tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290828421410624791.post300394513497839521..comments2024-03-14T10:32:29.233-05:00Comments on Blood of Prokopius: Saintly Saturday: St. Abercius of HierapolisFrDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00459281821319914530noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290828421410624791.post-77759948330903284872011-10-23T06:54:23.768-05:002011-10-23T06:54:23.768-05:00@Anthony
Ironically, I have never read the "E...@Anthony<br />Ironically, I have never read the "Ethshar" series. I guess I'll have to look that up...<br /><br />@Spawn<br /><i>And of course the original AD&D PHB cover.</i><br /><br />See, I told you I forget some...<br /><br /><i>I have to say the most D&D element of that story may be his explanation that the gods must have gotten too drunk and ended up brawling.</i><br /><br />I have to admit, this is what really made me start down the path to thinking about raiding temples as a trope — I can't count the number of times I have heard something as outrageous and bold being said by PCs at my table.<br /><br />@Russ<br /><i>And I strangely feel like I'm trivializing it somehow.</i><br /><br />No, you are just pointing out that in both S&S and D&D the main motivation is normally getting the treasure. S&S characters are often mercenary and in (earlier) D&D gold = xp; however, in both S&S and D&D there are plenty of other motivations. Our party might all agree to go raid the temple of Set, but my guess is that each character is going to be seeking something different. What I find so fascinating about St. Abercius is that, despite having a different motivation, his actions are almost identical to the trope in S&S and D&D. As RPGers, it is another tool in our tool belt to have fun doing the same old raiding of the temple.FrDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459281821319914530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290828421410624791.post-24233439480455307082011-10-22T23:00:10.188-05:002011-10-22T23:00:10.188-05:00I don't know if I'll express this correctl...I don't know if I'll express this correctly, but I feel like you're comparison is a little wonky. I S&S, the protagonists are usually are the right side of the right god only for pragmatic reasons. I don't have a genuine example from the literature, but I can imagine a scenario where the heroes raid a temple to line their pockets with fat loot while killing the high priest of Set before he kills them. Being a zealous follower of Mitra would have nothing to do with it.<br /><br />Not that I think you're spin is invalid. I just think the whole different weight. Conan doesn't want to win a martyr's crown, but I could play my axe wielding fighter as if that's something he genuinely believes a better man might see at the end of his idol-smashing.<br /><br />Of course, I could have that wrong. And I strangely feel like I'm trivializing it somehow.Russhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06818303172957630563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290828421410624791.post-5990191898807021792011-10-22T16:56:33.372-05:002011-10-22T16:56:33.372-05:00And of course the original AD&D PHB cover.
I ...And of course the original AD&D PHB cover.<br /><br />I have to say the most D&D element of that story may be his explanation that the gods must have gotten too drunk and ended up brawling. I could see somebody in our party saying something like that ... just to make the crowd think "Are you an complete idiot or what?" and confuse them enough to give us a jump on our retreat.Spawn of Endrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10431848914619887998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290828421410624791.post-23741924146794090662011-10-22T10:44:03.705-05:002011-10-22T10:44:03.705-05:00I've never heard of the "Lords of Dus&quo...I've never heard of the "Lords of Dus" series. I quite enjoyed Watt-Evans' "Ethshar" series, especially "The Misenchanted Sword." I'll have to look "Lords" up.Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01254215329246851683noreply@blogger.com