Re: A few thoughts still on chaos

From: Roderick and Ellen Robertson <rjremr_at_8E2KFcsQAPBo5qgRfGjH2ucJ5rRm_DIuPw20qWHceJgxUgeiMwjT8hEmpCSb4IG_D_199>
Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 16:59:47 -0700


> I meant that if he is seen as a special holy figure (like a disciple)
> and leads the worship of Odayla, will his taint effect the other clan
> members, especially the other odaylans.

Does his leadership of worship to Odayla change? If he still leads worship in the "proper", un-chaotic way, then the followers shouldn't have a problem, even though he's got a chaos taint.

If he starts putting in some "interesting" rites and such (for "interesting" read "chaotic"), then yes, they'll probably be affected by his preaching. When they start eating the spirits of their prey instead of putting them into Animal Charms, When they kill for no reason and leave the body, when they worship The Dark Mother with A Thousand Young; well, Odayla will probably take notice...

> I also realised that I've misremembered some things. I worked with Mr.
> Stafford on a Q&A entry about chaos (me asking questions and Greg
> ansvering them, obviously). Since it hasn't yet appeared on the
> www.glorantha.com site, I can't post it here.
>
> But that's where I got the impression that if you get tainted by
> chaos, you will know it. It also makes it clear that you can't be
> "just a bit chaotic".

I'd happily argue the case with Greg - I think you can be "chaoticly tainted" and not be "full-raving chaotic", and that you might not realize where your new superpowers came from.

> I hope it get's published on the site soon, so we can talk about this
> properly.

That does make it hard to present the case, either for or against. :-).

RR
He was born with the gift of laughter and the sense that the world was mad R. Sabatini, Scaramouche            

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