tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8346997917591558747.post6872147825451126199..comments2024-03-13T23:09:50.841+00:00Comments on Vaults of Nagoh: Lets Read Mythus pt 24Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04072272223837426211noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8346997917591558747.post-6250055357031732013-03-09T13:15:34.820+00:002013-03-09T13:15:34.820+00:00Thankless, indeed! Love Sir Digby! :DThankless, indeed! Love Sir Digby! :DAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05646247954542936623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8346997917591558747.post-10291673548392447492013-03-05T11:02:34.109+00:002013-03-05T11:02:34.109+00:00Trey: Don't get me wrong, I like a bit of Vanc...<b>Trey:</b> Don't get me wrong, I like a bit of Vancian grandiloquence in an RPG, but if you're going to go full Vance you then have to maintain a consistent tone. Having such a high-falutin' class of magic as Apotropaism contain proper clunker spell names like "Warning Alert Formula" or "No Surprise Spell" is just failing of your promise.<br /><br /><b>@Kelvin:</b> Good old <i>Warlock and I</i>. I mean, was there ever a more 80s-looking villain in the history of cinema?<br /><br />I do like the "Summon Pet Solar System" spell, it's a breath of fresh air in an otherwise dull section. Echoing what I said to Trey above, it's exactly the sort of over-blown arcane lunacy that lives up to the bragging <i>Mythus</i> often fails of. 400 more spells like that plz EGG.<br /><br />FFVII: populariser of dissociated mechanics and fluff? "Destroy world for 9999 damage. Destruction of world is cosmetic effect only and reverses at expiration of casting."<br /><br /><b>@Tallifer:</b> Why that good sir is from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?feature=plcp&list=PL7A00D1ECED1845C1" rel="nofollow">The Adventures of Sir Digby Chicken-Caesar</a>, a tramp who thinks he's living in an inter-war action serial, created by Mitchell and Webb.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04072272223837426211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8346997917591558747.post-81310494791141422872013-03-04T22:28:58.291+00:002013-03-04T22:28:58.291+00:00From whence is that moving image at the beginning ...From whence is that moving image at the beginning of your essay? It is hilarious.Talliferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08541684895097153972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8346997917591558747.post-83556545293467696662013-03-04T18:30:25.939+00:002013-03-04T18:30:25.939+00:00Yes, it was Warlock. A didgy film, and no mistake,...Yes, it was <i>Warlock</i>. A didgy film, and no mistake, but it was quite keen on bringing in plausible folklorish bits like the nails-in-the-footprints. That doesn't quite make up for Richard E Grant's wonky Scottish accent though.<br /><br /><i>Arago's Influence of the Sun Cantrip</i> is brilliant. It reminds me a bit of the summon Sephiroth would cast in <i>Final Fantasy VII</i> in which the solar system was destroyed by a meteor. If you were tough enough, he'd cast it two or three times in the battle. But wait, didn't you already destroy Jupiter?thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8346997917591558747.post-2188080596565077002013-03-04T17:31:31.151+00:002013-03-04T17:31:31.151+00:00Is it bad that I sort of approve of there use of a...Is it bad that I sort of approve of there use of a apotropaism category? Sometimes I think pulling out the old Smith-Vance-Wolfe vocab pays off.Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.com