[Glorantha] comet seers

[Donald R. Oddy]

In message <Pine.GSO.4.58.0611141910110.12584 at paju.oulu.fi> Mikko Rintasaari writes:

>The Comet Seers are one of those writeups that left me very frustrated and
>asking "but what is it that these people actually do on the battlefield??"

I can understand that feeling.

>From the name and description it sounds more like a reconnaiscense unit
>(like a military spy-satellite) than actual battlefied magicians.

I'm beginning to think describing the Lunar Field Colleges as military
units is a bit misleading. They don't appear to be units of magicans
who are organised to all do specific things like reconiasance, artillery 
support or whatever. What they are is a group of specialists who are
trained to work together, thus providing a more powerful effect than
they would individually. So while the Ordenviru may regard each field
college as an interchangeable unit, in practice their abilities vary
depending on the individual members. And when the members change
the abilities do.

One example I've written up for the Whitewall project is Theogenes
Aristole who's described on the Whitewall Wiki. Although written
before ILH2 I've checked and there's nothing incompatable with it.
I'm not sure if he's part of a field college. There aren't any 
stats but his best magical abilities will be about 10W2.

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