> --- In WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:WorldofGlorantha%40yahoogroups.com>, Greg <Greg_at_...> wrote:
> > valkoharja wrote:
> > > One character has captured a storm demon and bound it's essence within
> > > herself.
> >
> > Nasty! This is more like voluntary possession. Binding is not normally
> > done within one's self.
> > This might require constant reconquest of the demon, in my book. A
> > moment of weakness and POW! the demon takes over.
>
> This is what I thought. My idea is that if the ritual is a complete
> success, then the demon is properly subdued and assimilated. Lesser
> success levels give more problems, and indeed result in an endless
> struggle for dominance. Even on a complete success the demon's nature
> ill influence the personality and drives of the sorceress.
At least.
> <snip>
> > Maybe even worse than godless. Godless = atheist. Demonic = demonic.
>
> True! I hadn't even thought about that. It's rather like being a
> medieval diabolist.
Yes, exactly.
> > > But what is the attitude of the church(es) towards demons?
> >
> > They hate 'em. They are among the list of foes.
>
> Roger. I'll remember that when running the character. She's a
> stormrider, that travels through the area about once in a generation.
> Powerful, but doomed in that "Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner" style. She
> is what she is, possibly eternally.
Great NPC.
> I assume there are lots and lots of demons and types of demons. Some
> are unique (and often strange) individuals, where others are like
> species of animal (there are many, but they are not quite identical).
Yes to both.
Although of course the classification of demons would vary considerably
dependent upon who is doing the classification.
One group might classify them by what spell to use against them, another
by whether they have horns or not, etc. all of which is utterly separate
from our external classification.
> Since the non-chaotic demons are from the underworld they are of mixed
> nature, I guess? They aren't exactly essences, spirits or daemons, but
> something like a mix of all that.
Some.
But the mixed nature of the Underworld doesn't mean that the denizens
are mixed. That's the moon! It means that beings of all magical types
live there.
Some philosophies use this fact as "proof" that the Unde3rworld is the
origin o Glorantha.
> Is there a significant difference in dealing with a hostile essence or
> daemon and dealing with a demon?
I don't think this is meaningful, as all demons will have some kind of association.
> If you are going to bind and steal
> the powers of a creature of elemental air, does it matter if it's a
> storm essence creature or a demon?`
Yes, even if the demon is of essential nature.
> -Adept
>
>
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