Re: Aspects of Orlanth; ancestors; art

From: David Cake <dave_at_...>
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 09:17:24 +0800


At 7:28 AM -0700 23/8/00, David Dunham wrote:
> > Should there be another mechanic for ancestor worship? Like
>> go to the spirit plane, talk to the ancestors and ask them
>> to do delayed magic which the descendants then can trigger.
>
>This reminds me of a discussion I had with Greg of how Pamaltelan
>heroquests work (you travel the spirit plane and convince a mighty
>spirit to do what you need).

        Actually, a lot of Pamaltelan shamanism works like that. While they use spirit combat against some things (disease spirits, for example) often Pamaltelan shamans will negotiate with major spirits rather than fight them. Pamalt shamans particularly.

	Cheers
		David

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