Re: Re: Re: Orlanth and the Moon

From: Greg Stafford <Greg_at_...>
Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 06:59:44 -0700


This all was in the mansucript long ago.

At 10:55 AM 10/1/2002 +0200, you wrote:
>Roderick :
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>> > I often forget this basic rule about HW: discover it
>> > in your gameworld. I think this is THE Strength of
>> > Glorantha vs many other games. Ever.
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>> > But this meta-rule is not so intuitive as one might
>> > think in theory.
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>> It *is* mentioned in the HQ draft (and I'm going to petition Greg to
>> make it *more* prominent).
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>Oh, please do !!
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>Readers really, really need to know that Their Glorantha Should Vary,
>and they should have explicit explanations about normality vs. the
>exceptionality of all player heroes. Beginning narrators and players
>need good advice on which rules should or shouldn't be broken, why
>and why not.
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>Not all readers get involved in discussions with Greg on this or
>other lists, and I definitely think that readers need to know that
>this isn't D&D, and everything isn't carved in stone.
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>HQ needs IMO a mini-chapter or prominent large box about YGMV, and
>how much fun that is ... ;-)
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>Julian Lord
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