tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754170279177021419.post7861044332963736849..comments2024-03-25T19:47:36.154-07:00Comments on Goblin Punch: Sleeping PriestsArnold Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12603155377769597516noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754170279177021419.post-53430422205345729172018-12-28T02:11:32.136-08:002018-12-28T02:11:32.136-08:00The Warhammer church has these psychics called ast...The Warhammer church has these psychics called astropaths who do all the interstellar communication, as it happens. Not asleep though.Mugahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15442609211483253357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754170279177021419.post-42872255039359046482016-03-01T12:14:41.948-08:002016-03-01T12:14:41.948-08:00I like this idea. I would modify it slightly for...I like this idea. I would modify it slightly for the sake of Gygaxian naturalism to better explain away the necessities of bodily funciton. <br /><br />The baby birding from lesser monks to feed them is a nice touch, but swallowing presents problems. Likewise bowel movements aren't addressed.<br /><br />Training themselves to sleepwalk for a few moments at the first light of dawn and dark edge of dusk would help explain this. They shift their constant dreaming from the torpor of deep REM sleep, to the "waking" state of lucid dreaming, just long enough to compel their physical forms to move in a rehersed sleepwalking routine (like a kata or ritual procession) to evacuate the bowels into a chamber pot at dusk, or rise to a sitting pose and swallow food at dawn.<br /><br />The younger priests know exactly when the sun will peek over the horizon at dawn, because the sleeping priests all sit up in unison and assume their poses moments before the light crests over the horizon. Ditto for dusk, as they rise at twilight and squat over their chamber pots at exactly the moment the sun slips under for the night.Casmariushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14199504639246237699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754170279177021419.post-12105707694593831062016-03-01T07:31:50.275-08:002016-03-01T07:31:50.275-08:00Love this idea. There's a striking parallel to...Love this idea. There's a striking parallel to "The Buried Giant" by Kazuo Ishiguro, here. I don't want to spoil the book for those who haven't read it, but the take away here is that the sleeping semideus is not only a prisoner, but also being used for its power.<br /><br />For example, a slumbering fertility god is fed a diet of pleasant dreams to keep the surrounding agricultural lands prosperous. No one in the surrounding village can explain why they have so very many twins born each year.<br /><br />The ever-present, impenetrable mist in the mountain pass that turned the once safe assault point for goblins into a graveyard for their vicious little souls is perpetuated by an ancient storm god, tormented by morose and languid dreams of forever unrequited love.<br /><br />Perhaps the Church could have killed them, but chose instead to use them. A fire god used to power the Mithril Forges, a god of knowledge slumbering to hide a secret, or a history...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05782429967823487093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754170279177021419.post-56741974651952439122016-03-01T00:41:10.545-08:002016-03-01T00:41:10.545-08:00Confanity:
It's tough to make a powerful orga...Confanity:<br /><br />It's tough to make a powerful organization based on the Catholic church without making it feel like Warhammer. I'm okay with that. Warhammer is awesome. One thing I do want to do differently, though, is have the Hesayan Church be involved in all sorts of stuff (like communication) instead of being pointed directly at a well-structured demon threat.<br /><br />I'd run PC sleeping priests differently than NPC sleeping priests. They'd just be a cleric with sleep spells and a few other tweaks (see other people's dreams, etc), perhaps in exchange for armor proficiency. The shadowrun hacker problem is real, and sort of shitty to experience in play.Arnold Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12603155377769597516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754170279177021419.post-34520332640768268782016-03-01T00:37:46.927-08:002016-03-01T00:37:46.927-08:00Live near Santa Rosa.
I'd imagine that novice...Live near Santa Rosa.<br /><br />I'd imagine that novice priests require a lot of opiates. Higher level priests don't rely on such crude tools to stay asleep (they have divine access to better methods).Arnold Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12603155377769597516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754170279177021419.post-87468697057796912222016-02-29T12:25:31.044-08:002016-02-29T12:25:31.044-08:00I get more of a Dragon Age vibe than Warhammer. T...I get more of a Dragon Age vibe than Warhammer. Though both are similar in many ways Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04786498942396099197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754170279177021419.post-87363241037890638452016-02-29T11:48:15.423-08:002016-02-29T11:48:15.423-08:00How do I play in your world? Amazing, as always. C...How do I play in your world? Amazing, as always. Could/would a Sleeping Priest PC also be an opiate addict?Blughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06578726027497816860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754170279177021419.post-14758183681488767862016-02-29T07:04:44.247-08:002016-02-29T07:04:44.247-08:00Very evocative! Shades of the Cabin in the Woods m...Very evocative! Shades of the <i>Cabin in the Woods</i> movie and <a href="http://www.scp-wiki.net/" rel="nofollow">the SCP Foundation</a>. I also get a bit of a feeling here like you're setting your world up to head in the direction of a sort of Warhammer Imperium business (although I know very little about the Warhammer universe). Is that on purpose on your part, or are you just letting the world grow in your head and see where it goes?<br /><br />One issue with Sleeping Priests in the party that I wonder about is the Shadowrun-hacker problem. That is, if they (and only they) have all these powers that only work when they're asleep, how do you let them use those powers while keeping the whole group engaged? Can they bring other people into dreams with them? Would you play side-sessions for their dream missions, perhaps by email, or would you just make the dream-side stuff into a mechanic rather than running it with normal play?Confanityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10361443460498670841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754170279177021419.post-90821493727264283392016-02-29T03:06:29.103-08:002016-02-29T03:06:29.103-08:00This post, like so many of yours, makes me want to...This post, like so many of yours, makes me want to quit my job and dedicate myself to fulltime RPGing. Awesome concept, has that "you need to play this NOW" vibe.Oorlofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12756864465738279507noreply@blogger.com