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Elder Gods -- How...the...Fuck?

Started by blakkie, February 07, 2007, 01:24:25 PM

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Settembrini

#105
February 10, 2007, 02:38:41 PM
I also like the game.
I just don´t emote to the "shocking truth" behind the Mythos.

See we played Fungi from Yuggoth, and there were some heavy emotional moments. For example when I had to kill the pauly-thing down the well.
Gross, creepy and insanity-inducing.
But when we flew to the moon (Bad Moon Rising) and found out all about the Elder Gods, all those emotions became meaningless. The whole game became meaningless.
That´s why I think the nihilism should stay out of the game.
If there can\'t be a TPK against the will of the players it\'s not an RPG.- Pierce Inverarity

mythusmage

#106
February 10, 2007, 04:04:21 PM
Quote from: SettembriniI also like the game.
I just don´t emote to the "shocking truth" behind the Mythos.

See we played Fungi from Yuggoth, and there were some heavy emotional moments. For example when I had to kill the pauly-thing down the well.
Gross, creepy and insanity-inducing.
But when we flew to the moon (Bad Moon Rising) and found out all about the Elder Gods, all those emotions became meaningless. The whole game became meaningless.
That´s why I think the nihilism should stay out of the game.

Keep in mind that Settie is still young and existentially inexperienced. He is still hopelessly optimistic. :D

Settembrini, don't worry; one day you'll understand when I say that Neitzchke suffered from pathological cheeriness. :p
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droog

#107
February 10, 2007, 04:10:45 PM
Quote from: mythusmageKeep in mind that Settie is still young and existentially inexperienced. He is still hopelessly optimistic. :D
Yes, but I'm old, jaded and cynical, and I still don't see what the fuss is about.
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The poor still weak the rich still rule
History lives in the books at home
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Settembrini

#108
February 10, 2007, 04:21:17 PM
QuoteKeep in mind that Settie is still young and existentially inexperienced.

You keep saying that, but I wonder what you are aiming at.

One becomes depressive when one gets older?
Mid-life crisis brings new meaning to a lot of stuff?

I also wonder, what you mean by inexperienced. Maybe I don´t really want to know.
If there can\'t be a TPK against the will of the players it\'s not an RPG.- Pierce Inverarity

blakkie

#109
February 11, 2007, 09:03:16 AM
Yes, you have to "make yourself believe it" as in imagine it to be true. You imagination doesn't bend that way. Not yet, maybe not ever. If you want to get it then I suggest trying by first going back to "How do you describe the indescribable" for a few years. Because nobody here is going to convince you of squat if you don't want it.  That's just how people are built. At their disposal they've got this wonderful coping mechanisim called 'denial'.
"Because honestly? I have no idea what you do. None." - Pierce Inverarity

blakkie

#110
February 11, 2007, 09:21:09 AM
Oh, and on the subject of the thread I got a response on my 3 pitch options to the 'soon' group. It is looking like a couple of investigators (one ex-Yardie, not sure on the other yet as a second person has asked to join in the fray) in a Victorian London/Europe setting with aliens way in the background and direct contact with them very unlikely. A bit of a gentle mashup with gothic horror elements too. That widening of the theme a smidgen might help by working as a lulling distraction so they aren't looking so hard for "cultist".

I'm glad I won't be doing the two games similar, the other group is definately into a higher alien profile.
"Because honestly? I have no idea what you do. None." - Pierce Inverarity
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