Posted by Proud Blade(VIP) on July 20, 2000 at 10:01:24:
In Reply to: Re: Interesting take. posted by DL on July 20, 2000 at 09:43:09:
> In a sense, but over-all the key thing to remember is that...
> Scarabs are protecting their own free will, while Sylvans are
> protecting Nature.
Of course, many Scarabs aren't too comfortable with anyone who deifies Nature itself. Ingvar appreciated nature, and certainly preferred it to cities, but he didn't see a reason why he should feel any need to risk his hide for a bunch of trees, should danger come.
> And because Scarabs serve under a lich as posted below, I don't see Sylvans giving a Scarab much af a
> chance to get along. A Scarab, if he sees the Sylvan as merely acting upon his own free-will, is more likely to be the one
> not to pick a fight.
You're right here, to an extent. While Ingvar saw Sylvans as "Profane Lite", and didn't expend effort on them when there were always nastier folk (like Dawnies) around, some Sylvans immediately played the lich card. Ingvar's counter was always that he -served- no one. He professed the Temple's beliefs because he agreed with them, of his own accord. He defended the Temple as a place that exalted those beliefs, and housed an Icon which embodied them, not because of any warm, squishy feeling he got from being a lich's elven shield. Scarabaeus' (or anyone's) identity was not to be defined by the body it was housed in. (Tied in nicely with being a lil' wood elf in the Scarab temple... race was a big issue for Ingvar.) Ingvar tried desperately to define people he encountered by their goals and motives. If a Lich was a wise man, why not listen to his words? If a Lich professed Profane beliefs to the masses, strike him down, sure.
> And another thing is that there are few philosophies in this
> game that have the potential to mold around certain characters
> and outsode beliefs, but that is were some of the better RP
> elements in this game come in to play.
Yep. All the cookie cutter scenarios were played out long ago. You have to operate at the fringes a little to keep things interesting.
> just my opinon though.
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> DL