> I guess I was thinking more about problem A: How can you play a trickster,
> when they're all miserable and psychotic?
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> Of course, if you're a non-Eurmali trickster (worshipping some relatively
> tame trickster god, along the lines of Hermes or Coyote or even Loki),
Part of this, I suppose, depends on whether or not one wants to play a Trickster, or a trickster. I've played a few character* that were trickster with a small t; the kind of practical-joking and general obnoxiousness, and it should be possible with any god, IMO. Unless you're in the "if you worship a god you must behave like them" school. (Frankly, I think it's more fun, too -- who the hell suspects your Humakt of playing weird jokes?)
I'm out of my depth here, but I had the vague impression that in Glorantha, _all_ Trickster deities would be pretty miserable and chaotic. Hermes and Raven and Loki might be a bit strange since they're not "just" trickster gods (Raven has a lot of other aspects, and I've read speculation Loki might have been worshipped in different fashions, and was God-Learned by Christian codifiers of the myths). Coyote, however, _is_ a pretty miserable and psychotic type from what I understand, and anyone worshipping him is a Witch, and thus should be killed.
This said, are there _aspects_ of Trickster deities sometimes worshipped that aren't so bad? This might well be possible.
Cheers,
James
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