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Re: Forrest, Forrest, Forrest…
Posted By: Martel (dialup.212-140-65-205.tesco.net)
Date: 6/3/2001 at 9:07 a.m.
In Response To: Forrest, Forrest, Forrest… (Archer »–)›)
: Now, that section in GURPS which talks about the Fallen
: Lords, titled “The Fallen Lords” on page 99, is
: blatenly a loser of credit. It indicates clearly that
: Balor was a Fallen Lord, which he was not, thereby
: screwing over the entire section out of its own
: credibility.
Not really. While I admit it's ambiguous, in that Balor is placed under the heading "The Fallen Lords" and it says "Of the seven original Fallen Lords...", also note that the other Fallen are listed under the separate heading "Pawns or Partners", a section which begins "Balor made each of his SIX Fallen Lords into lieutenants..." To put it another way, there are six Fallen Lords, but when spoken of as a group, eg. "the Fallen ravaging the land", it is generally referring to Balor, the six Fallen and all their forces.
: Lol…The Faceless Man is still a valid name for a Fallen
: Lord? Why not Lurker any bit more? They were never
: talked about ingame, ever, as were the unmentioned
: Avatara, and should be taken as such: unnamed and
: without identity.
: “And the last Fallen Lord has yet to be revealed!” This
: one cracks me up! There are only six Fallen Lords,
: which it states clearly in the beginning, and mentions
: all six it believes to be Fallen Lords. It then, at
: the end, says that line! LOL! You really believe this
: guy, Forrest? Ol’ Geney didn’t even bother to finish
: the game for you before he wrote his book. I bet he
: had a reason to say that…(such as the obvious one,
: that Seabolt was trying to inspire people to come up
: with their own RPGs, not to accurately deleniate
: history, in any way)
Two things. 1) The Fallen Lords are MEANT to be mysterious! You can't just give them all in depth biographies! 2) GURPS Myth is a sourcebook for an RPG. As an RPG, it is good that some things are left uncertain, so that they can fit in as well as possible with whatever the GM has planned.
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