12-15-2011, 05:20 PM | #1 |
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Pyramid #3/38: The Power of Myth
No, it isn't just hearsay: e23 released Pyramid #3/38: The Power of Myth on the same day as GURPS Low-Tech: Instant Armor. This legendary issue brings much to marvel at . . .In the Before Times
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12-15-2011, 07:10 PM | #2 | |
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Re: Pyramid #3/38: The Power of Myth
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I do gather she speaks Russian or somesuch as her tongue, right? If it matters, but that was lacking. |
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12-15-2011, 08:39 PM | #3 | |
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12-16-2011, 02:00 AM | #4 |
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Re: Pyramid #3/38: The Power of Myth
Oops, left out the native language by accident.
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12-16-2011, 02:03 AM | #5 | |
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12-16-2011, 07:40 AM | #6 | |
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Missing that article in the blurb was an oversight, and I'll get that corrected as soon as I can. Unfortunately, it'll be a couple of weeks, since the office is closed for the holidays now. (The perils of trying to get everything done the day before the holiday break...) |
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12-16-2011, 07:59 AM | #7 |
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Sure, that is fine to me. I just posted about the missing article for your information.
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12-16-2011, 12:10 PM | #8 |
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Re: Pyramid #3/38: The Power of Myth
So far I have only read the articles for Dungeon Fantasy but these are the types of stuff that are useful to me for my DF campaign. I liked the adventure and it had an interesting treasure with a mythical feel. It gave me a lot of ideas to use in my adventures. I wish there were more adventures like this.
The article with DF stats for items of myths was very cool. The only problem is that I want to have even more mythical items statted out for DF. And maybe some ideas for how too drop these unique items into the DF realm and what would guard them. The article about the medusa and the hydra provided a lot of cool ideas like maybe the snakes in the hair fall out just like the hair on humans except that the snakes stay alive and could wriggle around and cause trouble. I would even take it further and say that maybe the snakes that fall out of medusas "hair" could eventually grow into medusas themselves and maybe that is why there are other medusas in the DF realm besides the original Gorgon Medusa. Anyway, this was really a good issue. Hope there will be more like it in the future. |
12-16-2011, 01:00 PM | #9 |
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Thanks for posting about that - it's one of the cooler-sounding articles. If I ever get around to running a DF campaign, I'll certainly pick up this issue; that article's the tipping point for me.
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12-16-2011, 05:20 PM | #10 |
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Re: Pyramid #3/38: The Power of Myth
I use "myth" primary to mean "Cosmic level tales told in an epic style" rather then "untruth". Anyone who has the talent can rewrite the latest theory of physics that way and then it would be a "myth" even if it is true. Often a "myth" will have some figurative truth in it.
For instance, the story of the two first Klingons sacking the heavens told at Jadzia and Worf's wedding was a myth and not all that bad a myth at that. It does not particularly matter whether they did or not from the point of view of the story because no power in the universe can stop the beating of two Klingon hearts, not even curmudgeonly mothers-in-law.
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