Frp Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 I'd like to hear people's ideas about using tap spells on chaotic things. Does the sorcerer become tainted if they steal air or tap the body of a chaos thing? Mostly I'm interested in what happens if a tainted sorcerer, that's mastered the chaos rune, taps chaos directly? Can they just consume a gorp, broo or whatever? Can they tap chaos sites? I'm pondering a potential NPC that characters might make a devils bargain with. How bad can he be, he eats chaos... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metcalph Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 1 hour ago, Frp said: I'd like to hear people's ideas about using tap spells on chaotic things. Does the sorcerer become tainted if they steal air or tap the body of a chaos thing? Mostly I'm interested in what happens if a tainted sorcerer, that's mastered the chaos rune, taps chaos directly? Can they just consume a gorp, broo or whatever? Can they tap chaos sites? I'm pondering a potential NPC that characters might make a devils bargain with. How bad can he be, he eats chaos... Rules effect wise nothing happens. In-glorantha this is what is known as the Borist heresy. People believe they become chaotic by tapping chaos (even if it's not true). I did put a spin on this some time ago by having the Boristi tap chaos within ordinary people so as to make them pure and worthy of Solace. Their wizards use that tapped chaos to form chaotic monsters (gorp, dragonsnails, giant flying hands) obedient to their will. But a Storm Bull's sense chaos does not work against the Boristi because they are not themselves chaotic So they are devilishly hard to suppress. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kloster Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 1 hour ago, metcalph said: Rules effect wise nothing happens. In-glorantha this is what is known as the Borist heresy. People believe they become chaotic by tapping chaos (even if it's not true). I did put a spin on this some time ago by having the Boristi tap chaos within ordinary people so as to make them pure and worthy of Solace. Their wizards use that tapped chaos to form chaotic monsters (gorp, dragonsnails, giant flying hands) obedient to their will. But a Storm Bull's sense chaos does not work against the Boristi because they are not themselves chaotic So they are devilishly hard to suppress. You beat me on this. This is exactly what I think of it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godlearner Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 7 hours ago, metcalph said: Rules effect wise nothing happens. In-glorantha this is what is known as the Borist heresy. People believe they become chaotic by tapping chaos (even if it's not true). I did put a spin on this some time ago by having the Boristi tap chaos within ordinary people so as to make them pure and worthy of Solace. Their wizards use that tapped chaos to form chaotic monsters (gorp, dragonsnails, giant flying hands) obedient to their will. But a Storm Bull's sense chaos does not work against the Boristi because they are not themselves chaotic So they are devilishly hard to suppress. Until they start sprouting Chaos Features Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kloster Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 17 minutes ago, Godlearner said: Until they start sprouting Chaos Features Ruleswise, nothing ever permits to think it can occur. Glorantha wise, of course it can occur. This is a fantasy world, but I don't remember having read anything in something RQ that lead to this conclusion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godlearner Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 45 minutes ago, Kloster said: Ruleswise, nothing ever permits to think it can occur. Glorantha wise, of course it can occur. This is a fantasy world, but I don't remember having read anything in something RQ that lead to this conclusion. Not in the rules, but I remember seeing this in various discussions on Boristi, as well as them running around "cleansing" people of all chaotics taints and then killing them with clean soul. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kloster Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 30 minutes ago, Godlearner said: Not in the rules, but I remember seeing this in various discussions on Boristi, as well as them running around "cleansing" people of all chaotics taints and then killing them with clean soul. I don't remember reading they killed the 'cleaned ones', but it does not matter on the subject, I also remember (vaguely) some stuff on that. Even if chaos destructors, they are clearly not very sympathetic guys, even without the chaos taints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilHibbs Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 1 hour ago, Kloster said: Ruleswise, nothing ever permits to think it can occur. That's an odd statement. I'm not sure what you mean by it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kloster Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 5 hours ago, PhilHibbs said: That's an odd statement. I'm not sure what you mean by it. What I meant is simply that nothing in the rules we currently have is giving any indication that tapping chaos is giving chaos features. I am not saying it can not do it, nor that it should not do it, only that nothing in the rules, current or past, indicate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilHibbs Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 5 minutes ago, Kloster said: What I meant is simply that nothing in the rules we currently have is giving any indication that tapping chaos is giving chaos features. I am not saying it can not do it, nor that it should not do it, only that nothing in the rules, current or past, indicate it. I can see how someone just reading the rules fresh might not conclude that, but anyone who knows about Chaos in Glorantha would probably recoil in horror at the idea of tapping chaos, in a "yeah, that's not going to end well" sort of way. And to be fair, the description of the rune says "nothing is totally safe from its influence", so we have been warned. