[Glorantha] Re: Glorantha Digest, Vol 12, Issue 449

[Mikko Rintasaari]

> From: Graham Robinson <graham at albionsoft.com>
>
> >Where is are the statistics for a typical lunar war-mage?
>
> Well, my copy is stuffed full of keywords. Perhaps yours is defective? I
> haven't had time to track down those for a lunar war-mage - I get the
> GTA copy, so of course it only arrived today. Even if that specifically
> is missing, there seems to be little basis for complaint. There's a ton
> of detail.

It's not exactly a complaint. I'm just confused with the decision not to
include hard and immediately useful game-data like that.

What does the lunar field college actually do? We how have information on
the hierarchy. Obviously the field college works like an orchestra, A
conductor (the most gifted magician, I assume) is coordinating seven other
powerful magicians. These seven are supported by nine low level magicians,
who are basically just there to boost and empower the seven (eight) people
above them.

But what do they do, and at what level?

Does the field college bombard the enemy with elemental forces, and if so,
which element? Do they call down blinding light from the moon, or summon
up flights of magically enraged sparrows (I hope not).

That sort of detail.

What sort of a character is a typical supporting member of a field
college? Do they have useful personal magic, or do they just work as an
amplifyer for the higher ups? Do the six colleges specialize in different
aspects of magic? Is that a function of the current top people, or do they
have regimental traditions? What are the HQ:game engine statistics of a
field college on war footing?

And so on...

	-Adept : who would prefer not having to make all that up himself