On 12/2/2011 2:32 AM, Richard Hayes wrote:
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> FWIW MRQ suggested that Gark was a theistic cult, but that in the Second Age there was also a sorcerous society which had replicated much of their magic. So whether or not Gark's cult is sorcerous, one could certainly create Gark-esque magic from the Essence Plane.
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I didn't find the MRQ treatment of Gark to be at all convincing.
There's a huge difference between the philosophy of Gark and just
creating a zombie for general labour.
--Peter Metcalfe