Re: How Many Quivers?

Bradd wrote:
>>I doubt that D&D introduced the idea of cultists with knives to pop
>>culture!

Kaos wrote:
> But did it bring in the idea that said cultists (presuming they
> posessed actual powers) were as likely to be wizards as priests, or
> shamans?

Like I said, D&D doesn't bother with fine distinctions like that when
importing mythology. It doesn't always even bother with gross
distinctions (e.g., the medusa/gorgon thing).
--
Bradd W. Szonye
http://www.szonye.com/bradd
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