Yeah, the search feature really is pretty horrible. This might be an HQ-RPG list question, though.
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> In HQ2/3-rune terms, what is the effect of "Orlanth is dead" (that is,
> the period when he seems dead, following the fall of Whitewall).
> Obviously the magic of specific gods can't be reached, as outlined in
> OiD. What about runes themselves, however?
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I think this depends on what we think the runes are actually representing.
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> That is, say a follower of Orlanth Adventurous had the runes of storm,
> movement, and Yinkin. He'd have affinities from Orlanth for storm and
> movement, but could normally only use the Yinkin rune as an augment on
> appropriate activities (If I'm understanding properly).
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That's the way I currently read the rules.
> In the Orlanth is Dead period, would it be that:
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> - He can't use his storm and movement affinities, but he can still
> augment with those runes, as if he was not an Orlanth initiate?
> - He can't use the storm and movement runes at all (all runes
> associated with Orlanth and Ernalda become inactive), but he can still
> use his Yinkin rune?
> - His magic is so fundamentally shaken that he can't use any of his
> runes in any form?
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I'm currently seeing the runes/runic affinities as distinct from the
gods. There's a mention of the runes being the most important ones in
the soul. While I am fairly certain the runic affinities are divine
magic even when they are common magic, at that level they are not being
drawn from the god but more accessed by your own tie to the rune. (This
seems to fit with the individualistic Orlanthi approach.) So I would
lean towards option 1, I think - he is stuck using all his runes as if
he was a lay practitioner.
Now, since an argument can be made that the entire Orlanthi religion is drawn from Orlanth and you get these rune affinities through initiation into the religion, you could also argue for #3. The link to his runes is through the Orlanthi religion as a whole, and that is broken while Orlanth is Dead. This doesn't seem to jibe with various cults who are part of the Storm Tribe/Tarkarlings managing to keep their magic, however, and I'm kind of leaning towards the runic affinity connection being something more than merely Orlanthi (the particular initiation here is Orlanthi/Ernaldan, but the "go to the GodWorld and link to the most important runes in your soul" is part of "I Fought/We Won" in this model and so therefore exists through most of the central region.)
OK, that reminds me. Did the Dara Happans fight in IFWW? Who did? It was the people who made up the first Council, right? (Which doesn't include Dara Happans if memory serves, so I guess they aren't Theyalan?)
LC
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