From: Alex Ferguson (abf@cs.ucc.ie)
Date: Tue 01 Feb 2000 - 23:49:34 EET
I feel almost morally bound to steer clear of lit-crit here, so
accordingly I shall attempt to treat of Onslaught purely as a
Gloranthan Construct(TM).
Martin Laurie:
> As for limits to heroic ability, there are limits. Onslaught is himself
> totally two dimensional as a hero.
Well, there's "Kills things", with the other dimension being...?
> Argrath is far more versatile and hence unable to compete with
> specialists like Onslaught in combat but can kick there ass in
> other areas.
I find it harder to take Onslaught seriously as a 'Hero' in that sense,
In a nutshell, I won't be rushing to use the doubtless forthcoming
and of that magnitude, than I do to take on board the idea of an RQ
character with 200% bite (or whatever it was). He seems totally
decontextualised, has no mythic depth that I've been able to discern,
and is in short pretty much just an exaggerated version of the
'phenomenally skilled loner' stereotype. A 'real Hero' consists
not just of mundane skill, but of an authentic connection to the
divine world. Now, I'll grant you that, say, Harrek is somewhat
limited in this regard, and is a cheatin' bastard besides, and with
little doubt, Humakti HeroQuesters may be on the Somewhat Boring
sides too. But they _have_ to be a touch better-rounded, not to
say grounded, than Onslaught -- pleasegod.
Onslaught DP counter.
Cheers,
Alex.
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