tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4353391426294254427.post5045550304952838691..comments2024-03-25T22:48:31.750-04:00Comments on Dreams in the Lich House: The Promethean PrisonJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18031181424520125213noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4353391426294254427.post-92061851752841482982013-08-11T19:07:32.544-04:002013-08-11T19:07:32.544-04:00"I vacillate between whether "the Ancien..."I vacillate between whether "the Ancients" imprisoned in the Promethean Prison are rebellious aliens punished by other members of their race, or supernatural messengers imprisoned by the loyal angels."<br /><br />The odd thing about the tale of Prometheus, is that you feel you should be rooting against the Gods. Which is why you can find alternate versions where Prometheus doesn't steal just fire, but "enlightenment," science and knowledge from the dogma and tradition of religion. The Illumination that gives name to the Illuminati. Just as some versions of the Eden story can make Man's banishment an allegory for adulthood or sentience itself. That moment where the aliens uplift man in 2001.<br /><br />So whether you decide on aliens or angels, I'd be tempted to pull a classic Illuminati reversal on the party half way through the adventure, maybe even a double reversal. A point where their assumptions about who is good and who is evil are reversed. Where all their previous work must suddenly be undone.Gort's Friendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08684913847135419951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4353391426294254427.post-76106637574007903032013-08-08T00:17:11.144-04:002013-08-08T00:17:11.144-04:00How is it that every campaign setting you write ab...How is it that every campaign setting you write about sounds like the best campaign I would have ever played in.Thiles Targonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02928790313150694394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4353391426294254427.post-25175971025091928842013-08-06T12:32:26.346-04:002013-08-06T12:32:26.346-04:00Posts like this are why I still read blogs. Posts like this are why I still read blogs. Aoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00145284080419502886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4353391426294254427.post-53051233117274980512013-08-06T11:50:04.114-04:002013-08-06T11:50:04.114-04:00Maybe make the "fallen gods" aliens in t...Maybe make the "fallen gods" aliens in the Lovecraftian sense of the world rather than the more modern technological extraterrestrial civilization sense. Something along the lines of Cthulhu himself - imprisoned, dead but dreaming, and waiting for the Stars to be Right...Omer Golan-Joelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09242085820257230639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4353391426294254427.post-44654316694260066682013-08-05T23:02:29.657-04:002013-08-05T23:02:29.657-04:00Life of Pi was indeed a good film.
Here's ano...<i>Life of Pi</i> was indeed a good film.<br /><br />Here's another take on Prometheus: In <i>The Chemical Muse</i> the author suggests that the earliest versions of the myth don't specify what he stole, but after he's chained and his liver is being ripped out poppies grow from the where his blood falls. The implication he draws is that Prometheus brought relief relief from pain through opium--the secret of the gods--to man.Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.com