Re: Pol Joni

From: nichughes2001 <nicolas.hughes_at_...>
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 21:26:41 -0000

• In HeroQuest-rules_at_yahoogroups.com, "Roderick and Ellen Robertson" <rjremr_at_s...> wrote:
  > > >In any
  > > > case since they want to ride horses, they aren't ordinary
  Praxians.
  > >
  > > I would think they were rather desperate Praxians. It would be
  hard
  > > to survive out there if expelled from your clan for any reason
  (or
  > > if your clan had been destroyed). They would have to be either
  > > desperate or determined if they were to switch their riding
  beasts
  > > for horses (which it states that they were required to do).
  >
  > The problem is that riding herd beasts is a *major* part of
  Praxian Life,
  > Waha worship, and cultural identity. If you're going to be
  switching your
  > cultural viewpoint *that* radically, then swapping religion &
  losing your
  > old magic can easily come as part of the package.
  >
  

Its an option. I'm not entirely sure its the option that works best for what I had in mind but its an idea I can play around with for a while.

> I can see the Spirits of the Plains sharing the strong antipathy to
> Horse-riders that the human Praxians have. The "stink" of Horses
might be so
> repugnant to the Praxian Spirits that they'll refuse to deal with
a horse
> rider. Ride a horse, be blacklisted by all your old spirits.(I
could be
> wrong, too. I haven't delved much into the PJs).
>

My only problem with this is the repeated reference to _proper_ worship of the spirits. So why would the spirits leave in a huff?

Not that I see the Pol Joni having anything like as good a relation with the spirits as the other tribes.

> The Bastards might have a higher proportion of Kolatings or other
shamans
> (Ganvalings, maybe) to deal with Plains spirits, but probably on a
> less-than-friendly basis. I doubt that there would be much in the
way of
> Horned Man shamans hanging around, though there might be.
>

Other than Ganval perhaps - I thought he was strictly Kerofinela.

--
Nic