RPGnow Sabotaged Lion & Dragon, & What You Can do About It

WillInNewHaven · January 13, 2018, 05:25:29 PM

Quote from: RPGPundit;1018419A society where everyone knows that witches can make rain fall is going to have a completely different structure than a society where everyone knows that they don't.

Being a normal person who knows that witches exist and can make rain fall is completely different than being a 2017 wiccan who wants to believe that they can make rain fall.
The former is not like the latter.
The former is more like being a 2017 person who knows that gravity exists, or that people can't read each other's thoughts.

It has huge differences in terms of what living in the society is like.

I know more than a few Wiccans. None of them believe that they can make rain fall. However, the distinction you make is quite reasonable.

rgrove0172 · January 15, 2018, 11:11:17 PM

Quote from: RPGPundit;1019172Well, it does look like the crisis is over.

No offense but I'd hardly call any of this a "crisis".

Manic Modron · January 15, 2018, 11:15:16 PM

Quote from: rgrove0172;1019795No offense but I'd hardly call any of this a "crisis".

On a scale from zero to a fully trademarked Crisis of Treachery, probably not even on the halfway mark.

Christopher Brady · January 15, 2018, 11:48:29 PM

Quote from: rgrove0172;1019795No offense but I'd hardly call any of this a "crisis".

If it's the only way to make his money, it is to him.

RPGPundit · January 16, 2018, 03:16:39 PM

Quote from: WillInNewHaven;1019329I know more than a few Wiccans. None of them believe that they can make rain fall. However, the distinction you make is quite reasonable.

I've known a few who did, or claimed to think so.

Willie the Duck · January 16, 2018, 03:59:03 PM

And I know more than a few sports fans who believe the outcome of the game is dependent on whether or not they take a bathroom break during a crucial moment.

RPGPundit · January 17, 2018, 12:29:59 AM

Yes, but again, mere 'belief' and 'paradigm' are not the same thing. Belief is the concept of trying to convince yourself of something you suspect to be untrue. A paradigm is something that everyone in your culture 'knows' to be true.

Darrin Kelley · January 18, 2018, 05:49:23 PM

Lion & Dragon is #8 now on the RPGNow bestseller list as of this moment.

Dumarest · January 19, 2018, 12:11:37 PM

Quote from: RPGPundit;1020005Yes, but again, mere 'belief' and 'paradigm' are not the same thing. Belief is the concept of trying to convince yourself of something you suspect to be untrue. A paradigm is something that everyone in your culture 'knows' to be true.

That's not what "paradigm" even means.

Willie the Duck · January 19, 2018, 12:16:45 PM

Oh gods, are we going to have to go through a definition-of-paradigm thread?

Baulderstone · January 19, 2018, 08:04:59 PM

Quote from: Willie the Duck;1020623Oh gods, are we going to have to go through a definition-of-paradigm thread?

That would fit with the current paradigm in this forum.

Sable Wyvern · January 19, 2018, 08:13:07 PM

Fun fact: Paradimes are the 10 cent coins the 101st Airborne were issued prior to D Day.

RPGPundit · January 20, 2018, 03:01:45 AM

Quote from: Dumarest;1020622That's not what "paradigm" even means.

It is in the context of "Social Paradigm".

Christopher Brady · January 20, 2018, 03:49:35 AM

Quote from: Sable Wyvern;1020672Fun fact: Paradimes are the 10 cent coins the 101st Airborne were issued prior to D Day.

Nah, it's what you have in your pocket when you only have 20 cents.

Sable Wyvern · January 21, 2018, 01:40:41 AM

Quote from: Christopher Brady;1020726Nah, it's what you have in your pocket when you only have 20 cents.

Ok, it took me a while to work that one out. :cool: