Re: Anyone have a Krarsht magic keyword?

From: Santo Sengupta <s.santo.sengupta_at_...>
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 14:59:18 -0500

Namaste.

On 3/8/06, Lightcastle <light.castle_at_...> wrote:

> Let's see. A little digging shows that Gods of Glorantha gives her the
> Chaos
> and Hunger runes. A little MORE digging shows that Cults of Terror gave
> her
> Mobility, Death. and Stasis. (That's interesting, she has conflicting
> runes,
> is that why they were changed?)
>

Depending on how mean of a Narrator you feel like being, Krarsht can also has the rune of Fate.

Secret: As a goddess of assassins, I'd maybe give her secret as something
> like
> "Deadly blow" and have it be an automatic 1/4 of the secret's rating in
> any
> attempt to kill someone with a blow.

It would be fitting to have her have many Secrets and subcults. . The Krarshti Witch in my Lunar Campaign has a Secret that allows her to summon/heroform *really* big Krarshtkids. (Mastery 3+.)

Other Side: I think the tunnels of Krarsht, where she promises you will become

> as one with her.

"Upon death, the worshippers briefly join the Devouring Mother in her subterrean Tunnels of Krarsht, before they become her next meal."

Disadvantages: Worshippers will be detectable by sense chaos, even if they
> have no chaos features themselves. They are hated enemies of Storm Bull
> worshippers and Larnsti

I'm not sure about the sense chaos thing..

Pretty much all civilized cultures hate them, but most criminal organizations have some kind of connection, however shadowy, to one of them.

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>
> As you can see, I stole liberally from Peter. Another way to go would be
> the
> subcult view, with Devouring Maw and Lurker in the Dark as your base 2,
> with
> Web of Corruption and some other Assassin one having slightly different
> affinities.

Subcults are good, and local variations should be encouraged.

Or Chaos could be like Lunar magic and be its own otherworld, with its own
> rules. Then maybe I'd keep Devouring Maw as an affinity, and work the
> others
> out with something like charms or spells. (Maybe Krarshtides as bound
> spirits
> or fetishes)

YGWV, but I believe Chaos is its own Otherworld (the Teshnans refer to it as the 6th World), and using a Lunar-like Magic system would make some sense. Krarshtides as Spirits makes a lot of sense, and you could even have Krarshtkids as Divine Companion/Spirit Ally/Familiar like thing.

-Santo
"Aum Shanti Shanti Shantih."

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-Santo
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