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<blockquote data-quote="Autumnal" data-source="post: 8927111" data-attributes="member: 6671663"><p>For me, there are two crucial features of the Land:</p><p></p><p>First, it’s a <em>deeply</em> magical place. It’s not fundamentally naturalistic except where magic is bolted on, and it doesn’t have Gygaxian naturalism. Magic is essential, from the foundations of the world on up, and a bunch of things people do are part of that. </p><p></p><p>Second, it’s an intensely <em>moral</em> place. Many fantasy stories let protagonists get away with a lot of bad behavior because they’re the designated heroes. The Land doesn’t. And it doesn’t matter to the world whether victims or bystanders forgive the perpetrators of immoral acts: moral consequences are as real as any other consequences. Bad causes lead to bad effects until and unless the damage done can be repaired, and sometimes it can’t be. In the first series, Thomas is quite right to still regard himself as guilty despite others rushing to forgive him. He plays a necessary part in saving the Land despite his guilt, and that’s a rare balance to strike. </p><p></p><p>It occurs to me that something like Pendragon’s personality traits and passions would go well alongside whatever mechanics there might be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Autumnal, post: 8927111, member: 6671663"] For me, there are two crucial features of the Land: First, it’s a [I]deeply[/I] magical place. It’s not fundamentally naturalistic except where magic is bolted on, and it doesn’t have Gygaxian naturalism. Magic is essential, from the foundations of the world on up, and a bunch of things people do are part of that. Second, it’s an intensely [I]moral[/I] place. Many fantasy stories let protagonists get away with a lot of bad behavior because they’re the designated heroes. The Land doesn’t. And it doesn’t matter to the world whether victims or bystanders forgive the perpetrators of immoral acts: moral consequences are as real as any other consequences. Bad causes lead to bad effects until and unless the damage done can be repaired, and sometimes it can’t be. In the first series, Thomas is quite right to still regard himself as guilty despite others rushing to forgive him. He plays a necessary part in saving the Land despite his guilt, and that’s a rare balance to strike. It occurs to me that something like Pendragon’s personality traits and passions would go well alongside whatever mechanics there might be. [/QUOTE]
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