Re: Prophecy

From: David Dunham <david_at_...>
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 19:20:24 -0800

Light Castle

>there is a prophecy day among the
>Lhankor Mhy holy days and yet there is no subcult nor any magic
>associated with
>prophecy it seems. I certainly think they would do prophecy based
>on old books and
>lists of omens and things like that. (Even recording old Kev the
>visionary visions.) But
>anyone have any ideas on LM prophecy magic?

Three possibilities:

1. On that day, Lhankor Mhy provides data.
2. Everyone augments a big Clairvoyance feat
3. The sages correlate current events with past ones and deduce outcomes. (Greg Stafford has said that prophecy works because events repeat themselves.) --

David Dunham
Glorantha/HQ/RQ page: http://www.pensee.com/dunham/glorantha.html Imagination is more important than knowledge. -- Albert Einstein