Stealing "Lunar Magic"

[g33k]

Presumably, this is a "trivial" thing for Thanatari to do:  they steal the Lunar secrets just as they steal the various Special Rune Magics from various Cults.

What about a Shaman?

In principle, it looks likely to me that there are Lunar spirits who could teach the secret Lunar skills of Spirit-Magic spell-manipulation... or who could be spiritually-mugged to get such skills.

The Shaman may need to be Illuminated in order to understand... and/or exposure to these skills may grant (inflict?) an immediate roll to become Illuminated.

Obviously, "YGWV" and "MGF" are the ruling factors here.

But:  does "canon" (or do the Gloranthan Dev team) offer a definitive answer?

TYVMia!

[Nick Brooke]

The Red Goddess’s cult writeup says, “Lunar magic was created by the Red Goddess and cannot be used by anyone except her initiates.” (Cults of RuneQuest: The Lunar Way, p.124). So if your Thanatari or Shaman is an initiate of the Red Goddess, they can use Lunar magic; if they aren’t, they can’t.

I think you know the requirements to initiate: first, be an Illuminate and a Priest or Lord of a Lunar cult; then, “Convince the Examiners”; finally, sacrifice one POW as usual.

Edited May 9 by Nick Brooke

[metcalph]

The Lunar magic skills are not learned from spirits as I understand it but proceed from understanding Lunar mysteries A.k.a illumination. 

[metcalph]

A Thanatari could achieve back-door access to Lunar Magics if he were to acquire the head of a Lunar Examiner and use that to teach him the Lunar Way.  But becoming Illuminated via riddles is far too slow and any known Madness spells will be one-use.   

[PhilHibbs]

6 hours ago, metcalph said:

A Thanatari could achieve back-door access to Lunar Magics if he were to acquire the head of a Lunar Examiner and use that to teach him the Lunar Way.  But becoming Illuminated via riddles is far too slow and any known Madness spells will be one-use.   

Or just get the head to cast the magic.

[metcalph]

2 minutes ago, PhilHibbs said:

Or just get the head to cast the magic.

Which is one-use as I said.  

[PhilHibbs]

12 minutes ago, metcalph said:

Which is one-use as I said.  

I assumed the question was about the Lunar-manipulated spirit magic.

[Scotty]

On 5/9/2024 at 2:39 AM, g33k said:

a definitive answer?

Answered here: