03-09-2012, 08:02 AM | #21 |
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Re: Destiny & Fate
I would have a HUGE problem with sending someone to Hell over mail, and I'd think God would see the same way.
Fate and Destiny is more then mail and as hinted at on the 'kill national leader' post, involves a choice. (All of this is my opinion) So, one could argue that a guy who picks up someone else's mail and throws it away may get the acceptance letter for Jimmy Phelps to college and now he doesn't go and misses out curing cancer. Is that a Fate? It certainly contributed to Jimmy missing his Destiny but did Mean Mr. Madigan DECIDE that he was going to screw Jimmy over? In some ways by engaging in that behavior, yes, he did in an indirect way. But I would think (hope) that it takes more of a conscious effort then that.
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03-09-2012, 02:18 PM | #22 |
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Re: Destiny & Fate
The interpretation I run with is:
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03-09-2012, 07:20 PM | #23 |
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Re: Destiny & Fate
Hey just quoting what I saw in liber servitorium.
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03-09-2012, 07:41 PM | #24 |
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Re: Destiny & Fate
The LiberS has a bunch of ideas for fates and destinies, but the GM has to assign meaning to them, based on the GM's choices about how to handle fate/destiny, what the Brightness/Contrast of the setting is, etc. The ideas exist in a moral vacuum, but the implementation of them cannot exist without the GM deciding why a given action is a fate or destiny -- though the option does exist for "because the Symphony is random and arbitrary," though that's starting to get into In Nomine Backwards territory at best, and mega-Dark at worst...
Or, in other words... How to justify "tear up unopened mail" as a fate? That's the GM's responsibility, if the GM chooses to use that answer. And therein should hang a tale. (And the GM should also read the Yves writeup in S3; push the Symphony too directly, and it will push back, and you will not like what happens if you are a Servitor of Fate or Destiny. There's a reason why those Servitors are supposed to be subtle...)
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