This is another factor in why exile is so difficult. In fact, it seems unlikely that a community would send someone away from their clan without others to band with. Or send them to some other specific group that can take them in. Otherwise they are, for all purposes, inflicting exile on them. And exile is the only punishment on par with death.
--Todd
On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 9:02 AM, Rob Thornton <oblate777_at_51sn635-Pm_8LSue3PDaLbV8uAip_ecH_HKUvOdvV3DY-mpopsjSa6sVdbICHV-ToONmFr5uql9QXw.yahoo.invalid> wrote:
> Maybe there could be some sort of farewell ritual which allows initiates to
> journey away from the tribe and cult with magic and cult status intact
> until
> they return? There could be some interesting consequences of this, I think.
> Is there a time limit? What happens if they can't go back?
>
> Rob
>
> On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 11:45 AM, bryan_thx <bethexton_at_f_w6RxHTGk9C9W3aZPDFXAATGD_cA4SDn_x1-vcczMPZ2HS7P0Y_KOdGt9jKrqjYeqCEDPBfLN6sud7F.yahoo.invalid> wrote:
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> > **
> >
> >
> > Hmmm, maybe I was sloppy with wording.... he's fallen into the (I think
> not
> > that uncommon) 'become too badly wanted by the lunars for the clan to
> > tolerate, so he's been officially kicked out and told to stay away for a
> > couple of years or until things cool down.'
> >
> > But yes, either way, can't take part in the clan or tribal ceremonies.
> >
> > I know Heroquest is a lot tougher on the 'adventurer' than Runequest was,
> > but surely there is still some mode that allows, just by way of example,
> a
> > group to end up sailing to Teshnos and having to wait out the weather
> before
> > returning, months later, without losing their cult status and magic,
> short
> > of being devotees?
> >
> > As for Corflu, he was pointed to Pavis when he left his clan, but
> > coincidence and kindness ended up with him being recognized by lunar
> troops
> > there while at the same time being seen as a traitor by Argrath White
> Bull's
> > forces...the lunar captain in question has some respect for him and
> > basically gave him a day to get out of town, and the only safe direction
> was
> > down the river as those who saw him as traitor had just left the Rubble
> and
> > were known to be roaming near the city
> >
> > He's since returned to Maniria and regained contact with the Eagle Brown
> > Raiders and formally joined them, so that should take care of cult
> > requirements now....I was just wondering what technically should have
> > happened during the half year or so of no formal association. He had down
> > time in Corflu, and as I said was with a god talker, so I'd assumed that
> > they could have pulled something off, but what I'm hearing is that it
> really
> > does require a larger community?
> >
> > (The player is my 13 year old son, so I'm not letting gloranthan
> > technicalities get in the way of him having fun smiting chaos beasties
> and
> > bad folk, but I try to explain things in a way that doesn't bend
> > gloranthaness too badly.)
> >
> >
> >
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