[Glorantha] Re: Changing (or not) reality via heroquests

[Simon Phipp]

Graham Robinson:
  
> So what happens when the first cheesecake is created? Assuming no one has 
> ever made a cheesecake before, what happens when I make one? Possible answers :
> 
> 1. There's a finite number of gods(3) who already exist. If one of them 
> isn't for cheesecake, tough, cheesecake is impossible.
> 2. There's a (near) infinite number of gods, only a few of which will ever 
> be worshipped in Glorantha. Cheesecake is possible, so the god must exist 
> and be discoverable.
> 3. A mortal can make a small change to the other side, adding a myth in 
> which a child of biscuit god and cheese god turns out to be cheesecake god.
> 4. Creating cheesecake instantly creates a brand new cheesecake god, who 
> has no connection to anything else.
   
  How about:
  5. The mortal, having invented cheesecake, takes on the mantle of the Cheescake God and grants cheesecake abilities to the aforementioned biscuit and cheese gods as a Hero Cult (or possibly later a subcult if lots of people make cheesecake).
   
  So, Heroes can get the abilities themselves and make them available to their deities as Hero Cults. That's how a lot of these things have worked in the past.
   
  Does cheesecake actually contain cheese? The ones I've had seem to be a biscuit base with a creamy middle and a fruity topping. Or do you make proper cheesecake in Bonny Scotland?
   
  See Ya
   
  Simon