> Ok, but you are singularly obstinate in (almost) completely
> refusing to say exactly what you _would_ lie to see. The
I'm rather wary of several responses: (1) I don;t understand glorantha, 2) if you could make it now why not in game 3) go play another game which has these bits. Further more I am wary of being accused of beating a very particular drum.
> Merchant example was very instructive, and I think I have a
> slightly clearer idea of what you are after because of it,
> but the majority of your criticisms are so vague as to be
> practicaly uninteligible to me.
Fair enough. I tried to explain why I have a problem translating mythology into practice on the ground; from this perspective, HW has vastly less cultural info in it than appears at first glance.
> Yes, we all want more detail, but what detail is actualy
> preventing you from running or playing in a game?
>From my perspective, I find it hard even to conceptualise
characters. I wanted a character who had seen Tarsh in his youth -
nowhere could I find how plausible it would be for an Orlanthi youth
to have visited Tarsh. I don't have enough recent history in HW to
guess the "roam range" of Orlanthi or to guess the circumstances at
the time, so its hard to judge (although I believe there are Orlanthi
in Pent). I know that for Gloranthans there is a notable difference
between the different types of entities from different modes of
worship, but I don't know how that appears to said Gloranthans,
despite having asked on this list, so I could not describe the
distinction to players In Character. I understand iron is acquired
only from dwarves, and thus I do not know how it actually arrived in
my stead - or if it did. Many cultures with distributed power
systems like the Orlanthi might have an annual or semi-annual mass
meeting to discuss various politics in the broad; does such a multi
tribal meeting occur at all, or tribal-level meetings? Are there
festivals at these events, and what are the regional power centres at
which they occur? I think the recent discussion on Orlanthi roads
highlighted the kind of thing I'm thinking of, and the kind of
questions asked about the use of the greetings indicates that we do
have an idea of what the Orlanthi think Should Be Done but a much
less coherent idea of when and where its actually used. that sort of
thing.
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