I might be wrong, but most HeroQuests for personal
power would have to be tied fairly tightly to the
mythology of particular entities. Going to Kargan
Tor's court and taking the three blows is only the
sort of thing a Humakti or Uroxi is going to go for
instance. As these myths are part of the god's
mythology they're magic from the god (they're part of
what makes 'em tick after all) so devotees can use
them no problem.
So I'd say it was the opposite - a devotee is more
likely to go on a HeroQuest because he or she knows
more about the mythology of the god and is more likely
to be able to find their way around the hero plane.
If you stray off the beaten path you're in the realm
of experimental HeroQuesting - something that Arkat,
the God Learners and Lunars seemed to do more than
anyone else. If you grab an ability on one of these
you might be able to weave it into your deities
mythology and it would still be something you could
use as a devotee. I imagine this is fairly rare -
you're generally a bit of a nutter or desperate to try
experimental questing.
Dunno if that answers your question,
Cheers,
Ash
- John Machin <trithemius_at_...> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 17:08:10 +0000 (GMT), Ashley
> Munday
> <aescleal_at_...> wrote:
> > This is explicitly stated in the rules somewhere.
> Some
> > people seem to get upset when you tell them that,
> > though - judging from the heated tone in here a
> while
> > back.
>
> What confuses me about this is the fact that it
> seems that a devotee
> has -less- incentive to go on a HeroQuest.
>
> I imagine that for some people one of the incentives
> is to get new and
> interesting magical abilities (as well as to stop
> the drought/end the
> curse/etc etc). Devotees, who can only receive magic
> from the god to
> whom they are devoted, seem likely to miss out on a
> lot of the useful
> 'fringe benefits' of heroquesting.
>
> Or have I rather missed the point?
>
> --
> John Machin
> "Nothing is more beautiful than to know the All."
> - Athanasius Kircher, 'The Great Art of Knowledge'.
>
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