I just tend to forget them in the heat of a game...
> > I'd rather see a Godi ask another human for help to call on the
> other god
> > than to let the devotee contact just anyone in the pantheon. If
> nothing
> > else, there's more chance for character interaction. "Guys, we
> need to
> > contact Asrelia, but to do that we have to ask old Granny Erissa
> to help,
> > and she...".
>
> Sure - and I would suspect that there is a much better chance that
> an Asrelia worshipper would be able to contact Asrelia than there is
> that a non-Asrelia worshipper would be able to get Divine Aid.
A 10w3 resistance rather than a 10w6 one (HQ 116).
> I just don't see a good Gloranthan reason (as opposed to a game
> mechanics reason) for the limitation.
The gods are jealous beings, that don't like people that never write or call? That spend all their time with *one* God instead of hanging around with the whole group? A God gets as much from a devotee of another god as he does from a mere communal worshipper, and gets rebuffed or ignored most of the rest of the time. The devotee has made it clear that any god but his own is of purely secondary importance in his little world.
Sure, Orlanth was able to get help from whole bunches of other gods. But a Devotee isn't on quite the same power level as the Big O. An Orlanth devotee might be able to boss around/request aid from other *Humans*, but not other *Gods*.
But if you're *really* intent on having devotes ignore the rule (also on page 116 as well as 118, I notice), how about this:
They face the standard "Pantheon Divine Aid" 10w6 resistance for "Crossing the Worlds" (Page 116), *plus* additional resistance equal to their "Devotee of Wrong God" ability (or, just that ability's auto augment as a penalty, if you're being nice) - the more you have devoted yourself to one god, the less likely the others are to listen to your requests. I suppose you might throw in some mods for "But Orlanth got help from XXX during YYY", again if you're feeling nice. This makes it possible, but less than ideal, for a devotee to contact a pantheon member and get a result. You'd actually be better off with a Communal worshipper that has *no* affiliation with a particular god than a devotee of the wrong one.
RR
It is by my order and for the good of the state that the bearer of this has
done what he has done.
- Richelieu
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