[Glorantha] Re: Glorantha Digest, Vol 12, Issue 71

[Donald R. Oddy]

In message <009c01c63773$ab13b500$6406a8c0 at oemcomputer> "Roderick and Ellen Robertson" writes:

>> Oh, yes, we certainly know that people do do this, and regularly, too.
>> Heortlings obviously do visit the Storm Realm, for instance. But I
>> didn't get the impression that that was the sort of heroquesting the
>> person was asking about (or, at least, not just that sort). The 'why
>> bother?' question was directed out-of-game at players, rather than at
>> in-game Gloranthans, who, do, indeed, have quite a good reason. Players
>> may well go and visit nodes to look at the pretty scenery, but it's not
>> exactly what you'd call a typical - or exciting - heroquest scenario.
>
>Besides the point that we really didn't have the heroplanes concept in
>HeroWars, when TR was written...

This explains a lot about why I, and I suspect others, have been
confused. Prior to Greg's recent explanation the distinctions 
between the heroplanes, the God's War and the three magical worlds 
has been very fuzzy.

>A normal worship ceremony goes to the appropiate Otherworld home of the
>being worshipped (Orlanth's hall, the Moon, the Waha's tent, or wherever),
>but you *normally* don't leave that safe place in the Otherworld (remember,
>this is a worship ceremony, not the beginning of a heroquest). If you do,
>it's along well-known and safe paths, and can really be accounted part of
>the God's Home.

So a worship ceremony is a means of reinforcing the link between a
community and their source of magic. It's not a HQ although it can 
be used as the start of one.

-- 
Donald Oddy
http://www.grove.demon.co.uk/