... Given that most Malkioni (men and women) raise children while holding down a day job, I don't see the need for Sainthood for the particular set of...
... *manfully concedes the Offlist-But-Actually-Onlist Posting Crown* -- John Machin "Nothing is more beautiful than to know the All." - Athanasius Kircher,...
What's Anglo Saxon for 'Doh!'?? Bingo on the gyrda book (at least the title - I still can't find it). It is 'The origin of the Icelanders' by Barthi...
Seriously, not only was Kung-Fu Panda a good funny movie, but it also made me think about Gloranthan mysticism and Kralorela a lot. The story is told with...
I know I've brought this up before, but I still have questions. I'm mostly wondering about the western wizards/sorcerers viewpoint, but also of the more...
... He could summon a godling or a spirit at -20. Alternatively he could demonize it before summoning it up as an essense. Demonized entities are much more...
... I _like_ it! And yes, I understand about the elemental essences, but I was specifically wondering about elemental demons. I suppose there's not much...
... What elemental demons do you have in mind? The Nomad God counters were AFAIK spirits and never summoned by sorcerors. ... Normally rare unless you live in...
... <snip> ... John, I love you and your awesome contributions to Glorantha. I hope your rather worrying observations get acted upon. But... By all the gods,...
[Adept] ... [Peter] ... Nothing that specific. I'm planning games set in the west, and I feel there should be a lot of entities that morally flexible sorcerers...
... Depending on the Church, even morally inflexible sorcerers can summon demons. Based on Gods of Glorantha, I daresay the Hrestoli Church has an order set...
Hi, this is Pip. The formatting on John's post went all weird. No idea what happened. Here it is again: P. John wrote: Hi Ian Thanks for those kind words. I...
... what happened. Here it is again: Thanks Pip. Apologies for the posting mess of the original: it was a Word doc pasted to a web mail interface as the...
John (in an oddly formatted Digest post) ... Probably because they haven't seen the 2nd edition of HeroQuest. You, as an experienced Glorantha player, can...
... A whole bunch of stuff... Some of which is challenging, provocative and certainly going to engender a lot of comment. I don't agree with much of it, but I...
Hi John, I'd like to respond, helpfully I hope, on one or two issues raised. First let us do the easy one. Magic is changing in HQ 2.0. This is not really the...
... As I said earlier, in my squeaky-newbie-voice, I think that the community (authors, publishers, everyone really) is pretty damn intimidating in its opacity...
Having been fortunate enough to be at Continuum, I would agree with most of what Ian has said - adding that Thunder Rebels/Storm Tribe was written for Hero...
One of many (or too many !) things I picked up at Continuum was issue 1 of Hearts in Glorantha. There's lots of good stuff in there at the amazingly low price...
Understood Ian, and thanks for the thoughtful and generous reply. I hope the respect and friendship is still there between us all. It would be positive if I,...
... Short answer: Yes. Longer answer, yes, because you have presumed a Complete Success (or at least Major Victory), in HQ-Speak. A sorceror trying to summon...
Thanks Paul Hearing the broader COS plan in a little more detail has lessened my concern considerably. I look forward to hearing more of the project. Cheers ...
... emails. You may have better luck than I (and several others that I know of). ... John, The last email I received from you was in February. I replied to it....
I am flying home today after attending the fantastic and awesome Continuum convention. Many thanks to all, especially the committee for putting on such a...
... for ... Could you or someone else who attended give the rest of us some information on what happened at the convention? Pretty please? Mark Mohrfield...
... Podcasts of the seminars and the games at Continuum will be available over the next few weeks as and when I finish processing them. I'll post details here...
... Thexton, ... Quadros Thanks for including me, but it was probably Simon Bray. Either that or nobody told me I contributed and they owe me a free copy :-) ...