EWF Draconism
Kralori Draconism; and
Dragonewts' Draconism (thuogh I imagine a major rewrite of the existing Dragonewt book probalby won't be the number one priority)
How different will these three be? Will they all contain elements of Spirit Magic, Theism and Sorcery, or will indviduals choose a 'cult' within a mixed pantheon that is dedicated to one kind of magic only?
In game mechanics terms, the EWF cults in MRQ1 seemed to be a bit like conventional divine cults with divine magic, only with a cult-specific ritual Dance (like a Feat?), and a pyramid-selling aspect to the cults' hierarchies. Dragonewts had their own cults too.
Will the 'pyramid-selling' element of EWF draconism (and Kralori draconism too? There are some sugestions of this both in the Godunya write-up in Gods of Glorantha and some elaborate, unofficial rules for Kralori mysticism in old RQ that I found on the Internet a few years ago (can't remember the source for these- maybe he/she is on this list?), continue to be reflected in terms of cult rank only, or will it also have an effect on the magical power of individuals too, (like in the sorcerous immortality cult referred to in Strangers in Prax)
Given the innate conservatism of both cultures, how different will Kralori dracoonism and dragonewts' draconism be in the Third Age compared to how they were in the Second Age? Two of my guesses are that orthodox Dragonewts will have retreated from proselytising amongst humans, and later emperors will have laid new alternatives on top of the ones that existed in the Second Age (but without totalling eradicating the paths created by earlier emperors), but what else?
Will the leading martial artists of Glorantha now practice some form of Draconism instead of Mysticism?
Finally isn't there a hint in King of Sartar that Argrath will ultimately revive dragon-friendly aspects of Orlanth in his battle with the Lunar Empire? Will this mean Orlanth Dragonfriend, or Orlanth the Dragon (or neither, or both)? And will this create a schism between Heortling and Alakoring Orlanthi?
Richard Hayes
From: Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_7uyWQKaJXKjhvn_5RLIoP1wtV4SU0pIIvMDaMOx4dzNWs_jCFRMPG0pSS-MBnGcSD9_zRf-YnwlUVLwvkSBVIZc.yahoo.invalid>
Subject: Re: On Mysticism
To: WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, 5 March, 2010, 21:20
On 3/6/2010 12:05 AM, Richard Hayes wrote:
> What is the current thinking on Kralori religion? Do they have divine
> cults, essence magic, or animism, or a bit of all three? Also do
> indivduals commit to one beleif system, or do most people dip their
> toes in a bit of all three?
Kralori religion is draconism. Using Revealed Mythologies, I get the impression that it's a fusion of sorcery, theism and animism (as the three magicians summon the sum of their fears to combat Vith - this turns out to be the Dragon Dogsalu).
How it works for an individual level has yet to be decided. Since Kralorela is so big, my opinion is that there would be multiple paths perhaps, perhaps one for each emperor. Thus a follower of Daruda might strive to draconism with magics that focus on physicial transformations while a follower of Thaluzrni would balance his magics between spells, feats and charms to achieve draconism.
> However the concept from the old Hero
> Wars rules of the martial artist who practised mysticism but was
> still sufficiently engaged with the world to have potential as a
> player-character, now seems to be out of favour too.
Just to clarify - Martial Artists and sagely characters still exist. It's just that their magic is better expressed in the HQ rules as spells, feats and charms rather than as mystical magic.
--Peter Metcalfe
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