[Glorantha] Husband Protectors and magic

[Light Castle]

Donald R Oddy wrote:

> Conversely Heortlings don't share our western fear of mortality,
> they know that after death they will go to Orlanth's or Ernalda's
> halls until they are ready to be reborn. Their equivelent fear is 
> being destroyed utterly by chaos.

An excellent point, indeed. But would that apply to someone who dies on
the initiation quest itself?

> I think Esrolian women are really shocked that their sisters in
> Heortland mostly rely on a single husband/protector. 

I think much the same here.

> What I see happening is that the clan women chose a few men from
> the clan to play the parts of Orlanth and the Thunder Brothers
> in the HQ without telling them what's actually going on. These
> are older married men who can be relied on to follow their role
> and keep their mouth shut. 

> It's not so much about choosing a particular husband, which is
> later, but social conditioning in what a good husband is like.

That's in interesting view. The ones who show up in the initiation are
the Orlanthi all examples of what a good husband is like. I can see
that. I'd probably use it.

Jane Williams on Magic

> This may be one for the rules list  - but I've always
> assumed that any feat *can* be cast on anyone else.

Same here. You can mess around with difficulty/situational modifiers
(and probably should in certain cases) but I've always assumed virtually
all magic can be cast outwards.

> I tend to assume touch range, and cooperation of
> receiving party, myself.

I'm not sure I'd even put that limitation in for all cases, myself.

LC