> There's a difference between mercy killings and allowing someone to die because otherwise
> they would suffer. To CA that difference is absolutely critical, other healers not so much. CA
> does not have enough healing to heal everything much as she would like to. So there are
> times when her priestesses stand aside and allow Humakt to win. Learning that I suggest is
> the difference between a wild healer and one in charge of a hospital.
Clearly, Our G's WV. I do not embrace this interpretation of how CA's work.
>
> > But in the real world, such people are usually quite
> > ill already, with greatly reduced ability to enjoy life. In this thought
> > experiment, it seems to me that old age often looks quite different in
> > Glorantha. Old people sometimes (when healing is available) aren't
> > debilitated by lingering disease or poorly healed injuries due to
> > magical healing.
>
> I don't think in the vast majority of cases old age looks any different in Glorantha. Most
> people only have access to limited healing, particularly healing magic so they age from
> undiagnosed ailments and poorly healed injuries.
Again, if you look to the original thought experiment, I was not asking about the vast majority of cases in Glorantha. I asked about, as it were, the *best* case.
>
> The exceptional case you used as an example may well end in a story. Perhaps a healer
> fumbles their medicine roll. Or it's a new disease there is no known cure for. Or there's
> plague in the city, does his healer stay to protect him in case he catches it or do they go to those who need urgent treatment?
All of these are dodges around my question.
>
> It may well be there are some people whose only heroic ability is old age and live to be two
> or three hundred or more.
Apparently, if they sacrifice to the gods of Luck. Is that really all that's needed? Wealth and Luck?
Mike
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