LotFP: Carcosa & Isle of the Unknown

DKChannelBoredom · December 18, 2011, 04:04:03 PM

Quote from: misterguignol;495890Publish it in a deluxe book then, with real art.

I'm not even having a go at you; if it was presented well I would give you money for it.

+1. It's a cool thread and a pretty unique universe you got going, Pundit. Team up med mrG (for atmosphere, tabels and other good stuff) and a good illustrator and I think you got a hit on ya hands. At least, I'd buy it.

RPGPundit · December 19, 2011, 09:52:19 AM

Thank you, guys. I'd need to find someone who'd want to do that, to do the editing/publishing.

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RPGPundit · December 19, 2011, 09:53:04 AM

Quote from: NiTessine;495555Well, here's my (admittedly very biased) two thousand words on Carcosa: http://nitessine.wordpress.com/2011/12/16/review-carcosa/

For the tl;dr, it's cool and atmospheric and weird, with dinosaur-riding barbarians and Space Aliens with rayguns and made-up primary colours and the Great Cthulhu.

You forgot the ritual child rape/sacrifice. Barbarians, space aliens, and child rape/sacrifice.

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NiTessine · December 20, 2011, 02:12:46 AM

Quote from: RPGPundit;496103You forgot the ritual child rape/sacrifice. Barbarians, space aliens, and child rape/sacrifice.

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No, I just neglected to mention those. There's a lot of content in the book and copypasting the index on a forum would be just strange behaviour, you know?

Seriously, that's a rather small part of the book and one I do not see getting a lot in the way of playtime. I mean, I can see a situation where a PC sorcerer finally breaks down, kisses his humanity goodbye and performs a ritual to call up something horrendous, ostensibly in the name of the greater good or whatever rationalization helps him sleep at night, but it's not gonna be one of those.

RPGPundit · December 21, 2011, 02:22:16 PM

Quote from: NiTessine;496235No, I just neglected to mention those. There's a lot of content in the book and copypasting the index on a forum would be just strange behaviour, you know?

Seriously, that's a rather small part of the book and one I do not see getting a lot in the way of playtime. I mean, I can see a situation where a PC sorcerer finally breaks down, kisses his humanity goodbye and performs a ritual to call up something horrendous, ostensibly in the name of the greater good or whatever rationalization helps him sleep at night, but it's not gonna be one of those.

It may be physically a small part of the book, but I don't think you can just "neglect to mention" it, particularly with its history online and the apparent obsession with the subject on the part of the creator. You're basically saying "the magic system" is a small part of the book, or the fact that it has one of the only two classes going around raping and murdering children for magic power does not seem to me like a small thing.

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crkrueger · December 21, 2011, 05:29:50 PM

They're raping and murdering children 30% of the time tops, the rest of the time they're raping and murdering adults.

Happy Hanukkah!

David R · December 21, 2011, 05:35:48 PM

Quote from: CRKrueger;496489They're raping and murdering children 30% of the time tops, the rest of the time they're raping and murdering adults.

Happy Hanukkah!

:rotfl:

Regards,
David R

Planet Algol · December 21, 2011, 05:47:04 PM

So folks haven't picked up on the morality feedback loop in the carcosa rules as written?

RPGPundit · December 22, 2011, 11:40:53 AM

Quote from: CRKrueger;496489They're raping and murdering children 30% of the time tops, the rest of the time they're raping and murdering adults.

Happy Hanukkah!

Oh well, clearly I over-reacted there!

crkrueger · December 22, 2011, 11:48:07 AM

Quote from: RPGPundit;496665Oh well, clearly I over-reacted there!

The question we really need to ask ourselves is...How are the gnomes involved?

RPGPundit · December 23, 2011, 09:56:36 AM

No, see, gnomes murder people. They don't go around raping anyone, including children. That's the difference between a normal RPG and one that was written by a particularly creepy lawncrapper.

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Planet Algol · December 23, 2011, 10:14:49 AM

Quote from: Planet Algol;496492So folks haven't picked up on the morality feedback loop in the Carcosa sorcery rules?

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joewolz · December 23, 2011, 11:13:21 AM

I actually really like Carcosa. I find the rape/murder thing to be a show of how messed up power is...I want to run a game where the PCs need to learn a fucked up ritual in order to stop a sorceror from doing it.

I also really like the randoom dice mechanic, since I like gonzo randomness in my games.

misterguignol · December 23, 2011, 11:26:10 AM

Quote from: joewolz;496839I also really like the randoom dice mechanic, since I like gonzo randomness in my games.

I know that's a typo, but it's a pretty fitting one: ranDOOM!!!

crkrueger · December 23, 2011, 11:50:21 AM

Quote from: RPGPundit;496825No, see, gnomes murder people. They don't go around raping anyone, including children. That's the difference between a normal RPG and one that was written by a particularly creepy lawncrapper.

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Gnomes may not rape people, but small woodland creatures...