Merlin Cox wrote:
>
> These are both Glorantha questions as much as rules questions:
>
> Minor magical healing can be done by certain weak spirits and sorcerous
> spells, but what about for theists? Is it something that almost every
> initiate can do, or limited to obviously applicable affinities, or based
> on subtler or cultural factors, or what? I don't remember what Greg
> Stafford's said specifically about this.
My own take on it is to let a player improvise it based on an appropriate affinity. Depending on how 'appropriate' it is -- (protection is very appropriate, combat less so) I impose the usual Improvisation penalty (usually -10). If they are a devotee, they can then learn the feat as per regular rules by spending 1 HP.
> Augmentation attempts backfire more often than simply fail. Is this how
> Glorantha is, or was it just felt that it wasn't worth making an
> exception to the simple contest mechanic? The obvious alternative is for
> a marginal defeat to result in no effect.
I will often just let it be 'no effect, No Further Minor Healing' be possible. Or we let other folks augment the healer with their own abilities and affinities. Or we use healing herbs and medicinal alchol (more the latter than the former)
One person in our group has 'tough' which is good to assist in healing -- its not as bad as it looks. (He's wanting to get a True Grit ability. (blasted macho Humakti =) )
Usually, an enquiring mind can find a way to get things done. And hey, there's always the First Aid ability -- anyone can learn that.
Jeff Kyer
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