> The "monopoly" may be purely Orlanthi, I'm not sure. I can quite see
> them having the idea that writing words down in in some way chaining the
> wind. We know the Sun County Earth temples keep written records, because
> "Gaumata's Vision" depends on them, and it's far too good to lose!
>
> Personally I can see an ancient/medieval society being mainly illiterate
> very easily, because AFAIK all the RW ones were. Literacy was a monopoly
> of the Church, mainly because no-one else had the time to waste learning
> to read.
Oh, I agree. It is absolutely mainly illiterate, I only question the absolute monopoly idea. I will probably keep it for Orlanthi, since it very much seems to fit there. I'm less sure about it in other cultures.
> I'd suggest going with the "new" illiteracy idea, though, at least for
> Orlanthi, because as you can see, it does make a huge difference to the
> way things work, and it *is* very much built into the new material.
> (Take a look at the SunSet Leap description for an example).
> You're starting up a new campaign - make the most of it! Those of us
> converting old stuff have it much, much harder :(
Indeed.
LC
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