Godlearner

5 hours ago, svensson said:

Inns would the perfect hide-in-plain-sight for Ogres and Thanatari....

Of course no need to hide in Dorastor.

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Although set in Dorastor, the Temple of Heads could be used for a Thanatar Temple anywhere, if you ignore the above ground section.

That inn is pretty useful for over places.

6 hours ago, Shiningbrow said:

Also, what's the beer like in the Temple of Heads?

I am sure there is a Minlister head in there somewhere.

11 hours ago, Squaredeal Sten said:

I'm not convinced that most matrices will have conditions on them, because as I understand it that requires spending more POW on the matrix.  I would judge that most matrices that are really powerful might have such conditions, but not your garden variety 2-point Bladesharp matrix, since a couple of conditions would double its POW cost.   Now can I reference that? See page 250 of RQG, "There are six classes of enchantments.  Each class costs 1 point of current POW to include, no matter how complex..."

Yes, but otherwise all your matrixes are subject to theft and there would be lots for sale.

16 minutes ago, David Scott said:

This is what we use:

As a rune spell is 200 L / POW and variable magic is times the Level plus the previous levels.

So a 2pt spirit binding is

(1 x 200 L) + (2 x 200 ) = 300 L plus the cost of the item, plus the quality of crafting.

Works well in my games.

Check your math 😉

Its a matter of how much do the PCs value their POW. Have an encounter where an NPC asks the PCs to sell their POW. That should give you a relative value of matrices.  Also remember that most matrices would have conditions on them, which may make them useless.

My formula for a Spirit spell matrix is Price of the spell + 200 L + 200 L x POW (x50% of that if they are selling, x10 if using prices prior to RQG)

Try using play by post game. Check out www.rpol.net. Everyone does not need to be on at the same time and it has a dice server built in.

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There is nothing at all that says you can't be an atheist philosopher,

Except one would be denying the basic facts of the world that Gods exist. Even Godlearners did not deny that.  

Gloranthan atheists are agnostics who do not wish to tie themselves down to a particular set of beliefs. IMO, they would use Spirit magic mostly

30 minutes ago, Tyrian Telbenj said:

Im wondering wich is the way to cure venom.

Natural Healing work.

The normal healing magic doesent work. deos heal body Work?

According to the rules,  an antidote given to a poisoned but not-yet-dead adventurer within ten minutes cancels the damage done by the poison up to the level of the antidote.

Heal Body should work.

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He unintentionally violated his taboo. What happens? 

That is an interesting question. I know that in RL, an unintentional violation is easily atoned for and in fact the sin is considered to fall on the deceiver  (if this was a result of deception). So I would say the shaman may need to conduct some sort of a ritual to cleanse himself, once he is made aware of the situation.

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I think the spirit does, or the spirit's allies and agents. Spirits are not the same as gods, they are not as strongly bound by time for example. I don't know if that is a factor here or not.

These Taboos are taken to reset stat loss for Shamanic Abilities. Which spirit is enforcing that?

3 minutes ago, PhilHibbs said:

I'm not so sure. I don't think illumination is a switch which once flipped renders the subject entirely immune to all forms of otherworldly consequences.

This gets to the heart of why illumination is reputed to have an effect like this. And perhaps this is a better topic for the other place, so I'll leave in depth discussion of that for another thread. It's been done many times.

Normally I may agree with that, but the topic here is Shaman Taboos, and it seems how they interact with Illumination is spot on for discussion. So, who/what enforces these Taboos? 

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If the broo doesn't like the taboo let them break it and find out what happens.

Yeah, nothing happens if the Broo is illuminated.

3 hours ago, tnli said:

As a GM I would rule it to be random, unless the Players are happy with the idea of getting their characters heads blasted off...

I use a simple rule, if there is a to hit roll, then you can aim to a specific location. If there isn't one, then nope.

The prohibition against shedding blood is illogical and seems like a carry over from the old days of D&D were clerics were limited to blunt weapons. Unless you give CA magic that can perform laparoscopy it makes no more than feel good nurses in a lot of cases.

"Oh my, I can't release that turnicate to clean the wound before healing it." Is this what you expect a CA to say?

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The illuminated one will know as truth that Chaos is, in itself, neither evil nor inimical. [...] Likewise, it frees creatures of Chaos from their twisted convictions and offers them the chance to rid themselves of the hate which rules their lives.

I'm not sure that will help.

 

A chance that they may or may not take. It would require contemplation, meditation and reasoning. A wast majority of Chaos may not have the luxury of time to even consider.

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Would they actually follow a taboo?  If they got more power or powers by doing so, sure.  Look at Thanatar - he gives gifts, but his followers must take geases to get them.  You can think of them as the "constraints" that tied the spirit or deity to Time - relics of their own path wherein they gave up certain powers and abilities to gain others, and once powers were lost they could not regain them.  The taking of gifts and assumption of taboos simply reflects the paths of these spirits and gods.

Which is also another reason as to why illumination is desirable for a Chaotic.

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Operations are a grey area, we said that Chalana Arroy couldn't perform them, as they involved shedding blood, but the Seven Mothers healers could.

Under what circumstances would you see any healer having to perform an operation? And where is the prohibition on shedding blood from?

We play that CA oaths do not cover Chaotic beings and CA are allowed to to hunt for food.

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It is focussed on the shaman available in the core rules: Daka Fal, Waha, and Golden Bow, so it's bound to be narrow.

Of course. That is understandable. 

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IMO, the celibacy taboos would be excellent for a Thed Shaman-Priest, given they are NPCs this would make for an excellent twist to the character, who knows how this would manifest. 

At the same time the taboo of always attempt to breed would work as well and what about all of the weapon prohibitions when the shaman does not have hands. The table just seems too narrow focused. 

The table on page 363 obviously does not work for all Shamans. I for one can not see a Broo Shaman of Thed having to adhere to any celibacies taboos. Has anyone came up with thier own tables for this?

3 minutes ago, PhilHibbs said:

Apparently so.

Seems wrong.

Dispel Magic is good, but in this specific instance, that is reducing damage and the to hit percentage, Dullblade is better.

If facing an opponent with a Bladesharp 4 on his sword for example, a Dispel 2 will have no affect (and would be  a waste of magic points and of an action), while a Dullblade 2 will reduce the damage. 

BTW, something I just spotted under Bladesharp description:

" If Dullblade is also cast on the weapon, the improved chance to hit from Bladesharp is not affected, but the weapon’s additional damage is reduced by the second spell."

Does that mean that if you cast a Bladesharp 1 and then someone casts a Dullblade 4 the total affect on the weapon is +5% to hit and -3 damage?

1 hour ago, soltakss said:

Firearrow is great, as it destroys the weapon. So, cast it on the enemy Rune lord's magical hammer that returns when thrown - fffft!

Yeah, nice try, but .... no!

Until they drop that sword and pull out another.