Re: [DSII] Aeons of the Stranger Sort

On 24 Jul 2004 at 20:28, "John C" <john1x@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Official, sha-shmisshal!  This is to be pure fun, with many explosions
and
> eldritch...thingies.	For RPG purposes, the End Times will remain nice
and
> incredibly depressing.

Hey, I understand the desire to give humanity an edge!

(Which reminds me, I should look into getting some space-suited infantry

for End Times scenarios. Hmmm...)
 
> There is, by the way, apparently an RPG called Cthulhutech in the
works. 
> The whole premise appears to be Mecha vs. Mythos, with humanity
kicking
> much ass.  Or whatever it is that Elder Gods sit on.(*)

I've heard vaguely about it.
 
> Which could not only bring things through, but could also suck things
in
> -- assuming that the gate opened into deep space.  Alternatively, a
bit of
> alien atmosphere could make things very unpleasant.

My understanding of the implications of Lovecraft's writings is that you

don't actually create a "hole" in space-time. Rather, it's a lot closer 
to the Stargate model, where there's some sort of barrier that must be 
crossed. Otherwise you could evacuate the air from an entire planet by 
simply opening a gate to the moon.

So, to stick close to Lovecraft something would have to want to go 
through the gate, or the gate would have to physically pass over them,
in 
order for it to work. You won't see someone sucked into a gate unless 
you've got some sort of vacuum attached to the gate mechanism.
 
> This feels like the kind of thing humans would do with bastardized 
> Eldertech, which is all well and good.

Yep. The Delta Green books mention some of the, uh, unpleasant 
experiences that happened after a human started playing around with some

of these glyphs.
 
> Yessss....  That can be great fun from a play standpoint, too.

I've seen it work in samurai games (the switching allegiances thing). 
 
> And be sure to use words like "Squamous", of course.

Definitely. Oh, and you realize you'll need some sort of soundtrack to 
play when you're running the game, right?

> (*) The answer, apparently, is Washington D.C.  Appropriate on *so*
many
> levels.

I wish I could get to GenCon this year. It's a U.S. presidential
election 
year, so I'm guessing Chaosium will be holding it's usual Mythos party 
convention at GenCon...

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