[dungeoncrawl] Re: The end of an era

  • From: jimkaren@xxxxxxxxxxxx
  • To: dungeoncrawl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 15:58:22 US/Eastern

In her current mood, she'd probably be 
just fine with that. :)

But you reminded me of something - with 
what we found out last time, Dennis is 
Magnus's brother in law, and their 
three kids are his nephew and nieces...

> Baish wants to bang her, just to 
complete the circle of sleeping with 
every
> female that Magnus is related to 
either through blood or marriage.  :)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jimkaren@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:jimkaren@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 
11:46 AM
> To: dungeoncrawl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [dungeoncrawl] Re: The end 
of an era
> 
> On another note, did the revelations 
> last time about Celane change 
anyone's 
> opinion of the character?  Do you see 
> any PCs treating her differently as a 
> result?  
> 
> > 
> >     Yes, it could make things 
> interesting.  It might also be 
> interesting
> > to see if someone that doesn't want 
> the power receives it.  Let's say
> > Nadan gets it.  Might his 
> subconscious influence the way he 
> creates a
> > world?  Perhaps he makes elves 
> superior, drow their slaves, and 
dwarves
> > a dying race.  That could be 
> interesting.
> >     There's a lot of very 
interesting 
> ideas here.  I think everyone
> > might be surprised by how Magnus 
> reacts to things.
> > 
> > jimkaren@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > 
> > > I kind of feel like we're
> > > doing "experimental" D&D, like 
70s 
> rock
> > > and roll or something.  I mean, 
if I
> > > was actually a character in this
> > > adventure, I'd be figuring out 
who 
> my
> > > real friends were really quick and
> > > deciding what to do next.  Let's 
> say I
> > > was lawful good - I'd pow-wow with
> > > Gadget and Faceus and figure out 
> how to
> > > pull the rug out from under 
Magnus.
> > >
> > > As DM, I won't obstruct or help 
any
> > > certain character - I hope 
everyone
> > > understands when I say that there 
> will
> > > be serious opposition against the 
> group
> > > (not necessarily the Black 
Legion), 
> and
> > > that any current PC or NPC could 
> end up
> > > with the power through sheer 
> attrition.
> > >
> > > It would also help us define the
> > > pantheon - if Magnus and Dennis 
are 
> no
> > > longer friends because Magnus 
kills
> > > Celane, or if Baish and Gadget 
> become
> > > bitter enemies, so much the 
better -
>  it
> > > will spice up the pantheon.
> > >
> > > >
> > > >     I thought I would start a 
new
> > > list, since the last one was 
> getting a
> > > > tad long.
> > > >     Jim, you have renewed my 
> interest
> > > in this plot, and hopefully
> > > > Damon's as well.  Basically, the
> > > question of whether or not the
> > > > characters will succeed is a 
moot
> > > one.  Jim has said we will, but
> > > > honestly, even if he hadn't 
said 
> it,
> > > of course the characters would
> > > > succeed.  I understand what 
Damon 
> was
> > > saying in his e-mail, but we
> > > > always know the characters will
> > > succeed.  How many times have we 
> failed,
> > > > in any campaign?  Sure, we lose
> > > battles, but how often do we lose 
> the
> > > > war?  All Jim really did was
> > > verbalize it.
> > > >     So the question now is, how 
> well
> > > will the party succeed?  Whosoever
> > > > grasps the power controls the
> > > destiny.  That's a pretty tall 
> order.
> > > > Will one of the Riders 
succeed?  
> Will
> > > one of the Black Legion?  Celane?
> > > > How will Magnus' world differ 
from
> > > Quasit's?  Escrima's?  Gadget's?
> > > > Will the party turn against each
> > > other to claim the power?  In my
> > > > opinion, the question of how the
> > > adventure will end, and who will
> > > > imprint the world with their 
> desires,
> > > is infinitely more interesting
> > > > than whether or not the group 
will
> > > succeed at all.  Hopefully Damon
> > > > agrees.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > 
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