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News/Announcements / Re: Book Tour
« on: November 13, 2014, 03:08:02 pm »
Since I'm currently located in Buffalo I could suggest a few decent pubs around town. There are a few pretty nice ones that are tucked away. 
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RPG Discussion / Re: [TSA P&P RPG] Design discussions aka brainstorming the rules-set
« on: June 17, 2014, 01:36:13 pm »
I'd be interested in helping out for sure. I have a few years of D&D experience under my belt, but I'm sure RQ6 is similar in it's playstyle. I was doing some thinking about the chroae and how we can limit their power over Schoolmen. There are a few things we can do with them, these are just a few ideas I had:
- turn them into a skill for non magic users (passive skill) that reduces damage taken by sorcery by a given percentage that will increase as the level goes up. This is just their defensive capabilities
- At the higher levels perhaps the sorcerers get a will saving throw to combat the effects of the chroae. Something like, "warrior x approaches schoolman y with a chroae. Schoolman y can use a will-based saving throw (or the RQ6 equivalent) to negate the salting by cracking the ground or pulling a building down on him. Otherwise, chroae will become the most broken part of this game and no one will want to play as a schoolman since a capable warrior with a chroae will always win.
I figured we can keep this well open for discussion, as it'll be the most challenging portion of this.
- turn them into a skill for non magic users (passive skill) that reduces damage taken by sorcery by a given percentage that will increase as the level goes up. This is just their defensive capabilities
- At the higher levels perhaps the sorcerers get a will saving throw to combat the effects of the chroae. Something like, "warrior x approaches schoolman y with a chroae. Schoolman y can use a will-based saving throw (or the RQ6 equivalent) to negate the salting by cracking the ground or pulling a building down on him. Otherwise, chroae will become the most broken part of this game and no one will want to play as a schoolman since a capable warrior with a chroae will always win.
I figured we can keep this well open for discussion, as it'll be the most challenging portion of this.
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General Misc. / Re: Obligitory music thread. (or What Are You Listening To Right Now)
« on: April 17, 2014, 05:17:43 pm »
+1 for that sir
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Literature / Re: YOU MUST TELL ME ... What else are you reading?
« on: April 17, 2014, 03:33:59 pm »
....that place sounds like paradise lol I'm jealous
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Literature / Re: YOU MUST TELL ME ... What else are you reading?
« on: April 17, 2014, 01:05:36 pm »
You guys should really just set up a secret library somewhere (preferably away from any warring factions of Gnosis wielding maniacs) and send your extra books there 
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General Misc. / Re: Obligitory music thread. (or What Are You Listening To Right Now)
« on: April 17, 2014, 01:03:37 pm »Big Parade - The Lumineers
It's not that I don't think their music is bad, it's just...the hipsters have sort of ruined them for me lol Any time I hear "Yeah!" sung in a chorus or bongos in informal music it brings to mind a bunch of hipsters sitting at panera looking up the least processed form of clothing they can wear to show off on instagram....
That being said, that actually is a pretty good song lol
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The Forum of Interesting Things / Re: Video Game Remasters
« on: April 08, 2014, 06:33:06 pm »
I know four swords is on the 3DS online store for download, I'm not too sure about the originals though..
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General Earwa / Re: Philosophy in The Second Apocalypse
« on: March 28, 2014, 02:46:57 pm »
I guess my overall question now is: At what point does their pursuit of the shortest path stop being a conscious effort and start becoming an unconscious habit?
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General Misc. / Re: Obligitory music thread. (or What Are You Listening To Right Now)
« on: March 28, 2014, 01:27:40 pm »
Couldn't resist lol
Five on the Five - The Raconteurs
Five on the Five - The Raconteurs
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General Earwa / Re: Philosophy in The Second Apocalypse
« on: March 28, 2014, 12:16:11 pm »
I'm definitely missing your perception of the connection between desire paths and the Dunyain because I don't really understand how culture fits in here? But I'm interested, so please elaborate.
It's not a very strong connection, but I just thought it interesting how an example of a "shortest path" exists physically in our world as a creation of mass human subconscious thought. The point I was making about the culture of the Dunyain was an unfortunate tangent that I went off on from your previous comment and really had nothing to do with my initial post lol. Technically it should be two different posts.
