In answer to my own question - HQ Page 104, there is a little grey
box that says 'Leader: God Talkers, bush priests, wise women.....'
God talkers? The non devoted or concentrated variety then? Do they
come in that style - unconcentrated or devoted?
Regards
Rob
wrote:
>
> Rod
>
> Who teaches people their common magic in a heortling clan? i have
> some theories but I would like to know what the authors say.
>
> P.48 says 'The Heortlings ancestor, called Flesh Man, provides
> common magic to the religion.' So, the 'Flesh Man' dude teaches
the
> common magic. Is this dude or dudette a shaman?
>
> Regards
> Rob
>
> PS: I can't find the Flesh Man dude mentioned in Thunder Rebels
or
> Barbarian Adventures. I see this as a large omit.
>
> --- In HeroQuest-rules_at_yahoogroups.com, "Roderick and Ellen
> Robertson" <rjremr_at_s...> wrote:
> > > Then I'm now completely lost. A spirit-talker is a
> > > specialist in talking to spirits, right? If she isn't
> > > a shaman, what on earth/the lozenge is she?
> >
> > Spirit talker is an Occupation keyword, with no magical
abilities
> associated
> > with it.
> > It is the "leader of an animist congregation" occupation.
> >
> > Shaman is a Magical Keyword, with all sorts of magical abilities
> associated
> > with it.
> >
> > It is possible (even normal) to be both a Spirit Talker and a
> Shaman. It is
> > also possible be one without the .....