Re: elements of storm?

From: Paul Anderson <carlalef_at_...>
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 16:21:51 -0400

Orlanth is a very bad example for this mode of reasoning, because he does expressly dominate the other (OK, yes, Simplicius, 4 of the other 5) elements. I presume this means that if you go back to the Umath myths, his storms did not produce rain or lightning, did not darken the sky; they just blew things apart and destroyed them. Quite impressive enough, don't you agree?

(It's not clear to me what the Earth component to a storm is, but there must be one: but then I'm also blanking on the Earth subcult of Orlanth: his Shield, I think?)

If Orlanth wins the Hero Wars, will thunderstorms drive people mad?

Will this have "always been true", given Orlanthi tendencies to retroactive conservatism?

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>For simplicities sake I'd say that magic should be primarily judged
>by its source - which makes Affinities easy to deal with, at least.
>So Driving Rain from a Storm affinity would normally be resisted as
>Air.
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> From a narrative point of view Driving Rain includes a Water
>component so it could probably be treated as Water with an
>improvisational modifier or at the cost of only defeating the Water
>element (it's stopped raining but the driving wind is still there).
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