Re: Digest Number 2261

From: Rob <robert_m_davis_at_...>
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 15:14:13 -0000

> I think that generally "our way" and "not our way" is the correct
way
> to look at it. But not that many people have anything to do with
> anyone outside their own pantheon. It is, in my opinion, a very
> nuanced issue.
>
> For example, Kolat is accepted as part of the Orlanth pantheon.
> Kolatings are odd, stange, different and dangerous but "everyone"
> knows that some of their kin are born with spirits instead of souls
> and so Kolat (or Serdrodosa etc.) are right for them. I would guess
> that every clan would have one or two born in every generation with
> spirits. Some clans might be half and half and one or two clans in
> Sartar are nearly exclusively animist.

This articulates a feeling we have had in our game. One player created a female animist along these lines. In fact, part of the background for that character was that she turned her back on her shamanic training to rejoin society and settle down to married life. She even joined Ernalda.

Regards
Rob

>
> Most Sartarites would describe Praxians as dirty and smelly and
> believe that they mate with their animals. "They are not good
enough
> to worship Orlanth and Ernalda".
>
> regards,
> Charles
>

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