[Glorantha] Re: Theyelan Missionaries

[Trotsky]

Donald:

>The soul is a cultural-specific idea, Gloranthan cultures seem
>more appropriate than RW ones. Given the three world model of
>Gloranthan magic I'd postulate that there are three different
>kinds of people - theists who have souls, animists who have
>spirits and monotheists who have essences. 
>
Oh, a lot more than three, I'd have said. There's 'true' Lunars, who 
have septessence (IIRC - at any rate, they don't use theism, animism or 
wizardry), plus whatever it is that Common Magic users have before they 
connect to theism et. al. Then, there's mystics (who, as we know, are 
bugger all use as PCs, but who do nonetheless, exist somewhere), and 
doubtless some more we don't know of yet. And that's even before we 
extend 'people' to non-humans, many of whom are bound to select 'None of 
the Above' as their source of magic.

Kind of a pity there isn't a generic term for 
soul/spirit/essence/septessence/whatever, come to think of it. It's not 
something that's need in the RW, I guess.

-- 
Trotsky
Gamer and Skeptic

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