Re: Why is there a holy country anyway ?

From: hcarteau_at_UH9vIXNy-WzBgmC7YmDcW91FQlSAuAgc4Oe6lKmfj23aBJYmqPfQoFvq9TIw3cjOxRv
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:12:18 +0200


Selon Jeff <richaje_at_SssapDuseBSFBwkXx96TC7GSVAfi5cYzu3xBzr4ibptoZSgqQAEjtH7Yb-U4cxK_QHu8IxAYRbQY.yahoo.invalid>:

(about food and money)
> I (and Greg) tend to obsess about such things. That's why Sartar includes
> numbers of initiates (so that when someone proposes three clans that all
> worship Heler, I can say "hold on a second!"), why I run numbers for how many
> people where, and spend a lot of time thinking about where the food comes
> from.

/// For my Fay Jee campaign, where famine looms, I did some research to know how much tons does an hectare produces. That's 1-2 tons / hectare (I'll let your anglo-saxons convert to your weird units) for cereals without fertilizer. In some areas of the world today you get 10 tons / hectare ! Not sure how many people are required to handle an hectare though.

> Not so much aspects - lack of knowledge. Belintar says he is to be worshiped
> and here are the rites.

/// Is he clearly a God (theist) or are there other parts of him ? I remember seeing a sorcery school in MoLaD which studies His works, so he's also an Essence somewhere.

He's not a great god like Orlanth
/// What kind of Magic does he provide his worshippers with, if he does, in your opinion ?

> The problem with the term "Pharaoh" is it carries WAY too much baggage.
> Belintar does not look Egyptian. Not at all. He is the Stranger, the
> God-King, and not "the Great House". God-King says everything the title needs
> and does not imply Belintar wearing a loincloth and a fake beard.
/// We've had this discussion before ! All Hail Belintar whathistitle.            

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