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>you certainly shouldn't
> have to start from scratch everytime you want to redefine a
relationship. (i.e. Husband of
> Aleana to Ex-Husband of Aleana)
This depends on how and why the relationship has changed - a "natural progression" "Fiancee of Aleana" to "Husband of Aleana" would almost certainly work this way, but "Husband" to "Ex Husband" might depend on why - Was it an Orlanthi "Year Marriage", which was only ever expected to be of a short term duration, did they gradually drift apart as they grew up, are still on friendly terms, but realise they have nothing in common, or has one partner been cheating on the other?
Or maybe you'd leave the rating the same, but use the relationship differently? (Aleana's brothers are likely to react very differently to the bastard that abandoned their sister to the poor sap that she has abandoned, but you might use the same number to represent the depth of the feeling?)
> But would you use this in other situations? If someone has a
driving need to hunt for
> some ancient relic of his people, and then he finds it, would it
make sense to just
> transform his "Hunts the Googly rock 8W" into "Googly Rock 8W"
instead of having him
> buy "Googly Rock 13"?
I think so, at least in some situations. Take a (non gloranthan) example of a Grail Questor - someone with a "Seek Holy Grail 8W" should, I think, have a higher relationship with the Grail than others who have not focussed on it. Although maybe achieving something of this nature is (or should be) a Quest Challenge - If you succeed you gain both the ancient relic itself, and the appropriate relationship, and if you fail then you don't actually get to obtain the relic. This doesn't work for more mundane items though
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