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<blockquote data-quote="The Shadow" data-source="post: 6408320" data-attributes="member: 16760"><p>Good grief. Normally, when I hear about something from people who love it, I start to appreciate it more. I might not come to like it, but at least I start to see what people see in it.</p><p></p><p>But hearing more about Planescape from people who love it just increases my distaste. Okay, yes, I do see the drama inherent in shaping the multiverse to your belief. I can see that one could run a campaign on that basis. I just have less than zero interest in playing in such a campaign. Actually, that's an understatement. I experience a deep, utter loathing that is both intellectual and visceral for the very concept of such a campaign.</p><p></p><p>In the setup described here, there's no reason to believe in anything! Anything at all! It's just the arbitrary exercise of your will (shades of Nietzsche!). You choose something, and by your own sovereign ubermenschlichkeit force your vision on the world. What it is <em>doesn't matter!</em> Not in the least. Because,</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's just plain no way to run a multiverse. Even if you succeed in changing things, so what? It's all just a matter of personal preference anyway. There is a nihilism at the core of this setting that is apparently ineradicable, and I will never be reconciled to it.</p><p></p><p>I think there's not much use to my continuing to post on this thread. I wish everyone well in gaming what they enjoy.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: P.S. One more thing.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This one quote alone would make me refuse to touch the setting with a ten foot pole.</p><p></p><p>Evil has *nothing* to offer, despite all appearances. Evil appears glamorous, appears to offer what you want, but it in fact has nothing, it is empty at the core. The drama in the universe as I know it to be is the drama of seeking for that which is truly desirable amidst all the false desires held out to us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Shadow, post: 6408320, member: 16760"] Good grief. Normally, when I hear about something from people who love it, I start to appreciate it more. I might not come to like it, but at least I start to see what people see in it. But hearing more about Planescape from people who love it just increases my distaste. Okay, yes, I do see the drama inherent in shaping the multiverse to your belief. I can see that one could run a campaign on that basis. I just have less than zero interest in playing in such a campaign. Actually, that's an understatement. I experience a deep, utter loathing that is both intellectual and visceral for the very concept of such a campaign. In the setup described here, there's no reason to believe in anything! Anything at all! It's just the arbitrary exercise of your will (shades of Nietzsche!). You choose something, and by your own sovereign ubermenschlichkeit force your vision on the world. What it is [i]doesn't matter![/i] Not in the least. Because, It's just plain no way to run a multiverse. Even if you succeed in changing things, so what? It's all just a matter of personal preference anyway. There is a nihilism at the core of this setting that is apparently ineradicable, and I will never be reconciled to it. I think there's not much use to my continuing to post on this thread. I wish everyone well in gaming what they enjoy. EDIT: P.S. One more thing. This one quote alone would make me refuse to touch the setting with a ten foot pole. Evil has *nothing* to offer, despite all appearances. Evil appears glamorous, appears to offer what you want, but it in fact has nothing, it is empty at the core. The drama in the universe as I know it to be is the drama of seeking for that which is truly desirable amidst all the false desires held out to us. [/QUOTE]
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