>Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_...> wrote:
> > The examples mentioned in Andrew Solovay's post that I was
> > responding to are examples of what can't be done with heroquests.
> > I would also add Changing History and altering the Cosmic
> > Compromise.
>But... but... well, first of all, the Cosmic Compromise *has* been
>altered--at Castle Blue, for one example.
The subject was heroquesting IIRC.
>We can't know if
>history has been changed, since if it's changed, well, history is different.
No canonical examples exist of history being changed and gloranthan heroquesting isn't time-travel.
>But we certainly have some tantalizing hints, e.g. in the stories of Zorak
>Zoran and the nature of the Orlanthi sun god (and the evil emperor).
We do?
>And the
>natures of the gods seem to change all the time (well, "all the time" =
>"once an age or so when someone pulls off a really kick-butt godquest").
Arachne Solara is usually the culprit, not some heroquester.
>I should clarify--when I say "heroquest", I don't mean "quest to the Hero
>Plane", but something a step beyond that (e.g. going to the Gods' World).
Well, Heroquest isn't the word to use then.
--Peter Metcalfe
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