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Re: What do you use to augment the feeling of being in Tolkien's world?
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2017 2:17 pm
by Glorelendil
Elroval wrote: ↑Fri Dec 29, 2017 1:24 pm
Glorelendil wrote: ↑Sat Dec 23, 2017 4:31 pm
At least once a session I destroy something beautiful and irreplaceable.
Thanks - that's really good.
Ha! I was actually joking, and meant "destroy something in real life". I wrote it without even realizing that it would also be a good thing to do in-game. A beautiful tree dies, a burbling brook gets polluted, a precious antiquity is destroyed, an innocent youth turns to the Shadow.
You get most of the credit for that.
Re: What do you use to augment the feeling of being in Tolkien's world?
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2017 7:34 pm
by Elroval
Glorelendil wrote: ↑Fri Dec 29, 2017 2:17 pm
Elroval wrote: ↑Fri Dec 29, 2017 1:24 pm
Glorelendil wrote: ↑Sat Dec 23, 2017 4:31 pm
At least once a session I destroy something beautiful and irreplaceable.
Thanks - that's really good.
Ha! I was actually joking, and meant "destroy something in real life". I wrote it without even realizing that it would also be a good thing to do in-game. A beautiful tree dies, a burbling brook gets polluted, a precious antiquity is destroyed, an innocent youth turns to the Shadow.
You get most of the credit for that.
Actually, when I first read it, I did assume it was a joke, but I read it again and then I wasn't sure. The more I thought about it, the more profound it seemed
I mean it's actually a recurring theme running through Tolkien's work, isn't it? And it struck me I absolutely need to do this in my new campaign.
So thanks!
Re: What do you use to augment the feeling of being in Tolkien's world?
Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2017 9:02 pm
by Ecorce
Glorelendil wrote: ↑Fri Dec 29, 2017 2:17 pm
Elroval wrote: ↑Fri Dec 29, 2017 1:24 pm
Glorelendil wrote: ↑Sat Dec 23, 2017 4:31 pm
At least once a session I destroy something beautiful and irreplaceable.
Thanks - that's really good.
Ha! I was actually joking, and meant "destroy something in real life". I wrote it without even realizing that it would also be a good thing to do in-game. A beautiful tree dies, a burbling brook gets polluted, a precious antiquity is destroyed, an innocent youth turns to the Shadow.
You get most of the credit for that.
My first thought was to wonder if you were a Player or a LM.
I know you're a LM... but it was funny to think about you as a Player destroying every beautiful thing the LM placed with love in a scene. Something like a "cliché" for people who don't know RPG very well.
In that world, Glorendil would be a warrior who doesn't know anything about poetry and emotion... aiming to eat Balrog wings for each breakfast (and second breakfast!).