Re: Initiation and Spirit Integration

From: Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_...>
Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2000 17:56:25 +1200


Martin Dick:

>Or do you get [worship storm pantheon] at 14-17 when
>you go through your initiation as an adult?

This would be my guess.

>In the latter case, when would it be normal to initiate to a
>a god or aspect of a great god, sometimes soon after that, a
>few years later, or do you initiate to a god when you become an
>adult or something completely different?

I've heard Jeff Richard state several times that it takes two years for an Orlanthi to complete his initiation. I assume at the start that he gains Worship Pantheon and at the end he is initiated.

>If I'm not an initiate and only have Worship Storm Pantheon,
>what magic do I have apart from the DI option, any?

None.

>On integration of spirits, which seems significantly more powerful
>that using fetishes, what are the drawbacks?

According to Roderick, there are some but they are not mentioned in the rules.

>The obvious one to me
>is that you are making this foreign spirit an integral part of your
>spirit, which to my mind means that it should bring along part of its
>personality as well.

Most integrated spirits are not foreign.

--Peter Metcalfe

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