Runes vs. Affinities (Was: Re: Vinga's holy days)

From: Wulf Corbett <wulfc_at_...>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 11:39:53 -0000

Switzerland? Are you allowed a war there? :)

> I take the conversation in flight, but if I understand
> right, you disagree with the Rune used for Battle, why
> more than one version did not exist?
> Say for humakti, combat is perhaps linked to death and
> storm, while for Zorak Zoran worshipper, it is linked
> to death and darkness.

Yes, you are quite right, and basically that's how it's done. My complaint is only a very small one (on this subject...), that they are all called 'Combat', and that it looks as though they are all related. A player trying to Improvise a Feat and looking for inspiration would be justified in thinking he could improvise one Combat Feat from another Combat Affinity. It's just a matter of terminology, but a minor irritation. They could have been called 'Warrior', 'Fyrdwomen', 'Swordsman', 'Battlebeast', etc. for variety ('Battlebeast' would be my choice for Urox - it's also a magical creature in our Live RolePlaying campaign - I've played the part once :).

Wulf

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