Re: Starting Practitioners

From: Rob <robert_m_davis_at_...>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 19:58:44 -0000

> I do hope you mean that he's got one Full Moon spirit (with the
abilities of
> Expose Prejudice and Spread Understanding) rather than an Expose
Prejudice
> spirit, *and* a Spread Understanding spirit...

erm no. I guess I got that wrong then.

>
> Looking over the rules, they *are* a bit vague.
>
> Page 18 says that an animist begins with one of each spirit listed
in the
> specialized writeup, but that means the bold text ("Full Moon
Spirits")
> under "Practice Spirits", *not* the abilities listed for each
spirit. Most
> of the Five Moon spirits only have a couple abilities, but look
at, say, the
> Contrariness spirits of Folorene on page 143 - you'd normally get
one
> spirit, with a few (one to three, at narrator's whim) of the seven
possible
> abilities.

right, so the starting practitioner does get;

a Lunemari spirit
a moon spirit
a Full Moon spirit
a Half Moon spirit
a Hollow moon spirit
a waning moon spirit
and a waxing moon spirit

> > Do I give the character 5 common magic talents as well (Dara
Happa
> > Homeland)?
>
> http://www.glorantha.com/support/hq_faq.html#Heroes:
> "Question: Does every hero get common magic or not? The rules seem
> confusing."
>
> Basically: you can, with narrator approval.
>
> >Will these be practice charms (ie not raisable) or
> > common magic charms (raisable).
>
> Neither, if they are People Talents - they are Talents, not
Charms. *IF*
> they were charms, they'd be Common Magic ones, not part of the
Spirit Moons
> Practice or From Dark traditions.
>
> They'd only be raisable charms if your hero concetrates his magic -
 and if
> he concentrates he loses all non-Charm Common Magic abilities.
>
> > Will the practitioner also get league magic?
>
> If he is part of a league.
>
> Note that the 5 common magic abilities you get at character
creation would
> be split between People Talents and League Magic - you don't get 5
of each.

So, 5 talents, selected from League magic and Common magic. Got it. Cheers!!

Regards
Rob

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