> Just to clarify, I never meant to imply you *should* have a
leadership option for every
> cult. Just that if you really wanted to, you could. I agree with
both you and Mark that the
> "square peg in a round hole" thing that Jane mentioned is usually
the far more
> interesting way to play. (And to write stories about.)
Well of course, YGWV. I'm just giving my perspective on things - people are always free to take it or leave it.
> But, that said, if my player *really* wanted a Humakt clan chief
who wasn't a misfit, but
> that it was always that way, I'd probably accommodate him. Most
likely by way of a Dar
> initiation (with all the same problems that came up when you were
all talking about
> Vingans and Dar) but if push came to shove, a Humakt chief cult.
I think by definition a Humakt clan chief will be something of a misfit. Kind of goes with the territory, doesn't it?
>I still think there is probably and Issaries rulership cult in
> Glorantha.
I can certain accept the idea that at some time or at some place there may have been an Issaries rulership cult (probably sponsored by the Godlearners). I just don't think there is one in Genertela at this time.
> That would work too. But surely I'd think you could make a case
for Argar Argan in
> Esrolia?
Absolutely.
> In fact, the only reason I asked this to start was that I need a
clan that's a bit obviously
> "odd" in its structure/leadership. So while I knew of Elmal clans,
>I wondered what else was out there in GAG.
There are also Ernalda Orendanae leaders, triarchies, clans where the ringmembers collectively run the clan and the chief is a largely honorary figure, clans where the chiefs run the clan like Richard Daley ran Chicago, war clans, peace clans, clans run by settled and accepted aristocratic families, clans run by populist demogogues, clans dominated by the weaponsthanes, clans dominated by the farmers, and so on. Cultic affiliation is not necessarily the best way to define a clan as "odd".
Jeff
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