Re: Nexus-remove

[Foo <fooboy@laf.cioe.com>]

Only if he really wanted to cheese off the club.

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On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, Joe Gregorovich wrote:

> To busy to get involved now, just comments to keep people going...
> 
> > > F)  As to Taurus, the reason the god Taurus is dead was the mass
> > > killing of
> > > his worshippers that was what weakened him.  you have an archive with his
> > > priests in the town where the primary motivator for killing Taursites was
> > > located  (Ie High priest Dusk). It would be very hard for me to see Rudri
> > > taking out Taurus prewarned.  This could be seen as a misunderstanding of
> > > what happened in your game as well.  But I question your ruling
> > > on it.  If
> > > it was me, Taurus would be live and well (maybe not well but at least up
> > > and running).
> > 
> > Every time I have mentioned this on the list (and in Saturday night's game)
> > I have stated that this only affected the Rougtero area (at least as far as
> > my ruling goes - other GMs are welcome to use this opportunity in their
> > settings to bring back some Librarians). 
> 
> Agreed
> 
> > Just because some survived in
> > Rougtero doesn't mean that enough weren't killed worldwide to make Tarus
> > considerably weaker. No one has gone anywhere near detail on this - all
> > characters know is that there is a highly secured building in Rougtero in
> > which at least one living Priest of Tarus resides. 
> 
> Really?
> 
> > If I was to personally
> > use this Archive, I would say that there were a handful who lived in the
> > Archive full time - never leaving. As Priests they have the ability to do
> > so, and being hunted by a force as powerful as Dusk might give them the
> > motivation to do just that. 
> 
> Of course
> 
> > I would further state that they have created
> > some sort of elaborate signalling mechanism designed to bring messengers to
> > their door as needed. They have all the spells they need to make sure that
> > any one who desires an audience is actually such a person, and not there
> > under any false pretense. They are indeed safe as long as they stay inside.
> 
> Yeah, right
> 
> > When they were contacted in the game Saturday, a single priest spoke to a
> > single character through a three inch slot in the door. These guys are
> > cautious because they have to be.
> 
> Does anyone feel safe with 3"?
> 
> Question: Would a man, a certifiably dedicated man, destroy a whole city
> to kill one priest as an example?
> 
> 
> Joe
>