tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4353391426294254427.post1628805579983401931..comments2024-03-29T07:44:02.365-04:00Comments on Dreams in the Lich House: Mythic Monday: Taken... by Elves!Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18031181424520125213noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4353391426294254427.post-42035348755464930992010-12-28T10:31:46.275-05:002010-12-28T10:31:46.275-05:00I like John Keel's term "ultraterrestrial...I like John Keel's term "ultraterrestrials"--it allows us to ditch the (potentially) false dichtomy between "demihuman" elves and "spiritual" ones. Which one is an alien biological entity of another plane of being with supernatural abilities?<br /><br />@Beedo - I like the grittiness of <i>Steel Remains</i> and I'm not bothered by one of the protagonists being gay. My only quibble is that its fairly modern in language and dialogue--I tend to like my fantasy a little more old school in diction--but I recognize it as a legitimate stylistic choice, just not my favorite.Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4353391426294254427.post-32505317924555133372010-12-28T10:20:26.557-05:002010-12-28T10:20:26.557-05:00What do spirits/minor "gods" gain from a...<i>What do spirits/minor "gods" gain from abducting a mortal? Well, maybe spiritual energy, maybe a part of the victim's soul, maybe nothing which is material to mortals; they are spirits after all, and follow their own, twisted rules...</i><br /><br />I can get behind 'supernatural abductions' like elf-spirits from the Spirit Realm - it can still be something to be feared. Perhaps mortals abducted return to the world aged a decade, or wisdom drained; perhaps they lose their magic for a period of time if they're a caster.<br /><br />When the players hear about that business happening to NPC's that lingered in the wrong part of the woods after dark, you betcha they'll clear out before night falls...Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18031181424520125213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4353391426294254427.post-53936284848771096442010-12-28T05:17:31.505-05:002010-12-28T05:17:31.505-05:00Now, this is creepy. I just had a nightmare last n...Now, this is creepy. I just had a nightmare last night - about alien abductions, no less - that apparently drew its imagery from Dark Skies (a TV series from the 1990's about MJ12 and aliens) and X-Com/UFO 1 (the famous strategy computer game where you fight the alien invasion). And then I got up, fired up the computer... And you had a post about alien abduction on your blog! CREEPY!<br /><br />Anyhow, I prefer Elves as spirits/minor "gods" with their only motives rather than demihumans. In my campaign, they won't necessarily be evil per se, but would have their own motives - which could seem quite strange and even sinister to mortals. Their mounds exist both on the Mortal Realm and on the Spirit Realm, so in their inside (which is in the Spirit Realm), time might flow in strange ways.<br /><br />What do spirits/minor "gods" gain from abducting a mortal? Well, maybe spiritual energy, maybe a part of the victim's soul, maybe nothing which is material to mortals; they are spirits after all, and follow their own, twisted rules...Omer Golan-Joelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09242085820257230639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4353391426294254427.post-55327341733243458202010-12-27T17:52:03.747-05:002010-12-27T17:52:03.747-05:00Horror and fantasy are bestest friends in literatu...Horror and fantasy are bestest friends in literature, but horror in games fails a lot - I'm hoping through this blog to give DM's some new tools.<br /><br />Thanks for the book referral - checked it out on Amazon, lots of controversial reviews! Would you consider it part of the gritty wave of recent fantasy (the GRR Martin effect)?<br /><br />hat would you call the GRR Martin genre - gritty andJohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18031181424520125213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4353391426294254427.post-62778620293356173522010-12-27T16:44:38.911-05:002010-12-27T16:44:38.911-05:00I like this. People bandy about this idea, but you...I like this. People bandy about this idea, but your the first I've seeen apply it to gaming, abductions and all.<br /><br /><br />Richard Morgan's novel, <i>Steel Remains</i> takes elves in a direction that is at once fvery science fictional and cruel, folk-lore faerie-ish. It's worth checking out.Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.com