>> There's also the Seven Sisters Society common magic spell "Make Page
>> Speak", which is found throughout the Lunar Provinces.
>>
>> That would be ideal for the typical scenario of a
>> crowd gathered round an official proclamation,
>
>Lovely!
>
>> I'm not sure how you use "Make Page Speak" as an
>> augment-only magic, though...
It's an augment to your reading ability, you hear the words as if they were spoken. Getting others to hear the words requires using it directly.
>To start with, you get someone in Glorantha to explain to you in
>their terms what the difference is between using an ability directly
>and using it as augment-only. If they use the phrase "rules-construct",
>kill them, they're a God Learner. After that, I'm sure it's easy.
Young Orlanthi Initiate: Why can't I get Orlanth to help me directly
instead of the little power he gives me with my tattoo? Storm Priest: Because if you let him take you over he'll blow your
brains all over Kerofinela. The gods don't know how weak their
followers are. You've a lot to learn before you can handle that
much power.
to following Orlanth. Now go away and think carefully about it.
-- Donald Oddy http://www.grove.demon.co.uk/
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