http://www.mobunited.com/mobunitedmedia/2009/09/16/kingdom-involvement/ Killing Someone Else's Darlings Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:06:55 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://www.mobunited.com/mobunitedmedia/2009/09/16/kingdom-involvement/comment-page-1/#comment-347 admin Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:25:30 +0000 http://www.mobunited.com/mobunitedmedia/?p=436#comment-347 I'm not Stew (though I will alert him to your question) but I'd say this occurs on the meta-level, because ultimately, Dark Lords are Legend-generated as a necessary path on the character's spiritual journey (which just happens to resemble traditional fantasy RPG story arcs) throwing players into a position outside of both the setting and character-centered POVs. When this gets turned up the fictive . . . Legendary . . . nature of the setting gets put to the fore. I’m not Stew (though I will alert him to your question) but I’d say this occurs on the meta-level, because ultimately, Dark Lords are Legend-generated as a necessary path on the character’s spiritual journey (which just happens to resemble traditional fantasy RPG story arcs) throwing players into a position outside of both the setting and character-centered POVs. When this gets turned up the fictive . . . Legendary . . . nature of the setting gets put to the fore.

]]> http://www.mobunited.com/mobunitedmedia/2009/09/16/kingdom-involvement/comment-page-1/#comment-344 JDCorley Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:10:33 +0000 http://www.mobunited.com/mobunitedmedia/?p=436#comment-344 Can you go into more specific detail about how Aeternal Legends does that? I've read the (first edition of) the game and I didn't see that sort of reification. Can you go into more specific detail about how Aeternal Legends does that? I’ve read the (first edition of) the game and I didn’t see that sort of reification.

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