The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[deganawida]

I have to add "necrognomeancy" now to my internet dictionary.

Gnecromancy

 

[CleverNickName]

I was working on my next adventure, which will involve a yuan-ti cult of Sseth. I thought I'd do a little bit of research into real-world cults, to get a better handle on how they are structured and how they operate. Well, after several hours of in-depth reading on Nxivm, Heaven's Gate, Qanon, and The Peoples Temple, I'm way too sad and disturbed to write a D&D adventure.

 

[Scribe]

I was working on my next adventure, which will involve a yuan-ti cult of Sseth. I thought I'd do a little bit of research into real-world cults, to get a better handle on how they are structured and how they operate. Well, after several hours of in-depth reading on Nxivm, Heaven's Gate, Qanon, and The Peoples Temple, I'm way too sad and disturbed to write D&D.

I did the same with a different topic for a Ravenloft adventure. Put me right off of the setting in anything but a campy way.

 

[payn]

Stick around enough and you always come full circle. Im now tired of people being tired of sequels and reboots.

 

[MarkB]

I have to add "necrognomeancy" now to my internet dictionary.

As detailed in the Necrognomicon?

 

[Pedantic]

I was working on my next adventure, which will involve a yuan-ti cult of Sseth. I thought I'd do a little bit of research into real-world cults, to get a better handle on how they are structured and how they operate. Well, after several hours of in-depth reading on Nxivm, Heaven's Gate, Qanon, and The Peoples Temple, I'm way too sad and disturbed to write D&D.

I've had some less than great confusion when I tried to use mystery cults in a setting, and had a player convinced I meant modern abusive religious organizations, not gnostic groups with secret rituals.

 

[prabe]

I've had some less than great confusion when I tried to use mystery cults in a setting, and had a player convinced I meant modern abusive religious organizations, not gnostic groups with secret rituals.

Oops. I hope they learned about the older usage before it became a problem in-game.

 

[CleverNickName]

I've had some less than great confusion when I tried to use mystery cults in a setting, and had a player convinced I meant modern abusive religious organizations, not gnostic groups with secret rituals.

Point of clarity, "cult" does not necessarily involve religious belief. Neither Nxivm nor Qanon are affiliated with religion, for example. Which makes them even more insidious and harder to detect, in my opinion. There are quotes from people defending Nxivm or Qanon, saying "but they can't be a cult because they're not religious," and just last week that would have been convincing enough for me. Cults are a lot more ubiquitous than I had thought.

 

[Cadence]

Just because someone set themselves up for a perfect reply doesn't mean I need to do it, just because someone s...

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Gnecromancy

There was a great EverQuest roleplay blog of that name, back in the day, all about a gnome necromancer.

One of the recurring bits was about how he learned to fish, specifically so he could learn to kill even the little things.