Minor natterings

From: peter metcalfe <metcalph_at_voyager.co.nz>
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 19:22:09 +1300 (NZDT)


Sergio

>(1) Darklands BTW was developed by Steve Perrin, the man that AFAIK created
>RQ. In fact I always saw this game as a kind of *digital RQ*. It was one of
>the few computer games I played extensively.

Sandy Petersen actually. I liked it immensely but then I found it too easy to detect heresy in villages. All one had to do was to ask the villagers what Saints they worship and kill those who say 'Simon Magus'. OTOH I suppose this speaks volumes about me being far too educated for me own good...

Nick Brooke:

>And
>for seconds, the "advantage" of having a Yelmic mythological
>framework is completely illusory, as *no* other system of myths
>has adopted the same Plentonic timeline. If you want to make the
>Yelmic myths align with anyone else's, you have to do all the
>work yourself, and quite simply I can't see why anyone should
>bother.

To be fair, the God Learners have attempted this and thus the Pelorian mythology is integrated into the Book of Belintar (but not the plentonic dating AFAIK).

Merry Xmas to all...

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