> Hi! I hope this is the right forum for this question. It might stray
into
> HW-rules territory but I can take answers there if necc.
Sounds like a chrome question (our kinda thing) rather than a rules question, apart from the last bit (values of resistance). If you want that answered, head on over to HW-rules.
> I'm about to run my first proper game of Hero Wars on Friday evening and
> could do with finding out what people think the Open Seas Ritual actually
> looks like. What has to be done in the way of libations? Music?
Dancing?
Rather than "theistic rituals", think about sailors' rituals. Shots of grog. Sea shanties. Hornpipes. And why not make up Gloranthan versions of some RW sailing superstitions:
Crossing the Line
http://classroomatsea.noaa.gov/ronbrown/xing.html
Sailors' Superstitions (seeing a bare-breasted woman: good luck. Having a
woman aboard ship: bad luck)
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/sdweatherford/Sailing/Goodbad.htm
Remember that the Captain is in charge, being Dormal's priest as well as the absolute ruler on the deck of his ship (with powers of life and death over his crewmen). Pipe him on board, remembering the Romans had flutes playing during sacrificial rituals to drown out any ill-omened sounds that might spoil the ritual.
Piping Officers On Board
http://members.aol.com/usn1861/page8.html
Flutes During Sacrifice
http://www.roman-empire.net/religion/sacrifice.html
That's how I'd approach it, anyway. Give it a bit of depth, resonance, and cheeky familiarity.
Cheers, Nick
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