official print, but as with any other feat we can
>come up with a list of the feats of strength our clan knows
>Orlanth performed, and go from there. Uses of the ability that
>match these known mythic feats get a 14 resistance. other uses
>either get an apropriateness modifier, or are 'difficult magic',
>or however you prefer to handle it.
So, if Orlanth's Strength is used appropriately against another animate character then they should use 14? That seems to be contradictory to what some others are saying. That is, there doesn't seem to be a consensus here as to whether or not you'd use the mundane resistance against the character with the magic ability if it's an "appropriate" use of the magic.
In any case, what you're saying here is exactly my option 3 from before. I've never said it doesn't work.
>We know this is how it's supposed to work in Glorantha. The myths
>give feats which people use to bring magic into th world. I real
>don't see what's Mike thinks is so horribly wrong, 'narrow' even,
>about wanting to do that in the game.
Nothing wrong at all. But your posts seem to imply something other than mythic thinking. That is, I can't see how debating over the meaning of the term obstacle is going to get someone any closer to the meaning of the myth that the title of the ability refers to.
Mike
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