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kloster Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 (edited) 21 minutes ago, PhilHibbs said: I can see how someone just reading the rules fresh might not conclude that, but anyone who knows about Chaos in Glorantha would probably recoil in horror at the idea of tapping chaos, in a "yeah, that's not going to end well" sort of way. And to be fair, the description of the rune says "nothing is totally safe from its influence", so we have been warned. On this, we agree. This is a world point of view, not a rule one, but you are totally right. This is why my first line began by 'Ruleswise, ', and my second line began by 'Glorantha wise'. Edited January 5, 2021 by Kloster Add lasts words 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jape_Vicho Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 And on a chaotic entity? There is an exemple in the Guide that says that tapping Stasis out of a rock turns it into dust, and tapping people results in making them servile apparently? So tapping a bro results in? It becomes a regular goat? A pre-greater darkness broo? It's just destroyed? A chaotic swamp lays next to Akem, that would be a good place to start digging. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godlearner Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 1 hour ago, Jape_Vicho said: And on a chaotic entity? There is an exemple in the Guide that says that tapping Stasis out of a rock turns it into dust, and tapping people results in making them servile apparently? So tapping a bro results in? It becomes a regular goat? A pre-greater darkness broo? It's just destroyed? A chaotic swamp lays next to Akem, that would be a good place to start digging. Well, Broo are a race the same as Trolls and Humans. You can not tap the Broo out of them. You can tap Chaos out of them, if you had that type of a spell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frp Posted January 6, 2021 Author Share Posted January 6, 2021 23 minutes ago, Jape_Vicho said: A chaotic swamp lays next to Akem, that would be a good place to start diggin Dilis. That's exactly where he'd be. If you master the chaos rune you get a chaos taint: page 383 of Roleplaying in Glorantha. So if you can directly tap chaos you're already tainted. I want the chaos things he taps to die in some icky fashion too. He's an NPC so I can hand wave the actual mechanism of what he's doing when melts or turns a broo to dust. My guy would be a Borist too. I guess I have a darker view of them, YGMV. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akhôrahil Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 (edited) 20 hours ago, Frp said: I'd like to hear people's ideas about using tap spells on chaotic things. Does the sorcerer become tainted if they steal air or tap the body of a chaos thing? Mostly I'm interested in what happens if a tainted sorcerer, that's mastered the chaos rune, taps chaos directly? Can they just consume a gorp, broo or whatever? Can they tap chaos sites? I'm pondering a potential NPC that characters might make a devils bargain with. How bad can he be, he eats chaos... An easy solution would be that they start to acquire the Chaos rune, and as they go on, Chaos features. This seems to be what happens to the Boristi "Chaos Monks", who specifically tap (only) Chaos. Under the actually really reasonable interpretation that Malkion's dictum "Do Not Ruin That Which You Love" doesn't extend to Chaos, as you shouldn't love Chaos. This isn't covered by the rules, however. Edited January 6, 2021 by Akhôrahil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frp Posted January 6, 2021 Author Share Posted January 6, 2021 7 minutes ago, Akhôrahil said: An easy solution would be that they start to acquire the Chaos rune, and as they go on, Chaos features. This seems to be what happens to the Boristi "Chaos Monks", who specifically tap (only) Chaos. Under the actually really reasonable interpretation that Malkion's dictum "Do Not Ruin That Which You Love" doesn't extend to Chaos, as you shouldn't love Chaos. This isn't covered by the rules, however. Having to become, at least a little, chaotic to do it is the rub. It'll keep the players guessing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revilo Divad Of Dyoll Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Secret Register of Boristi - Common rumor says that cultists are likely to grow something awful as a result of their tapping chaos things, hence their popular nickname of "squids." Ralios wouldn't be the same without outbreaks of squids. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godlearner Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 (edited) On 1/5/2021 at 8:58 AM, Godlearner said: Until they start sprouting Chaos Features Edited January 14, 2021 by Godlearner better image 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiningbrow Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 8 hours ago, Godlearner said: I don't get the point. He's clearly a messenger for Ernalda! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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