Hi,
there are some older but still useful documents linked from http://www.glorantha.com/new/cosmology.html - but, of course, I would say that because I co-authored some of them :)
regards,
Charles
Summary: there are 3 levels of HeroQuest, but it is more a spectrum than hard-edged levels.
1 - Ceremony. This is fully controlled (usually) by the participants who enact a ritualised quest at low risk for smaller benefits and is wholly within the mundane world.
2 - Practice Quest. The protagonists of this type of quest go out into the mundane world after a ritual start. The magic of the quest attracts external participants to fulfill the required roles. The magic of this kind of quest also puts visible marks on participants (the herolight) and the participants see the world change to be more like the otherside. More risks and therefore potentially more rewards.
3 - Otherworld or full Heroquest. Very high risk but potentially the rewards can change the world. The main participants disappear from this world and bodily go to the Otherworlds.
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> So basically you'll need to know the history/myth of Orlanth to understand what the otherside is like?
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> I assume there is ritual to get there. What happens to your body? Do you disappear or does your body stay here in the real world and your soul go to the otherworld?
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> What happens if you are killed there?
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> Is the god world and the spirit world the same? Are there spirits floating around everywhere?
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> Where is this essence plane?
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> What about all of your dead ancestors? If there are there, that would be a lot of fricken people!
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> How do you determine which rune affinities that your character has? What makes him pick mastery over fire?
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> Many more questions to come.
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> --- In WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com, hcarteau@ wrote:
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> > I'm reading Sartar Kingdom of Heroes and it states that becoming an adult involves traveling to the Otherside to "find oneself".
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> > What does this God World look like?
> > /// It varies with each of us. Everything is sharper, bigger, stronger, more beautiful. Even our ennemies are more beautiful, such as the demons of fire we must fight every fire season. You also see different parts of it (Myths) at your religious ceremonies : the First Plowing, the battle againts the waters, the taming of Urox etc. etc.
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> > I have no idea on how to describe this to my players.
> > /// Focus on the Myth, the story that's happening before their eyes. Don't forget, their characters go there every Holy Ceremony they take part in since they became adults.
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> > I've never even reached 20th level or the Immortal box set from TSR.
> > /// LOL doubleplusgood. In Glorantha, you go to the Other Side often, during every ritual. Then you know what to expect. The crazy ones, the misfits, they do Heroquesting. That's really dangerous. And not for normal people : it's for PCs ! Better begin with This World first.
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