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<blockquote data-quote="ParanoydStyle" data-source="post: 7598665" data-attributes="member: 6984451"><p>Thanks everyone!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You know, I think Zelazny fans could sustain a pretty epic argument around the sentence I italicized in your quote. My own take is that the way the Chronicles are written always give the impression that any Prince or Princess of Amber could die at the hands of a mere mortal (or a mere monster) if they were caught slipping, even if they never do, which to me keeps them from feeling godlike. But strictly speaking I mean, within the cosmology of the universe, I guess they are all descended from the primal fabric of reality which would make them demigods by definition. </p><p></p><p>I have always wanted to play Amber Diceless but never gotten the chance. Pour one out for the late, great Eric Wujcik.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Heh, I think that readers around here might be noticing by now that I don't tend to include 4E in ANY of my questions, calculations, or opinions. But in this case, the answer is no, because that is not a game ABOUT being a god which is what I'm talking about. It's a mode of a game about being murder-hobos where it happens that you hobo-murdered your way into becoming a god.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This is much more like what I'm asking after, which is to say <strong><em>American Gods</em></strong>. But I'm less interested in the system than in your experiences of play in Nobilis, if you'd care to share.</p><p></p><p>***</p><p></p><p>I added a ("NOT D&D") to the topic OP. D&D is brimming with interesting ways for characters to start with, attain, defend, and/or lose godhood. I am more interested in gods that aren't necessarily omnipotent and a setting a little bit more like the real world and now and a little less than the wide open high magic high fantasy playing field of D&D cosmology.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ParanoydStyle, post: 7598665, member: 6984451"] Thanks everyone! You know, I think Zelazny fans could sustain a pretty epic argument around the sentence I italicized in your quote. My own take is that the way the Chronicles are written always give the impression that any Prince or Princess of Amber could die at the hands of a mere mortal (or a mere monster) if they were caught slipping, even if they never do, which to me keeps them from feeling godlike. But strictly speaking I mean, within the cosmology of the universe, I guess they are all descended from the primal fabric of reality which would make them demigods by definition. I have always wanted to play Amber Diceless but never gotten the chance. Pour one out for the late, great Eric Wujcik. Heh, I think that readers around here might be noticing by now that I don't tend to include 4E in ANY of my questions, calculations, or opinions. But in this case, the answer is no, because that is not a game ABOUT being a god which is what I'm talking about. It's a mode of a game about being murder-hobos where it happens that you hobo-murdered your way into becoming a god. This is much more like what I'm asking after, which is to say [B][I]American Gods[/I][/B]. But I'm less interested in the system than in your experiences of play in Nobilis, if you'd care to share. *** I added a ("NOT D&D") to the topic OP. D&D is brimming with interesting ways for characters to start with, attain, defend, and/or lose godhood. I am more interested in gods that aren't necessarily omnipotent and a setting a little bit more like the real world and now and a little less than the wide open high magic high fantasy playing field of D&D cosmology. [/QUOTE]
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