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RQ Rules Digest:           Sunday, 10 March 1996       Volume 02 : Number 211


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Fantome@eworld.com            Sword Shattering
Fantome@eworld.com            Joining Orlanths' pantheon and becoming in
Fantome@eworld.com            standard of medicine /Chalana Arroy raving
MUS_RDC@hal.lamar.edu         Breaking Weapons
Richard Ohlson                Sword Shattering
ANDOVER@delphi.com            Sword Shattering

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From: Fantome@eworld.com
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 05:07:04 -0800
Subject: Sword Shattering

From: PAUL POFANDT <ppofandt@ozemail.com.au>
<< Thinking on the subject of an apostate Humakti's sword shattering, if this
is an intergral power of Humakt...<<

Humakt has so far demonstrated this power only on his dis-loyal ex-members,
with which he had made a bargain, not those whose trust (truth) he hadn't
shared. 

Having the priest cast an ex-communicate could cause the same effect, so for
that purpose I don't think a new spell would be required.

As for a spell of "sword shattering" for other purposes it could make sense
as a hero questing ability, or even a spell given by a limited
(non-widespread) Humakti hero cult against enemies or truth breakers.

Brian
Fantome@eworld.com <SPACE RESERVED FOR RENT>

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From: Fantome@eworld.com
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 05:06:55 -0800
Subject: Joining Orlanths' pantheon and becoming initiate

From: Richard Ohlson <richo@vicon.net>

>> as I understand it, you join the PANTHEON, and can choose to go to
Barntar's high holy days instead of Orlanth's.  However, that also implies
that the majority of Genertelan Barbarians are NOT initiates of Orlanth, but
some kind of lay member of many cults.  I'm having trouble juggling that. <<

I rationalised joining the pantheon of Orlanth, by becoming a lay member of
the pantheon but by being initiated into one specific cult, whatever it may
be.

Brian
Fantome@eworld.com <SPACE RESERVED FOR RENT>

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From: Fantome@eworld.com
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 05:07:00 -0800
Subject: standard of medicine /Chalana Arroy raving

From: Alain_RAMEAU_at_03__paris__tep@internet.total.fr

>> Medecine is certainly not the same concept in Glorantha (do they know
vitamines, antibiotics ?). <<

My thoughts are that physical aspects of health are researched within the
Arroin subcult. And that they strive to improve their knowledge of how to
better help living things through physical methods including proper diet,
physiotherapy (approximates specialist first aid) etc.

Antibiotics as a concept, though, would be unknown because of the differing
nature of disease. The effects of plants / potions etc help the patient fight
off the little disease spirits have the same effect but work by aiding the
patients spirit/power to fight off the effect rather than the body.

From: liebx004@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Steve Lieb)

>> AAAAGH.  POW 1.  Nice.  Ever try going into a decent combat with a POW of
ONE? <<

Or a Chalana Arroy casting heal 6 (4 point power storage crystal) with a
power and magic points of 2? Instant knockout. A successful DI was made to
stop a broo shamans _PLAGUE_ spell affecting a number of members of the group
( and from spreading ). No disruption spell allowed to help raise POW either.

From: Peter Metcalfe <P.Metcalfe@student.canterbury.ac.nz>

>> The Questions of the White Moon Heretics
causes the seeker to become totally Pacific and Useless to Society. <<

A pacifist can find their place in any society. But can the threat of the
Questions of the White Moon Heretics used as a threat to keep a 'rowdy' CA in
line?

Brian
Fantome@eworld.com <SPACE RESERVED FOR RENT>



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From: MUS_RDC@hal.lamar.edu
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 9:51:21 -0600 (CST)
Subject: re: Breaking Weapons

A rule we have fooled around with some is:

Weapons have half their normal (rq2) HP values in HP and half in AP. For
instance a broad sword has 10 AP and 10 HP...

Roger

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From: Richard Ohlson <richo@vicon.net>
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 16:59:13 -0800
Subject: Re: Sword Shattering

At 05:07 AM 3/10/96 -0800, you wrote:
>From: PAUL POFANDT <ppofandt@ozemail.com.au>
>As for a spell of "sword shattering" for other purposes it could make sense
>as a hero questing ability, or even a spell given by a limited
>(non-widespread) Humakti hero cult against enemies or truth breakers.
>

However, Humakt is not allowed the spell "dull blade", any comments on why
this spell is illegal, but he can just blow them up at will?


Rich


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From: ANDOVER@delphi.com
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 20:16:37 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: Sword Shattering

Dullblade defeats the purpose of the sword, while blowing it up in the
hands of an apostate is "carrying out" its purpose!  Jim Chapin

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