tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290828421410624791.post8769199153895991549..comments2024-03-14T10:32:29.233-05:00Comments on Blood of Prokopius: Holmes & Cook: The DungeonFrDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00459281821319914530noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290828421410624791.post-74373517450879067492011-05-29T23:55:23.819-05:002011-05-29T23:55:23.819-05:00This is a great post. A very interesting analysis ...This is a great post. A very interesting analysis that gives one all sorts of cool ideas. & it recalled to mind an idea dropped by blizack in <a href="http://dungeonskull.blogspot.com/2009/03/battle-matic.html" rel="nofollow">this post</a>.<br /><br /><i>If I wanted to get really weird, I could say that dungeons (and maybe even the monsters guarding them) are actually spontaneously generated by the AFC's relics. I like the idea of a dead adventurer's tomb slowly burrowing tunnels into the earth, sprouting monsters and traps like a seed sprouting roots...</i>Vincent Diakuwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12176340701893887319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290828421410624791.post-59460937412390361442011-05-16T07:56:18.820-05:002011-05-16T07:56:18.820-05:00@scottz
I'm no psychologist...you're guess...@scottz<br />I'm no psychologist...you're guess is as good as mine.<br /><br />@John<br />Thanks. I look forward to your new edition!<br /><br />@Flambeaux<br />I'm glad you are enjoying my ramblings...<br />Philotomy was one of my first discoveries when I unearthed the OSR a few years ago, so, yes, I have read his very excellent musings; however, my interpretation of it has always existed in context of a biblical geography. In other words, the Mythical Underworld is akin to the Land of Nod — that place where demons reside. It is an expression of the fallen world at its worst. Thus, by the efforts of PCs (who represent a pseudo-Christian civilization) the Mythical Underworld was <i>recoverable</i>. Holmes seems to suggest something else altogether...FrDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459281821319914530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290828421410624791.post-68964833510690046182011-05-15T20:52:58.186-05:002011-05-15T20:52:58.186-05:00Have you read Philotomy Jurament's musings on ...Have you read Philotomy Jurament's musings on this topic in OD&D, The Dungeon As Mythic Underworld?<br /><br />www.philotomy.com<br />http://www.philotomy.com/#dungeon<br />http://www.philotomy.com/#creating_dungeon<br /><br />Those two brief essays radically reshaped my thinking about dungeons and, while some of what I create is still "naturalistic" it exists within a framework that is, essentially, the malign intelligence of the Mythic Underworld.<br /><br />I've just discovered your blog courtesy of James Maliszewski. This is a treasure trove concerning two of my favorite topics. Thank you for running such an excellent blog.Flambeauxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00133131881423202010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290828421410624791.post-23987126938012957142011-05-15T08:32:30.413-05:002011-05-15T08:32:30.413-05:00Do you feel that there's an undercurrent of ca...Do you feel that there's an undercurrent of catharsis and 'therapy' underlying Holmes? Is his vision of the game more of a 'shared subconscious' where adventure can cultivate bravery?scottszhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10327316054801308727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290828421410624791.post-8459441210215828092011-05-15T08:01:31.538-05:002011-05-15T08:01:31.538-05:00Brilliant post! One of my pet peeves in any D&...Brilliant post! One of my pet peeves in any D&D monster stat black is the notion of "where they appear." I dislike this "guide" as it limits the potential of a Black Pudding living outside. In fact without that guideline or rule, how much of your post would be here? <br /><br />I say that not antagonistically at all, rather to point out how one simple decision regarding having a rule on a creatures habitat served to limit and potentially block your creativity.<br /><br />Food for thought...Fenway5https://www.blogger.com/profile/14870312188585916750noreply@blogger.com