<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div></div><div>Yes the way I see it .. it is not an either or .. either a Priest .. or a Shaman .. just like I am a Husband/Father .. simultaneously .. many of the duties ae overlapping .. and performing it once ..counts as performing it for both.</div><div><br></div><div>Greg</div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><br><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Wayne Shaw <shaw@caprica.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> RuneQuest Rules <runequest@rpgreview.net><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Mon, August 16, 2010 1:47:15 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight:
bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Runequest] Cross Perspective Requirements and Magical Social Development (RQIII)<br></font><br>
At 05:33 AM 8/16/2010, you wrote:<br>>"A shaman must spend 90% of his time performing the normal daily duties<br>>of his profession." p98 RuneQuest 3rd (Deluxe) edition.<br>><br>>"Similarly, they [Priests] must spend 90% of their time at the temple,<br>>or on temple business" p111 ibid.<br>><br>>"In some cults, such as Aldrya, Kyger Litor, Hykim, and Ancestor<br>>Worship, the priests are also shamans. Such shaman/priests have all the<br>>powers of both a shaman and a priest, as limited by their cult" p19 Gods<br>>of Glorantha.<br>><br>>Whilst I have been playing RAW, shaman/priests do seem somewhat<br>>overpowered (i.e., downright scary!). The combination allows for<br>>multiple benefits to accrue, but as given above, it is physically<br>>impossible for the duties to given equivalent status (i.e., one cannot<br>>work 180% of their time).<br><br>I suspect the duties are essentially identical in the hybrid
cases, <br>since they're defined in terms of service to their community.<br><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Runequest mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Runequest@rpgreview.net" href="mailto:Runequest@rpgreview.net">Runequest@rpgreview.net</a><br><span><a target="_blank" href="http://rpgreview.net/mailman/listinfo/runequest_rpgreview.net">http://rpgreview.net/mailman/listinfo/runequest_rpgreview.net</a></span><br></div></div></div><div style="position:fixed"></div>
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