That being said, the culture/philosophy of the Dunyain being contradictory is it's own point and is merely an observation on how if they continue to pursue something like the self moving thought, it will eventually shape their "culture" into a repetitious society that behaves in a set of rules. I just found it interesting that the Dunyain almost have become what they hate, puppets to their desires.
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General Earwa / Re: Philosophy in The Second Apocalypse
« on: March 27, 2014, 02:01:01 pm »
Now I'm just bouncing off of your reply, which really got my gears turning but I sort of see the Dunyain's dedication to the Logos as their form of "worship". Granted, they don't (or at least I'm not aware of) worship in the traditional sense. But the pursuit of the Logos seems to be kind of self contradictory in a way.
They see men as puppets that adhere to cultural norms that have been dictated by their social norms and influences. The Dunyain are looking for that self moving thought. Doesn't the fact that the Dunyain still search for that thought fall into the category of a "culture" for them? In a sense because they are born into the society of the Dunyain and pass their tests, they become part of the culture that searches for the escape of mass social thought. Obviously they can influence lesser men to the extent we can a child, but the Dunyain society just seems like a more advanced form of social culture that merely has a singular goal instead of a sea of goals (like normal society).
Now in contrast, in the case of the White Luck Warrior he appears to be merely an extension of someone else's will. He is merely there to carry out a purpose. In a sense he seems to be the purest form of what the Dunyain look down upon. A puppet with no self moving thought or desire that is his own. He is absent from the mass desires of culture because he is the embodiment of a will of someone (or something) else.
I'm a bit rusty still in my Dunyain study, as I'm only only my second read through lol so I'm most likely just swinging for the fences with ridiculous speculation.
They see men as puppets that adhere to cultural norms that have been dictated by their social norms and influences. The Dunyain are looking for that self moving thought. Doesn't the fact that the Dunyain still search for that thought fall into the category of a "culture" for them? In a sense because they are born into the society of the Dunyain and pass their tests, they become part of the culture that searches for the escape of mass social thought. Obviously they can influence lesser men to the extent we can a child, but the Dunyain society just seems like a more advanced form of social culture that merely has a singular goal instead of a sea of goals (like normal society).
Now in contrast, in the case of the White Luck Warrior he appears to be merely an extension of someone else's will. He is merely there to carry out a purpose. In a sense he seems to be the purest form of what the Dunyain look down upon. A puppet with no self moving thought or desire that is his own. He is absent from the mass desires of culture because he is the embodiment of a will of someone (or something) else.
I'm a bit rusty still in my Dunyain study, as I'm only only my second read through lol so I'm most likely just swinging for the fences with ridiculous speculation.
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The Forum of Interesting Things / Re: Video Game Remasters
« on: March 27, 2014, 01:50:10 pm »
Meh, personally I rather like being able to take the N64 and PS games that I loved anywhere I want and play them on the go. Obviously you can do this through jailbreaking or homebrewing your devices, but idk there's something nice about revisiting the old magic of a well loved game in new graphics.
That being said, the original flavor does have appeal as well, just curious if anyone else likes to see old games brought to a new generation lol
That being said, the original flavor does have appeal as well, just curious if anyone else likes to see old games brought to a new generation lol
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General Misc. / Re: Obligitory music thread. (or What Are You Listening To Right Now)
« on: March 27, 2014, 01:47:26 pm »I Never Knew You - Cage
Pictured Nicolas Cage singing.
Never a wrong time for this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0vB1-ChB_E
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The Forum of Interesting Things / Video Game Remasters
« on: March 26, 2014, 07:56:05 pm »
In light of the Final Fantasy X/X-2 remasters I was wondering what other old video games everyone would like to see remastered for modern systems/graphics. I was a huge fan of the port of Zelda: Ocarina of Time to the 3ds and I'm really enjoying the Final Fantasy port to the PS Vita. I'm surprised Nintendo and Sony aren't cashing in more on the fact our generation wants our nostalgic games looking sexy and easily accessible.
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General Earwa / Re: Philosophy in The Second Apocalypse
« on: March 26, 2014, 02:58:37 pm »
I couldn't quite find an appropriate place for this, but I happened upon it and thought it very interesting. A thing called a "Desire Path" is remarkably similar to a physical manifestation of Bakker's Logos in the fact that it is in a sense the shortest path.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desire_path
It just seems like a similar idea, the shortest path developing as a product of mass social behavior.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desire_path
It just seems like a similar idea, the shortest path developing as a product of mass social behavior.
