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Pick a pantheon

Started by Hairfoot, December 22, 2009, 07:18:25 AM

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David R

#45
December 25, 2009, 07:37:19 PM
Quote from: jibbajibba;351063For a professional release use Islam vs Christianity, preferably in a setting where homosexuality is the norm.

This is like the coolest idea for a Blue Rose reboot !

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David R

Werekoala

#46
December 25, 2009, 08:18:26 PM
Quote from: Kellri;351396It was a quote from one of his radio programs (I'm NOT a listener BTW) that I came across on a very cool blog Cajun Boy in the City.

I'm not sure exactly what Limbaugh was referring to in that quote, but I take it to be an endorsement for Canadian citizenship.

Just wondering, because I do listen fairly regularly and don't remember him saying anything remotely similar to that. Judging by the contents of the website, though, I'm not surprised.
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Kellri

#47
December 26, 2009, 06:18:30 AM
Thursday, November 06, 2008
-Rush Limbaugh speaking on his radio show, speaking to "moderate" Republicans he refers to as "Democrat-lite" that he wants to cast out of the Republican party.
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You can also come up with something that is not only original and creative and artistic, but also maybe even decent, or moral if I can use words like that, or something that\'s like basically good -Lester Bangs

Ian Absentia

#48
December 26, 2009, 11:59:20 AM
Quote from: Kellri;351337Yes, and the 'saints' themselves can be basically paragons of certain ideals or professions. These saints are really just roles that certain heroic or not-so-heroic mortals aspire to, are possessed by, or inherit, thereby becoming avatars - living demigods who walk amongst men. Avatars in turn attract followers by siphoning off some of their own 'divinity' (magic) to aid them. The process for becoming an avatar can be rigid or random, and in a fantasy game would be a major end-game goal for a PC.
Anyone seriously interested in pursuing an idea like this, I recommend reading -- no, not Nobilis -- a side-by-side survey of Zecharia Sitchin's The 12th Planet with Roger Zelazny's Lord of Light.  I think, between the two of them, they really get at the heart of powerful individual assuming the role of a god.

Similar to this idea, once in a 1e AD&D game, I asked to play a cleric of a new-found god.  Part of my task was proselytising a following for the god, and thereby attaining both higher character level and access to higher level divine spells.  The mechanics for a game like we're discussing could follow a similar course, with an eventual and inevitable showdown between entrenched avatar-saints and the up-and-coming rivals.

!i!

Werekoala

#49
December 26, 2009, 12:17:23 PM
Quote from: Kellri;351439Thursday, November 06, 2008
-Rush Limbaugh speaking on his radio show, speaking to "moderate" Republicans he refers to as "Democrat-lite" that he wants to cast out of the Republican party.

If you say so. Still can't find it anywhere except your sig. Not that it matters, of course.
Lan Astaslem


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Ian Absentia

#50
December 26, 2009, 02:13:21 PM
Quote from: Werekoala;351480Not that it matters, of course.
Seemingly it does.  Take it to Pundy's ghetto forum.

!i!

Kellri

#51
December 26, 2009, 08:06:47 PM
Here's the mono/polytheism of my own campaign world of Pelor. The Creator was cold-cocked by an outsider god called the Corruptor leading to creation.

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RPGPundit

#52
December 27, 2009, 11:10:11 PM
Yeah, really, I'd prefer that we did not continue with the Limbaugh-related political discussion on here, please.

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Werekoala

#53
December 28, 2009, 02:08:07 AM
I had no intention of it. In fact, it was dead until snit-fit got involved for some reason, which has now added 3 more posts about it.
Lan Astaslem


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boulet

#54
December 28, 2009, 10:09:47 AM
Quote from: Kellri;351554Here's the mono/polytheism of my own campaign world of Pelor. The Creator was cold-cocked by an outsider god called the Corruptor leading to creation.


The Corruptor brings a very gnostic feeling to this illustration. In World of Pelor, is the Creator relegated to all things spiritual and removed from earthy/common matters? Is there an opposition Corruptor = multiple demiurge = polytheistic vs Creator = unique god = monotheism ?

Ian Absentia

#55
December 28, 2009, 04:58:02 PM
Quote from: Werekoala;351717I had no intention of it. In fact, it was dead until snit-fit got involved for some reason, which has now added 3 more posts about it.
Make that four, poopy-pants. :p

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