et maintenant we drinkez bitter wine
Feb. 10th, 2003 11:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
incandescensIrreverent seems to be the watchword for tonight. I was rereading the 666 series of French BDs -- graphic novels, that is -- by Froideval and Tacito, and snickering at the appropriate moments. (Yes, Beth, those books, featuring their version of Lilith in all her naked glory.)
. . . okay, I was going to write an entry of mind-shattering brilliance, really I was. It would have said things that nobody had said before, or at least not as concisely, not as wittily, and not as delicately. It would have been a marvel for the ages.
Instead I feel compelled to quote this, from the Exalted forums on the White Wolf rpg site. The person making this entry, ikselam, has been asked why one should play Exalted.
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This is a game where you cut through 500 ninjas and duel with the villain for a day and a night to save the entire world, and then spend a week weeping at the needless slaughter.
This is a game where when you come up to your Storyteller and say, "My character was raised by wolves," he'll say "Hmm, I dunno if the wolf thing is really appropriate. I think you need to jazz it up a little. How about she was raised by a lost tribe of mystical lizardmen who are the only surviving remnants of a once-great reptile civilization?"
This is a game where characters fight with golden swords the size of small surfboards, and the size of your dice pool is directly impacted by how interestingly you describe your actions.
Owning Exalted will whiten your teeth, increase your car's fuel economy, improve your love life, speed up your internet connection, and erase centuries of negative karma. Purchasing the book will actually make you a better person.
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I mean, what more needs to be said?
. . . okay, I was going to write an entry of mind-shattering brilliance, really I was. It would have said things that nobody had said before, or at least not as concisely, not as wittily, and not as delicately. It would have been a marvel for the ages.
Instead I feel compelled to quote this, from the Exalted forums on the White Wolf rpg site. The person making this entry, ikselam, has been asked why one should play Exalted.
---
This is a game where you cut through 500 ninjas and duel with the villain for a day and a night to save the entire world, and then spend a week weeping at the needless slaughter.
This is a game where when you come up to your Storyteller and say, "My character was raised by wolves," he'll say "Hmm, I dunno if the wolf thing is really appropriate. I think you need to jazz it up a little. How about she was raised by a lost tribe of mystical lizardmen who are the only surviving remnants of a once-great reptile civilization?"
This is a game where characters fight with golden swords the size of small surfboards, and the size of your dice pool is directly impacted by how interestingly you describe your actions.
Owning Exalted will whiten your teeth, increase your car's fuel economy, improve your love life, speed up your internet connection, and erase centuries of negative karma. Purchasing the book will actually make you a better person.
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I mean, what more needs to be said?
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Date: 2003-02-11 11:58 am (UTC)