I personally read Baroshi as a DIY Cult entity, with few limitations to what you could do with him, apart from being at the very most an ancient minor god, much diminished, and the clear association with the Earth Rune (male aspect) and snakes.
I cannot see any Death Rune associations at all.
The seemingly friendly association of this male entity with Babs Gor is an interesting anomaly, therefore a source of stories.
If he had to have any second major Rune, I'd probably suggest Harmony. But tbh, I'd tend to agree with Jeff's take on the question -- Earth, nothing else.
Julian Lord
> Peter's even more generous than I. I'd say Baroshi is associated with the Earth Rune and little more. His father had the Air Rune (and probably Mastery) and his mother Earth and Life.
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> But as a guardian Baroshi might have some pretty unusual powers for an Earth godling.
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> Jeff
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> --- In WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com, Peter Metcalfe <metcalph@> wrote:
> >
> > On 8/13/2010 4:06 AM, Simon Phipp wrote:
> >
> > > I'd give Baroshi either Earth/Plant/Mastery or Earth/Plant/Death.
> > > Earth because of his ancestry and closeness to the Earth King/Genert,
> > > Plant because of his appearance as clearly a plant-linked god, and
> > > Mastery to indicate his ancestry as son of the King, or Death because
> > > he is a warrior demigod who has taken on the role of Chaos Fighter.
> >
> > Three runes for somebody who's not even a proper deity is rather
> > excessive. If he has plant then he doesn't need earth. In HQ2 I would
> > make his chaos-killing powers a feat rather assign him the death rune.
> >
> > --Peter Metcalfe
> >
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