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<blockquote data-quote="RealAlHazred" data-source="post: 6748573" data-attributes="member: 25818"><p><strong>Originally posted by Hellcow:</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If the text doesn't make it clear, I suppose I'm to blame for that. But as the person who created Tul Oreshka, she's supposed to be the embodiment of the Lovecraftian concept of <em>secrets man wasn't meant to know</em>. On a mundane level, this could come to your every failure (both past and yet to come), the true thoughts of those you think to be your friends, the worst experiences in your life that you have suppressed and forgotten to keep going... the things that are true but which we ignore and avoid in our everyday lives. On a less mundane level, this could be the way in which the Prophecy actually defines reality; the horror of what awaits you in Dolurrh; the fragile nature of the border between our world and, say, Xoriat; the true nature of time; what really WAS lurking in your closet when you were a child; and far worse things I can't even conceive of because I, Keith, am a mortal human. These aren't things that you as DM could just say "Oh, she explains the Prophecy to you", because the mortal human mind can't assimilate that knowledge; if she plants it in your head, revealing the true shape and form of reality, she will break your mind. </p><p></p><p>The vital point of the Overlords is that they aren't gods; they are the embodiments of terrifying things. Tul Oreshka isn't simply a goddess of knowledge; she is the embodiment of the knowledge you don't want to know, of truths that will drive you mad. </p><p></p><p>At least, that's what I was going for. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RealAlHazred, post: 6748573, member: 25818"] [b]Originally posted by Hellcow:[/b] If the text doesn't make it clear, I suppose I'm to blame for that. But as the person who created Tul Oreshka, she's supposed to be the embodiment of the Lovecraftian concept of [i]secrets man wasn't meant to know[/i]. On a mundane level, this could come to your every failure (both past and yet to come), the true thoughts of those you think to be your friends, the worst experiences in your life that you have suppressed and forgotten to keep going... the things that are true but which we ignore and avoid in our everyday lives. On a less mundane level, this could be the way in which the Prophecy actually defines reality; the horror of what awaits you in Dolurrh; the fragile nature of the border between our world and, say, Xoriat; the true nature of time; what really WAS lurking in your closet when you were a child; and far worse things I can't even conceive of because I, Keith, am a mortal human. These aren't things that you as DM could just say "Oh, she explains the Prophecy to you", because the mortal human mind can't assimilate that knowledge; if she plants it in your head, revealing the true shape and form of reality, she will break your mind. The vital point of the Overlords is that they aren't gods; they are the embodiments of terrifying things. Tul Oreshka isn't simply a goddess of knowledge; she is the embodiment of the knowledge you don't want to know, of truths that will drive you mad. At least, that's what I was going for. ;) [/QUOTE]
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