uh huh. You know, thats what I thought. It may have been something
in the Genertela box that intimated just that. Cheers,
Rob
- In HeroQuest-RPG_at_yahoogroups.com, "Roderick and Ellen Robertson"
<rjremr_at_...> wrote:
>
> > When HArrek entered the Hero Plane and slew the polar bear god
and
> > wore it for a cloak, did the Heroplane rebound. Can the Rathori
still
> > rech the whitebear? Can they still sacrafice for magic and
worship the
> > whitebear in the regular way?
>
> As I remember it (and I can't find any supporting evidence, so it
may have
> been a private conversation with Greg, or just a figment of my
imagination),
> Harrek skinned *the* White Bear, and screwed his Rathori relatives
out of
> its benefits. (one extreme end of the "personal or community"
continuum of
> Heroequesting).
>
> That being said, you should *not* take Harrek (or Jar-eel, or
Sheng, or the
> Lunar Emperor, or...) as any sort of "typical" in Glorantha. These
guys are
> part of the .0001% of gloranthans that have potential and become
> superheroes. Just because Harrek skinned the White Bear (while
still a
> teenager, from what I can figure), it doesn't mean that any and
every
> Gloranthan teenager can kill a god and takes its powers.
> (Of course, your player heroes, as player heroes, have potential
to become
> Superheroes, so *they* might be able to kill a god and take its
powers, but
> the rest of the Heortlings most likely would die in the attempt.
Save your
> Hero Points boys and girls, and redeem them for Big Prizes!).
>
> RR
> C'est par mon ordre et pour le bien de l'Etat que le porteur du
présent a
> fait ce qu'il a fait.
> - Richelieu
>