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Message no. 1
From: Ereskanti <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject: To the Rant and Only the Rant (Re: PAC, recent posts, Ivan,
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 20:32:24 EST
In a message dated 98-01-27 20:14:14 EST, runefo@***.UIO.NO writes:

> <RANT>
> Btw, as for IE's.. if there WAS immortals in the SR universe, they
> would be far better if based on mythological immortals - vampires,
> the wandering jew, spirits, gods (titans), and so on. SR mythology is
> a reflection on real world mythology, after all, and the IE's do not
> fit in. (IMNAAHO).
> </RANT>
> --
> Fade
>
Actually, it does fit in nicely Fade, just not with the majority of the
"Christian" and/or "Christian-like" influenced mythologies. The Irish
mythologies work fantastically with what SR is using, and that isn't my
honest/humble anything.

Yes, I have been wondering about the Titans, Giants, and other "Monstrous"
mythologies as well....there are a few...I'm letting FASA fill in the rest
;)

-K
Message no. 2
From: Fade <runefo@***.UIO.NO>
Subject: Re: To the Rant and Only the Rant (Re: PAC, recent posts, Ivan,
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 16:03:45 +0000
Keith wrote:
> Actually, it does fit in nicely Fade, just not with the majority of the
> "Christian" and/or "Christian-like" influenced mythologies. The
Irish
> mythologies work fantastically with what SR is using, and that isn't my
> honest/humble anything.
>
> Yes, I have been wondering about the Titans, Giants, and other "Monstrous"
> mythologies as well....there are a few...I'm letting FASA fill in the rest
> ;)

I see the point.. understand that I don't object to the idea of
immortal elves as in elves having survived from times of legend
(What happened to Oberon or Titania, anyway?) - what I object
to is Immortal Elves as someone of no legend (ED excluded) who is
Immortal in the sense of unkillable, godlike, and the ultimate
Deux Ex Machina.

I notice there was quite a few replies to that part. I realize
that:
A: We've been through this before.
B: It's a matter of taste.

I brought it up because I am annoyed that that is the direction the
RL campaign I'm in is taking. It was meant as exactly what it was
advertised - a rant, letting off some steam. Don't dignify it with a
response.


--
Fade

And the Prince of Lies said:
"To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell:
Better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven."
-John Milton, Paradise Lost
Message no. 3
From: Ereskanti <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject: Re: To the Rant and Only the Rant (Re: PAC, recent posts, Ivan,
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 17:51:33 EST
In a message dated 98-01-28 10:08:05 EST, runefo@***.UIO.NO writes:

> > Yes, I have been wondering about the Titans, Giants, and other
"Monstrous"
> > mythologies as well....there are a few...I'm letting FASA fill in the
rest
> > ;)
>
> I see the point.. understand that I don't object to the idea of
> immortal elves as in elves having survived from times of legend
> (What happened to Oberon or Titania, anyway?) - what I object
> to is Immortal Elves as someone of no legend (ED excluded) who is
> Immortal in the sense of unkillable, godlike, and the ultimate
> Deux Ex Machina.

Oberon and Titania would be really cool to insert....I used Oberon as a
"ghost" sort of thing once a long time ago...

> I notice there was quite a few replies to that part. I realize
> that:
> A: We've been through this before.
> B: It's a matter of taste.

Taste, always taste thing... ;)

> I brought it up because I am annoyed that that is the direction the
> RL campaign I'm in is taking. It was meant as exactly what it was
> advertised - a rant, letting off some steam. Don't dignify it with a

Hey, a response was good enough and if we didn't respond, then you'd think you
were yelling at a wall or something and you could have "ranted" like that
without any typing involved.

-K

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