RulingNations@aol.com wrote: >Thus I hope you can see that the general rule is that the less utility >something has the more likely it will come to be abused. Why doesn't >this apply to Celandra? > Sorry to say this, but your examples did not really convince me. Currently Congo is recognized as one of the riches countries in Africa in terms of natural resources, and all I can see there is abuse. A much more important difference between Congo, China and India is, I think, that China had a long history of unity behind one government, India had also a long history; but not a united one - while the tribes in Congo had no unifying culture or common history whatsoever. As for Celandra, why aren't the gods abusing it? Well, some are. But they are kept in check by competition over the resources (people). If only a single entity (or group of...) would be interested in Celandra, abuse would be easier, but this is not the case. >Well, let's say that a worshiper generates something, call it worship >energy, that a deity can use to acquire something that useful to him, >call that flux. Let's say that a deity can acquire flux based on the >square root of worship energy available to him. Flux can also be used to >do things. For example, the lowest rank of espiri in Exquisite might >require five flux to do what they do. > <...> >I was rather imagining that worshipers would channel their authority to >a deity as part of their worship. Individually this authority isn't >worth much, but if a deity can muster the authority of several hundred >it adds up. > That sounds plausible, but would this make the Celandra an *essential* source for the various entities in the Dreaming? Their primary source of food, so to speak. Another question: how does one channel their authority? Through prayers, offerings, or some kind of ceremony? Does this require some conscious decision? Can you give/divide the Authority to several gods? juuso ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send mail to celandra-off@phoenyx.net.
