> I adhere to a fairly orthodox conception of
> Gloranthan myth BECAUSE that way I can pop surprises upon the PCs.
> If they assume that everything the GL did was a fiasco, this is much
> harder to perform.
What would be preferable, though, would be to Benighly Indoctrinate the players in the cultural assumptions that their _characters_ should hold (God Learner compatible or not), and spring "surprises" on them on the basis of deviations from that. Not always possible, I'll grant, especially if said players are smart-arsed List readers.
> [...] "Hunks of Reaching Moon
> Megacorp" Swimsuit Calendar. I reassure potential subscribers that
> myself, Greg S., and Steve Perrin are not current employees of
> Reaching Moon, and there is little danger of encountering us au
> naturel within its august pages. I hope.
Ah, but it may, like the God's Wall, contain Past, Present and Future, All within it. So maybe Jack Dott and Sam Shirley are in there too, depicting a future Age after the Megacorp has gobbled up Chaosium, Avalon Hill, and Goddess Knows who else.
Sandy posts many interesting twists on the idea
> Just because the West believes in the Invisible God doesn't mean
> they don't recognize that the world is built out of Runes.
No it doesn't, granted, but I certainly don't think that they do, anyway. Henothesists and cryto-GLers are (dis)honorable exceptions, natch. Probably much sorcery has "runic" holdovers, but I don't think they are seen as having (respectable) religious overtones. So I hereby scoff at the rune-labelled Saints adorning the cover of the late, lamented Tales #13. (Obviously _some_ "runes" are meaningful throughout the West, it's the Whole Kaboodle I baulk at.)
> The bestest vampires I ever heard of were those in Steve
> Perrin's Blind King's Palace in Pavis. They included duck vampires
> (who, with the doubled STR, were just about on a par with humans --
> don't ask how they drank blood).
It's obvious. They use a short, large-bore straw, which they carry (and toy menacingly with) as if it were a normal, common-or-garden Duck Cigar. Granted, drilling a hole in the victim's neck for it can be a bit tricky...
> TOP TEN REASONS IT'S HARD TO BE A LAW-ABIDING MEMBER OF SOCIETY
> [Politics, plotting, and stupidity]
Keenly observed. I vote we send Sandy a Rare Limited Illuminated INWO card in commemoration. Better yet, _make_ Sandy a Rare Limited Illuminated INWO card in commemoration. Obviously he'd be Unique Weird Conservative Liberal Corporate Fanatic Peaceful Criminal Secret Media Huge Church Science Personality, but what's his special ability? A short one, I suppose, so we can get all the other junk on the card. Obviously we use the OOO chrome-dome look as the illo.
Alex.
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