Re: Lunar heroquester and cyclical effects on magic

From: Greg Stafford <Greg_at_...>
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 19:23:50 -0700


May I suggest?

At 11:37 PM 9/25/2002 -0000, you wrote:
>Lunar heroquester goes to GodsWar. Uh, what happens about the
>cyclical effects on their magic. Is the moon cyclic at this point?

Yes, and I wish to propose that the key word would be cyclical. Not necessarily the same seven day cycle, but some sort of variability. Except for the times she is knocked off her schedule.

>Does this not effect you? If you are taking on the role of your god
>maybe not, but you might just be a follower, so...

Lunars is Lunars, top or bottom.

>I guess related is if I go back to the Darkness to a point where my
>god is dead (I'm say a vingkotling huddled in my hill fort) do I get
>no magic (like in Orlanth is Dead, because Orlanth is dead now or
>Ernalda is sleeping), because my god cannot be contacted.

Yes. Peter Metcalf will quote for you the reference.

>Is part of
>what these sruvival stories are about:H ow we survived when we had n
>magic from the gods, and how we got it back?

This is the subject of all the Darkness stories. "How We Survived."



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