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<blockquote data-quote="clearstream" data-source="post: 6924264" data-attributes="member: 71699">It's going to scupper a lot of narrative analysis now that we know symbolism can't operate without conscious intent <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> Seriously though, you say &quot;gaps&quot;, I say &quot;space&quot;.The authors are highly experienced designers: both the symbolism and the space are intentional and valuable.That pretty much nails why I like RPG over books: I'm delighted if Hekaton dies! In that case, his failures prove too grave and Divine Right passes to someone else. As DM I would go with one of the evil giants, to spice things up a bit. SKT certainly begs the question of what happens if the Ordning is restored with an evil giant kind at the top? But this is not a serious accusation, surely? If a published adventure denied opportunity for my players to fail or bring about alternate endings, then for me that adventure would be weak indeed. Imagine a Tomb of Horrors where Acerak cannot prevail?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="clearstream, post: 6924264, member: 71699"] It's going to scupper a lot of narrative analysis now that we know symbolism can't operate without conscious intent ;) Seriously though, you say "gaps", I say "space". The authors are highly experienced designers: both the symbolism and the space are intentional and valuable. That pretty much nails why I like RPG over books: I'm delighted if Hekaton dies! In that case, his failures prove too grave and Divine Right passes to someone else. As DM I would go with one of the evil giants, to spice things up a bit. SKT certainly begs the question of what happens if the Ordning is restored with an [I]evil[/I] giant kind at the top? But this is not a serious accusation, surely? If a published adventure denied opportunity for my players to fail or bring about alternate endings, then for me that adventure would be weak indeed. Imagine a Tomb of Horrors where Acerak cannot prevail? [/QUOTE]

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