Submission: The World according to Gark,Illumination

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From: Tim Beecher (timbee@timbee.rnd.symix.com)
Date: Mon 08 Nov 1993 - 18:41:54 EET


Re: Gark the Calm

I always understood his cult propagated by con man types who promised "eternal life" to the unsuspecting . If it was straight forward then who would join ?

Propagator: Howdy there peasant ! I'm here on behalf of Gark the Calm and I'd like to leave a few pamphlets to read . Perhaps you'd like a copy of our newsletter , The Garktower , to read over . I realize you're probably thinking "an eternal lifetime of mindless servitude, what's in it for me ?" . The pamphlets "Chaos:Total Destruction or Bad Press" , "Those Darned Stormbulls" , and "Who really needs independant thought anyway ?" cover these questions and more .

Re: Steve Gilham Entropy requires no maintenance

Did he heroquest to receive this ability or did he receive it as an initiate of the Internet ?

Re:Riddling and Illumination

Too often I read of people walking up and asking strange questions and the player answers it. In a campaign I played in my character would respond as follows :

Stranger : Say , do you know makes a noise but has no lips ? Character : Beats me and I think I'll beat you ! (Insert scene from Monty Python's "Death of Mary , Queen of Scots")

If it were truly that simple illumination would be like the common cold . The approach to illumination should be one of stealth and cunning . For example , a stranger asks Harold the Haggard for directions . Harold gives the directions as best he can . The stranger then inquires "I've heard tales of a mountain with a living heart , can you tell me if that is near here ?" . Harold responds and now has a chance of becoming illuminated . A sage comes across a mention of a monolith of basalt and becomes intrigued . After researching the answer , the sage joins the illuminated ranks .

I suppose its a matter of taste but it seems to me that too often the illumination technique resembles the Ned Flanders character on the Simpsons

Ned: Hi-dely Ho there neighbor , say you wouldn't happen to know what walks on

     four , then two , then three legs ? Illuminated Homer:[Answer], Doh!

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