What spoof? It is Death magic.
ALL MAGIC IS "ILLUSION."
Let's look at the Hindu "illusion" here. In most texts you find that the god Maya, who
made the world, is translated as "illusion." This is a bad translation. It is better to
translate it as "magic." The whole world is made of magic. Some of it is of longer duration.
Your life is a life of magic.
ALL EXISTENCE IS AN ILLUSION.
A Trickster who creates a temporary fire makes a fire. If you are able to
discern the elemental (runic) association of it, you will detect Fire.
A Humakti who creates a Death Sword makes a Death Sword. If you are able to
discern the elemental association of it, you will detect Death.
A Trickster who creates a Death Sword makes a Death Sword. If you are able
to discern the elemental association of it, you will detect Death.
NOW, I know that Illusion is one of the Runes. Its opposite is Truth.
I wrote that a LONG time ago, before even I understood the real meaning of
Illusion. But because it is imbedded so deeply in Gloranthan reality, I would not
dare to eliminate it now. I can only reinterpret it in light of my new understanding
(which I am trying to convey here.)
This enters into the very difficult question of "what is Truth in Glorantha?"
As we all know, Truth is subjective. (Who is the true Sun God? What is the
true Magic? What is the true origin of the universe? Etc. ad infinitum.) A
nonsubjective Truth exists, in theory. This would have to be an Absolute
Truth, which is a mystical concept, and as such is (be definition) beyond
the ken of mere mortals (who are, by definition, finite.)
Orenoar
is Truth. The basic myth sets her opposite Larnste, Change. As all
the myths tell, she is no longer of this world.
In other words, we can not know absolute truth, only subjective truth.
Tylenea,
Illusion, is also gone from this world. This indicates she too is unknowable.
In other words, we can not know absolute illusion, only subjective illusion.
My conclusion here is that the entire question of whether a powerful
magician could detect whether something is temporary or permanent is
ENTIRELY based on the power of the magician.
A significant part of the entire Hero Wars is going to be whether or not
people (both individuals and their societal backers) can convince others
that their reality is more truthful than someone else's. As the Hero wars
progress the great and powerful beings will engage each other in Truth
Contests, using the HeroQuest Challenge, to determine who is [more] right.
Imagine the time, which is going to come, when the entire world community
of Yelmalio believers gives 100% support to their hero in a Quest Challenge
to contest with the hero of Elmal, also backed by the entire Elmal world
community. One will lose, and the entire world of that god will no longer
be able to believe what they had before. The victor will then go on to
contest whether their god is the True Sun God, pitted against Yelm and his
worshippers.
Which will win? Well, whichever one is more powerful (in your game.) In
this manner huge portions of the world are essentially going to disappear.
In the same manner, but on a smaller scale, an Illusionist can it his Death
Sword reality against the Death Sword reality of a Humakti. Which one will
prove to be right? Well, the most powerful one.
In that sense, "it is possible to 'spoof' a magical sense with a
sufficiently sophisticated illusion." |
