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Godlearner

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  1. What is the specific difference between Ancestor Worship (as described in GoG) and Daka Fal (RQG). Are these two cutls/traditions interchangeble specifically in regard to Rune spells offered?
  2. I do not see a difference. Same source different path.
  3. No its the same. The source for all magic is the "mana" which underlines the universe and the Runes which are manifistation of this pure energy. The spirits dampen the flow and channel it into useful form. Rune magic does the same thing by enforcing construct. These are fixed and stable. A bigger bang for your buck so to speak, but at a price of attuning oneself to a limited amount of patters. Sorcery is 'free form' great flexibility, but the caster needs to create the architecture on the fly. Same energy, different paths.
  4. That is one way to look at it, but I see it as an artifical method to limit player character access to magic of different forms. From my understanding, and from what I gathered stated, sorcery, rune magic and spirit magic all come from the same source but use differnt so to speak resistors so that the raw power can be used/manipulated by mortals, who are otherwise to fragile to use it. Therefore, one should not limit the other. If you got the knowledge and the magic points IMO, go for it.
  5. No, the current pocture is that most of this society use Spirit and Divine magic while Zzabur-caste use sorcery above the rest.
  6. The fact that Humakti geases are now random and have been lessened in their severaty is the problem. Under the old rules the geas was "accept no magical healing at all" which prevented most PCs from taking it. I would also start giving spirits Dismiss Magic, Dullblade, Spirit Screen, etc spells.
  7. ... and that is why we ignore this rule and not allow magic and weapons to effect spirits, unless they are specifically described as spirit affecting (in which case they usually do nothing to physical targets)
  8. Nah, this is not a go ahead to restructure the entire cult system. Its basically YGWV type thing. I would rather allow Daka Fal God Talker without them being shamans.
  9. Nowhere does it say that it gives the Priest or anyone else to get additional Rune spells as though it was a subcult. So basically, your ancestor can be a Wyter following the rules, but you could not get Daka Fal rune magic from it.
  10. It also says that it is a Community spirit. This worship is often combined with that of a local cult, such as Orlanth or Ernalda, making the wyter a local subcult of the greater cult. This is specifically relates to passing magic point. Nothing about getting Rune spells from it.
  11. I think it would be a bit more restrictive than just being local. I can not see this working for Humakt for example, even if the shrine is just down the street. I would say if would have to be a cult that is widely worshiped in the community.
  12. An interesting proposition: A user defined subcult ..... I guess that would work for any 'major' cult.
  13. No, it would be passed down from generation to generation. Its Rune magic, no book-learning for any of them.
  14. To bind to a wyter implies that one is an initiate, so I would say you still need the Daka Fal mask. I think the idea works, but it still is a more complicated mechanic than to simply allow none shaman Godtalkers of Daka Fal.
  15. This is all the caster's choice. Incarnate Ancestor says : This spell can be cast without naming the specific ancestor desired, in which case a random ancestor comes. I am not sying that there should not be shamans for the Daka Fal, I am saying that it should be possible for a Priest/Godtalker to exist without having to be a shaman.
  16. You are not disagreeing here. We are in total agreement. Duke Raus is the head of his household and an ancestor worshipper. I feel he should be at least a Godtalker of Daka Fal, but there is no reason for him to be a shaman.
  17. Nothing exists until it is created. I see a clear need for a shaman-free ancestor type worship with the head of the house holding a Priest/Godtalker position. Why deal with all the other types of spirit that a shaman deals with, if you are only concerned with ones family tree? These skils of Spirit Dance and Spirit Combat are extranious in this type of a situation. Imagine a family run Merchant house whihc traces its roots to the founder, who maybe contacted and may be able to teach some sort of magic or skill which is particular to this family. Why would being a shaman be a requirement for the head of the family?
  18. My quesiton is can one be a Daka Fal Priest or Godtalker without being a shaman.
  19. You can make an argument that the concept of aristocracy and heraldry are just forms of ancestor worship and shamanic practices.
  20. When you taek damage in a location, your general hit point are also reduced. This type of damage can be healed by Heal, Mend Flesh or Heal Wound spells. If you take damage directly to your general hit points, without damage to a specific hit location you will need either a Heal Body, Accelerate Healing or Healing Trance.
  21. In my mind it boils down to Invisible God and saints (Malkion, Hershal, Dormal, etc) and Ancestor Worship/Spirit Worship (Rune cults). All temples/churches are focused on Invisible God and his saints. Rune cults are are small with not Rune Lord or Priests, are lead by God Talkers and are confined to family/clan/guild.
  22. No, if this was the case, they would have not placed those slow and boring restrictions on it in the first place.
  23. His magic would have to be adjusted outside of Prax. There should not be a restriction on healing as well.
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