I started reading Man of Gold today, and if anyone ever runs an EPT game I might have to play Hazrun, boy raised by...
I started reading Man of Gold today, and if anyone ever runs an EPT game I might have to play Hazrun, boy raised by Pei Choi.
So we are playing the Feral Shore next week (I really want to commit to getting back going forward in this year with...
So we are playing the Feral Shore next week (I really want to commit to getting back going forward in this year with the eventual retirement of Revoca). Here is the recap and update y'all wanted (the linked piece being an updated version of my previous update, make sure to read the stuff here in this post). Recap The Feral Shore is currently three months behind Revoca in the space/time continuum. Players can take the opportunity now to conduct a week of downtime activity before the session next week. (Some sites in the Weird bend time so I am not going to overworry integrating the two play groups.) What Happened Last Session and During Downtime: 1. The party killed Milos the creepy hedge wizard of the Deermen in the wooded river basin to your west. Total treasure hauled out (and this was never posted) from furnishings and ancient coins totals 3,100 gold suns and a collection of three filigreed and magically-balanced spent-uranium throwing axes (+1 and an additional 30' of ran...
It's interesting because both Flamesong and Man of Gold have protagonists (a priest of gentle Thumis and a moderate Vimhula soldier) that are much more sympathetic to a broader audience than your usual Tekumel characters (at least from my experience).
ReplyDeleteYeah. I have the same buy-in block with video games as well. In Kotor I tried playing a dark side character. I very quickly got bored and went back to my light side save. Same with Mass Effect: started a 'renegade' guy and only made it about 20% through before I lost interest and went back to my 'heroic' char. It just always seems 'too easy' being a dick, plus I quickly stop caring whether my character lives or dies. Being evil does make me laugh for a while, but it never lasts.
ReplyDeleteBeing evil does make me laugh for a while, but it never lasts.
ReplyDeleteThat's a important life lesson, right there.
But on the Tekumel novels, I think that they (particularly the first two) are much more accessible to e general fantasy audience, both in terms of having with relatable, sympathetic protegonists and how the world itself is presented compared to just reading the sourcebooks or the game.