AlHazred Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 Re: Malthesitic Fantasy Universes We play CoC. We live for hopeless causes!Or rather' date=' you [i']try to continue to[/i] live for hopeless causes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbywolfe Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 Re: Malthesitic Fantasy Universes I don't, and this is why. de gustibus non est disputandum You don't play Call of Cthulhu because "There's no accounting for taste"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peregrine Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 Re: Malthesitic Fantasy Universes You don't play Call of Cthulhu because "There's no accounting for taste"? No, I don't play CoC because I don't play hopeless games. "There's no arguing taste"; some people play CoC, some don't, and no one in either camp is objectively wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKJAM! Posted June 16, 2010 Report Share Posted June 16, 2010 Re: Malthesitic Fantasy Universes Spike Y. Jones' campaign, retitled "Madlands" for GURPS Fantasy. The "gods" range from not-terribly-helpful to actively malevolent, with most just being very alien. Actively worshipping gods is considered an insane activity by the locals, as it draws attention to you. Smart humans try to avoid contact with the gods whenever possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trencher Posted July 5, 2010 Report Share Posted July 5, 2010 Re: Malthesitic Fantasy Universes How about a beastly god who is not allpowerfull but used magic and scienece to create humanity as food and slaves for his most favored children. The children could make great villains both boss monsters in the form of demons or huge dragons and evil races in the form of corrupt decadent elves or blood crazy orks. Or you could just make up your own children species. Some children might even turn away from their corrupt kin and god. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 Re: Malthesitic Fantasy Universes There seem to be plenty of historical examples to draw from. The Mayans, IIRC, had to resort to human sacrifice to keep some highly unpleasant gods mollified. Shiva is bipolar at best (depending on which version you're talking about). And the Old Testament isn't exactly all kumbaya. None of these are bent on destroying humanity, of course, but neither are they highly benevolent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markdoc Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Re: Malthesitic Fantasy Universes There seem to be plenty of historical examples to draw from. The Mayans' date=' IIRC, had to resort to human sacrifice to keep some highly unpleasant gods mollified. Shiva is bipolar at best (depending on which version you're talking about). And the Old Testament isn't exactly all kumbaya. None of these are bent on destroying humanity, of course, but neither are they highly benevolent.[/quote'] Those examples are not even slightly benevolent: the best you could say is that if you get on their good side, they'll help you kill other people. cheers, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Ofeelya Posted July 22, 2010 Report Share Posted July 22, 2010 Re: Malthesitic Fantasy Universes Those examples are not even slightly benevolent: the best you could say is that if you get on their good side, they'll help you kill other people. cheers, Mark You say that like it is a bad thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjalund Posted July 22, 2010 Report Share Posted July 22, 2010 Re: Malthesitic Fantasy Universes Although the Old Testiment Deity did lead them to a land of "Milk and Honey" where they promptly invaded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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