Re: What is said instead of Concentration

From: John Machin <orichalka_at_3wHyibDvbXBMCWjObLfLfU-qV8sEQGeO6UuKoR6OLz7jSKM_1bGCDZqkSPysMqc1uY>
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:57:07 +1000


On 17/07/07, Greg Stafford <Greg_at_SOeZq8UZINbyaypnJLnO5JHXKQN9HFrMFFLbpsuTHYhTszbmRGKGvglgyuvjNP18N1zAoLZznBji.yahoo.invalid> wrote:
> Yes, of course.
> My point is that "concentration" is a GAME TERM.

I cannot speak absolutely for L.Castellucci, but I suspect that - like me - they are at a loss for what the setting terms might be. "Concentration" might be the flavourless term used in mechanical descriptions, but what do Gloranthans use to describe this process that grants them unparalleled access to magical powers?

> People would say things like, "I am a specialist."
> The key thing is that they wouldn't talk about their type of magical
> use, but the role that they have which requires Concentration.
> "I'm devoted to [this god]."

Can a concentrated initiate and an unconcentrated initiate meaningfully determine what makes them different? Can a concentrated liturgist and an unconcentrated liturgist?

I imagine the first initiate explaining to the second how they spent a week atop a holy mountain being "cleansed" by Orlanth's winds or something - but some more examples of what processes and metaphors Gloranthans use to describe concentration would be very useful to me. So far I have only the Selfrock concentration bit in HQ, and that is only for common magic.

-- 
John Machin
"Nothing is more beautiful than to know the All."
- Athanasius Kircher, 'The Great Art of Knowledge'.

           

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