Told me. This is what I get for responding to a post at work.
>3- Heroqust voices for Esrolia says of Vinga "Vinga is the warrior
>goddess who took the secrets of war from men, and made them into the
>skills of protection." This implies to me that a woman joining Vinga
>is not seen as being "like a man."
Yes, but a lot of Vinga's power comes directly from Orlanth -- surely Esrolians would be more positive about people who get their powers through goddesses. Now, it's always possible that the whole "access Orlanth's power" is a Sartar/Tarsh thing that the Esrolians don't recognize -- which might limit Esrolian Vingans to the Vinga-specific subcults (they might, of course, also know about other subcults that the Northern tribes have forgotten or never knew). Which means that Esrolian Vingans might be pretty much focused on her Defending aspects rather than the adventuring ones (as Mark also helpfully suggested).
>At the very least Vingans are well known in Esrolia, and there are a
>smattering of them throughout the land. Possibly they are quite
>common. I doubt there is particular reason that exact numbers would
>ever need to be officially defined, it seems like one of those areas
>well left to be defined however you like your game world.
Fair enough.
Peter Larsen
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