Re: Blue Toad

From: Chris Lemens <chrislemens_at_AlMYAb3So8M54XZSAFt7-prp8XzgEztRDu8AtxYpdmNUjedIurs9CrdRSViRNJFC>
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 10:06:09 -0700 (PDT)


Peter, responding to Alison:

> > Blue Toad? I don't remember that way to Chaos Cleansing.
> Drastic Prax p72-73. It's a joke subcult.

I have no idea whether it was intended as a joke, but I don't like it. I've tried turning it into something serious from time to time, but I end up giving up because it seems out of place in Praxian mythology. Hence the strong caveat about whether you permit the taint of chaos to be removed in your Glorantha. It and the Cleansed One cult are the only two instances I recall of cults that remove the taint of chaos. Neither of them struck me as sound. Why, exactly, does a sub-cult of a river cult in Prax have the amazing ability to remove the taint of chaos? Seems unlikely, despite being published. Surely, if it is even possible, removing the taint of chaos is a huge quest, perhaps requiring you to travel back to the green age or golden age, before chaos entered the world. (And failure on the quest probably means that you arrivwe in the Storm Age at the same time as chaos arrived -- and you're to blame!) Anyway, that's my take on it. My Glorantha varies.

Chris            

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