Re: Devotee v. initiate.

From: Light Castle <light_castle_at_...>
Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2004 18:45:46 -0400

I do agree that there are probably all sorts of interesting in-Glorantha rationales concerning what way a god is worshipped where, and what is available. I was more thining from the rules point of view, how might that be handled?

On 9 Aug 2004 at 22:49, Alex Ferguson wrote:   

> > But what about learning a new feat in the same affinity from some
> > other cult? In other words, could an Initiate of Issaries learn a feat
> > from the Trade affinity of Etyries and just subsume it into his Trade
> > affinity?
>
> I'm inclined to see that, at least to a first approximation, that's a
> function of how they're worshipped. If it's a matter of, at my local
> Issaries holy place we worship in _this_ manner, and gain _these_
> feats, and I also go to the Lunar Provincial temple, and separately
> sacrifice to Eytries, then it sounds a lot like a stand-alone feat. If
> on the other hand, your tribe has a statue to Etyries right there in the
> temple, and your rites incorporate her in the regular cycle of worship,
> then it's probably in effect part of your local "Issaries sub-cult
> keyword", in some shape or form. (In the 'most applicable affinity', as
> you say.)
>