The end of an age.

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From: Eric Rowe (rowe@soda.berkeley.edu)
Date: Mon 08 Nov 1993 - 15:49:55 EET


Graeme Lindsell noted...

>An observation on King of Sartar: one thing I find depressing
>about Gregs fourth age stuff is that it makes clear that
>nothing a third age PC does will amount to much: not because
>we're told that Argrath did everything (that could be false)
>but because it's obvious that Third Age civilization in central
>Genertela is going to be destroyed, and that little remains.
>Everything the players create will be undone.

I find nothing depressing about this. In fact, I'm glad that little remains after the end of the third age. Look at earth history in terms of longevity of empires and civilizations. As far as I'm concerned, if anything is amiss it is that Gloranthan civilizations have a bit much staying power (not too much though).

The bottom line is that most things most people create (PC's or not) don't often make it though more than one age. I think this is something to be rejoiced, not something to be despondent about. It makes those rare things which do last ever so much more precious.

eric

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