>AFAIK Orlanthi ancestors are actually theistic daimones
>(to use the ugly godlearnerism) not animistic spirits.
Interesting. Even though I do not knowing enough about the classification to comment, I doubt the details of Incarnation differ all that greatly from that which I proposed. I still prefer to separate Worship Ancestors from Worship Storm Pantheon, although perhaps one could handle it via Initiation or Devotion. One would then need to be a Devotee of one's ancestor cult in order to learn the secret of Incarnation, and I do not necessarily feel that a hero would be cut off from a close magical bond with his or her ancestors just because he or she is Devoted to a deity.
I have to admit that I am not fond of how secrets are handled in HERO WARS currently, though perhaps the material on acts of devotion in "Thunder Rebels" will give me some added insight for the variant rules governing progressive Devotion which are haunting me at the moment.
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