tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post7271641079286639008..comments2024-03-18T20:22:06.331-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: I is for ImmortalityJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-29935530123452955862011-04-12T01:56:04.399-04:002011-04-12T01:56:04.399-04:00@Reverance Payne: [There are so few choices for I ...@Reverance Payne: [There are so few choices for I when doing an A to Z of a fantasy campaign...]<br /><br /><br />Well, you could design a whole campaign around Ixitxachitl...Coldstreamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16140235342917611032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-3102901460220618322011-04-12T01:47:23.057-04:002011-04-12T01:47:23.057-04:00@Russ: A most excellent consideration.@Russ: A most excellent consideration.Reverance Pavanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01217657347160811310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-78582102553055962932011-04-12T01:46:26.007-04:002011-04-12T01:46:26.007-04:00Immortality ended up being a rather important them...Immortality ended up being a rather important theme in my campaign, since the staggered nature of it often meant that characters could benefit from it for themselves, and not in an abstract sense. These are some of the methods they devised to achieve <a href="http://reverancepavane.livejournal.com/250951.html" rel="nofollow">immortality</a>. [There are so few choices for I when doing an A to Z of a fantasy campaign...]<br /><br />[I also liked the approach taken in <i>Mythic China</i> that the only path to true immortality was to receive a notice from the Yama Kings to say that your appearance before them had been postponed indefinitely. Any other method of achieving immortality (and there were a few) tended to anger them. Now if only my campaign had of had actual gods...]Reverance Pavanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01217657347160811310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-37754024535187746992011-04-11T20:57:00.765-04:002011-04-11T20:57:00.765-04:00I finally went back and read the original entry on...I finally went back and read the original entry on Turms Termax. Regarding immortality, it seems to me that a promise being fulfilled is way more powerful than the promise coming to fruition. It's like carrot and stick, but Turms (if he's really there) gets to say, "I'm offering you immortality, but you just aren't worthy yet. And that's your fault, unworthy but belovedly loyal follower."Russhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06818303172957630563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-45300094581825694342011-04-11T20:04:30.754-04:002011-04-11T20:04:30.754-04:00Interesting. I'm curious James, if you have a ...Interesting. I'm curious James, if you have a clear answer already in mind regarding Turms Termax (if he truly discovered immortality or not) or if it's still up in the air? Might it be discovered by players in future gaming sessions or left a permanent mystery?Coldstreamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16140235342917611032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-12611255105264302692011-04-11T19:31:36.735-04:002011-04-11T19:31:36.735-04:00And while we're on it: do trolls die of old ag...And while we're on it: do trolls die of old age? Or is it that their ability to regenerate almost every wound will also negate their aging? Just curious to hear your take on this...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-38636884107136242952011-04-11T14:22:36.860-04:002011-04-11T14:22:36.860-04:00There is also the Jonathan Swift immortality: immo...There is also the Jonathan Swift immortality: immortality without perpetual youth, where the being continues to decay into senility and decrepitude.Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14039652384328042542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-40922314782231582122011-04-11T14:06:05.187-04:002011-04-11T14:06:05.187-04:00Immortality is such a stretched word. There is so ...Immortality is such a stretched word. There is so many flavors of it out there. You have elven immortality which is live forever barring accidents, Specialized immortality like vampires and liches where you need specific things to happen, and the gods with their own type.<br /><br /> Concerning Turms Termax I think even if he did achieve it he would not share it and be more like the Ori of stargate. The fewer immortals the more overall power they would probably have and Turms doesn't seem like the type that would want to share.Akhier the Dragon Heartedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01982936563965623813noreply@blogger.com