Re: Animist

From: Mark <markmohrfield_at_...>
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 01:45:53 -0000

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>> The rules say that a member of spirit society can release a spirit
> from its charm, using use of that charm for the remainder of the
> session. But the Kolat writeup does NOT say this. Is this an
> unintentional omission, or is the Kolat tradition really more limited
> than other spirit traditions? I'm assuming the former.
>

I suspect that Jeff Richards is busy right now (or perhaps exhausted from the effort of completeing the book), but here's his reply to a very similar question I asked on the WorldofGlorantha group:

> That was indeed intentional. YGWV - if you find that rule too damaging to any player who wants to join the Seven Winds, by all means change the rule. However, our experience has been that it did not negatively impact the spirit society players (who went on to become shamans). The comparative weakness of spirit charms were more than made up for with their flexibility.
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> Jeff