Re: Re: Naval Encounters

From: Roderick and Ellen Robertson <rjremr_at_...>
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 08:55:18 -0800

> > >I don't see Glorantha having better navigational means than 18th
> > >Century Europe.
>
> > Or Polynesia, but Glorantha poses its own set of navigational
> > problems as the GLoranthan sky looks pretty much like that
> > seen at the Earth's poles, with the stars circling a celestial
> > pole right overhead. One base of Polynesian navigation is the
> > setting and rising of stars. That won't work on Glorantha.
>
> Then again, real earth people didn't have access to reliable navigation
> magic...

Buserian (a land-locked god) has such useful feats as "Point Right at [Planet]" and "Commune with Celestial Body" - a sea-faring culture would probably have the magical equivalent of GPS - or at least "Point Right at Nearest Land" and "Commune with Oceanic Current" (not to mention possible relationships with mer-folk and intelligent ea creatures).

RR
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