Not really, except if this is a "full" religion it needs to cover every aspect of life, from birth to beyond death, and have some relevancy to what the people do - if they are herders, there is probably some tradition that includes spirits for chasing off wild animals, staying awake in the cold night, etc.
For
> example, it appears a tradition will have at least two practices (a
> shamanic practice and one core practice). When would a tradition have
> more?
Take a look at the Grazer's Majestic Horses tradition. The have a shamanic practice, a "doesn't fit in normal society" practice, and parallel age-group practices for men & women. Likewise, the Praxians have split men's & women's practices, a shamanic practice, and Daka Fal (ancestors).
And those are just the main practices of each tradition. There are plenty of other practices in every region - the Storm Bull is a seperate practice in Prax, as are all those little practices (Frog Woman, Rainbow Girl, Oakfed, etc. )
> Similarly, are there any guidelines for how many practice spirits a
> practice has, or how many abilities a typical practice spirit has?
Nope. While three is a common number of spirits, it's just used as a default because it's a good number - not to small, not too big. Feel free to have 1-spirit practices, or 15-spirit practices. A spirit might have one specific ability it provides, or it might have a laundry list of abilities to choose from. It might be weak, strong, in between, or have wide or narrow range of values.
If the practice is a wide-ranging one (in what sorts of activities it covers), then it will probably have more spirits, and the spirits will have widely-ranging abilities, to fit anyone who worships. If the practice is narrow in scope, then the number of spirits might be smaller, or the spirits might even be specific to a single activity.
RR
C'est par mon ordre et pour le bien de l'Etat que le porteur du pr�sent a
fait ce qu'il a fait.
- Richelieu
Powered by hypermail