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The Heroic Impulse: Where Have All the Heroes Gone?
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<blockquote data-quote="Walknot" data-source="post: 4600139" data-attributes="member: 73405"><p>You might have something here. Specifically, with respect to Ranks, Aquarius, and When.</p><p></p><p>Ranks:</p><p></p><p>Sometimes with all of the numbers seemingly necessary to role playing, the heroic impulse seems subsumed by the accounting pencil-fu. (Aha, at last another reason to admire accountants, with their pencil-fu). Let us agree that the heroic impulse, even if buried, may surely not be eradicated no matter how many numbers assail it!</p><p></p><p>Aquarius:</p><p></p><p>Seriously, though. This is the dawning of the age of aquarius. The heat and light of Leo the lion (or is it the forward-driven Aries the ram?) is said to be replaced anon by the cool shimmer of a new age. There is a tide in the affairs of role playing, which taken at its peak leads on to heroism! But once missed, may never rise again.</p><p></p><p>When:</p><p></p><p>...will they come back? Of course! It is as it always has been. Amongst the throngs of average Joe's (and Josephines) they are there. From the sullen masses overburdened by fear, they will arise. First one hand lifts high the olde banner of heroism, and one by one they rally to the cry, to victory. </p><p></p><p>So, in other words, it is up to you (the player) to make it happen. We live play in a complicated world, and its only getting murkier (with numbers). But as always the hero's role is to send out the beacon of clarity, through brave and selfless acts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Walknot, post: 4600139, member: 73405"] You might have something here. Specifically, with respect to Ranks, Aquarius, and When. Ranks: Sometimes with all of the numbers seemingly necessary to role playing, the heroic impulse seems subsumed by the accounting pencil-fu. (Aha, at last another reason to admire accountants, with their pencil-fu). Let us agree that the heroic impulse, even if buried, may surely not be eradicated no matter how many numbers assail it! Aquarius: Seriously, though. This is the dawning of the age of aquarius. The heat and light of Leo the lion (or is it the forward-driven Aries the ram?) is said to be replaced anon by the cool shimmer of a new age. There is a tide in the affairs of role playing, which taken at its peak leads on to heroism! But once missed, may never rise again. When: ...will they come back? Of course! It is as it always has been. Amongst the throngs of average Joe's (and Josephines) they are there. From the sullen masses overburdened by fear, they will arise. First one hand lifts high the olde banner of heroism, and one by one they rally to the cry, to victory. So, in other words, it is up to you (the player) to make it happen. We live play in a complicated world, and its only getting murkier (with numbers). But as always the hero's role is to send out the beacon of clarity, through brave and selfless acts. [/QUOTE]
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