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<blockquote data-quote="Tiefling" data-source="post: 314570" data-attributes="member: 251">Reading through Call of Cthulhu d20, I found that some of the sanity loss stuff doesn't make sense to me. I like the basic idea - exposure to the Mythos gradually drives you mad - and I think it totally makes sense that seeing the Great Old Ones (who are simply too horrible for human comprehension) and casting spells (which aren't supposed to work in the human mind) would cause sanity loss. But some things cause sanity loss that don't seem to me like they would in reality.For instance, seeing monsters. The first time I see a ghoul or a zombie, I would definitely be freaked out, and, just maybe, lose a little sanity. But once I've resigned myself to the fact that the world is more than it seems, it wouldn't really do anything to me. Another thing is Mythos tomes. It can't think how knowledge would drive you mad. Scare the sh*t out of you, sure (the knowledge that we have enough nukes to destroy the world three times over does that to me all the time). But make you go insane? Seems iffy.And suppose you read a Mythos tome and you don't believe it at all. You think the author was crazy. If you learned about the Mythos, but believed that it was all bunk, would it really cause a loss of sanity?Has anyone else wondered about these things? And if so, how do you deal with them?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tiefling, post: 314570, member: 251"] Reading through Call of Cthulhu d20, I found that some of the sanity loss stuff doesn't make sense to me. I like the basic idea - exposure to the Mythos gradually drives you mad - and I think it totally makes sense that seeing the Great Old Ones (who are simply too horrible for human comprehension) and casting spells (which aren't supposed to work in the human mind) would cause sanity loss. But some things cause sanity loss that don't seem to me like they would in reality. For instance, seeing monsters. The first time I see a ghoul or a zombie, I would definitely be freaked out, and, just maybe, lose a little sanity. But once I've resigned myself to the fact that the world is more than it seems, it wouldn't really do anything to me. Another thing is Mythos tomes. It can't think how knowledge would drive you mad. Scare the sh*t out of you, sure (the knowledge that we have enough nukes to destroy the world three times over does that to me all the time). But make you go insane? Seems iffy. And suppose you read a Mythos tome and you don't believe it at all. You think the author was crazy. If you learned about the Mythos, but believed that it was all bunk, would it really cause a loss of sanity? Has anyone else wondered about these things? And if so, how do you deal with them? [/QUOTE]

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