Is there still anything new to be done with the Mythos?

This Guy · January 31, 2013, 12:09:20 AM

Quote from: RPGPundit;623307Yup. The idea that there can be absolutes is absolutely terrifying to anyone who is firmly entrenched in the post-modern relativist paradigm; which includes most semi-educated people in western civilization.

There's no greater coward than the person who wants to desperately believe that "you can't really know anything"...

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And really, who doesn't play RPGs to confront truths they've been denying?

RPGPundit · January 31, 2013, 04:30:19 PM

Quote from: This Guy;623356And really, who doesn't play RPGs to confront truths they've been denying?

Not sure if you're being serious here or not... but hey, usually I'd say this is stupid, but in a horror game worth its salt there better be at least a little of that factor...

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This Guy · February 01, 2013, 01:10:24 AM

Quote from: RPGPundit;623567Not sure if you're being serious here or not... but hey, usually I'd say this is stupid, but in a horror game worth its salt there better be at least a little of that factor...

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I don't think all horror needs to necessarily involve the breakdown of one's worldview. It can, but it can just as easily rely on reaffirmation - moreso, I'd argue. It's a pretty conservative genre like that. And I've seen a bit too many GMs who take the former method of applying horror as license to try and directly challenge player beliefs through their character to be automatically comfortable with it.

Black Vulmea · February 01, 2013, 02:54:20 AM

Quote from: RPGPundit;621534. . . Cthulhu (who has evolved to being the source of cutesy "hello kitty" drawings and plushies) . . .

Preschool of Cthulhu.

Beware! If you think about this too long, it actually starts to sound like a fun campaign. If you value your sanity, forget you ever read this!

Benoist · February 01, 2013, 10:06:15 AM

Quote from: Black Vulmea;623750Preschool of Cthulhu.

Beware! If you think about this too long, it actually starts to sound like a fun campaign. If you value your sanity, forget you ever read this!

Cthulhumaid. With tentacles this time.

Daddy Warpig · February 01, 2013, 10:24:02 AM

Quote from: Benoist;623804Cthulhumaid. With tentacles this time.

That's just what Maid needs... another Japanese sexual fetish.

Opaopajr · February 01, 2013, 08:53:02 PM

Quote from: Daddy Warpig;623808That's just what Maid needs... another Japanese sexual fetish.

Tragically that fetish is at least as old as Ukiyo-e, and I'd be surprised if Maid doesn't already have rules or genre comments on that.

crkrueger · February 01, 2013, 10:39:37 PM

Did you know Otus was into Hentai?

Seriously though, the guy was one of the best Cthulhu artists.

RPGPundit · February 02, 2013, 09:04:37 AM

Why must every discussion on this forum about tentacles end up turning into something sordid?!

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TristramEvans · February 02, 2013, 03:46:35 PM

Cthulhu is just like King Arthur and Dracula. Mostly overdone, and sometimes best left alone for a while after a glut, but every once in a while someone will come up with a new or brilliant interpretation and every few decades or so the original will inspire a new generation. So, yeah, Cthulhu is overplayed right now but its a strong enough archetyope that I'll think he'll sustain through time for quite a while.

crkrueger · February 02, 2013, 05:04:43 PM

Quote from: RPGPundit;624100Why must every discussion on this forum about tentacles end up turning into something sordid?!

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Actually that one kind of started with you.
You brought the plushies.
Black Vulmea took that to school.
Ben got us to japanese school and Maid.
Warpig made sure we were all on the same page, by calling out sexual fetish.
I remembered that Erol Otus, an awesome Cthulhu artist, also drew at least two pictures I can remember of hot chicks getting grabbed by tentacles, so I brought it home.

Welcome to the internet, where memes roll downhill.

Yeah I know you didn't mean literally how did we get there, but really, Lovecraft's Mythos, as worshipped by all those degenerate cultists, was pretty sordid.

Lynn · February 02, 2013, 11:12:21 PM

Quote from: RPGPundit;624100Why must every discussion on this forum about tentacles end up turning into something sordid?!
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A lot of places, tentacles = food. Many Lovecraftian horrors would dare not to attack Japan or many Asian countries. First, the crowds disappear into buildings, only to emerge carrying chopsticks, small beds of vinegared rice and a terrifyingly hungry look...

JeremyR · February 02, 2013, 11:29:31 PM

Quote from: Lynn;624329A lot of places, tentacles = food. Many Lovecraftian horrors would dare not to attack Japan or many Asian countries. First, the crowds disappear into buildings, only to emerge carrying chopsticks, small beds of vinegared rice and a terrifyingly hungry look...

The Japanese sourcebook for CoC is very weird and rambling, and one of the things that the author rambles on about is how his boss (who was Japanese) saw one of his CoC books and found Cthulhu more amusing than anything else, and commented something like "We eat those things"

crkrueger · February 03, 2013, 04:24:59 AM

Quote from: Lynn;624329A lot of places, tentacles = food. Many Lovecraftian horrors would dare not to attack Japan or many Asian countries. First, the crowds disappear into buildings, only to emerge carrying chopsticks, small beds of vinegared rice and a terrifyingly hungry look...

Quote from: JeremyR;624332The Japanese sourcebook for CoC is very weird and rambling, and one of the things that the author rambles on about is how his boss (who was Japanese) saw one of his CoC books and found Cthulhu more amusing than anything else, and commented something like "We eat those things"

Unless you have kinetofayetophobia

RPGPundit · February 03, 2013, 06:49:57 PM

Quote from: TristramEvans;624183Cthulhu is just like King Arthur and Dracula. Mostly overdone, and sometimes best left alone for a while after a glut, but every once in a while someone will come up with a new or brilliant interpretation and every few decades or so the original will inspire a new generation. So, yeah, Cthulhu is overplayed right now but its a strong enough archetyope that I'll think he'll sustain through time for quite a while.

I agree.

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