Re: 'tis as bitter to give as receive ? (Re: concentration counter to membership?)

From: Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_...>
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 10:27:49 +1200


At 07:34 PM 6/7/04 +0000, you wrote:
>--- In HeroQuest-rules_at_yahoogroups.com, Peter Metcalfe
><metcalph_at_q...> wrote:

> > What do you mean by "counter-concentrated"?

>concentrated in any type of magic other than the one being used in
>worship.

Well, it helps a lot to define brand new terms before asking people questions based upon them.

> > Concentrating on one source means giving up on others. If you
> > want to remain friends with a shaman, you can but it's of no use
> > to him or you magically. If you participate in a different worship
> > rite, you lose your concentration.

>Hmmmm, Peter says this, but in his reply, Roderick says that using or
>getting any of the banned magics is the problem.

Given that the worship rite is itself an act of magic, I don't see any difference.

> i.e. you can concentrate on innate magic and still be a
>communal worshipper of the storm tribe, because at that level the
>religion is a mixed one.)

It's not a question of what the religion allows, it's a question of what you allow from yourself. If you concentrate on talents rather than the self-rock practice, then you can't be sacrificing etc. without breaking your concentration.

--Peter Metcalfe

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