Or just some really screwed characters, which is funny in my book. Doesn't actually sound untenable.
On Jul 26, 2011 5:14 PM, "Eoin Boyle" <eoin.keith.boyle@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Kevin L. Nault <prof.morbius@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Jul 26, 2011 4:37 PM, "Eoin Boyle" <eoin.keith.boyle@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I did something close to "Progenitor," but much further back in the
>>> timeline... and it came off like Highlander 2.
>> Incoherent theatrical Highlander 2, or has-a-plot director's-cut Highlander
>> 2?<
>
> Basically, the Talents came off like mutants/aliens intermingling with
> humanity... which had some decent X-Men-esque legs. I didn't mind
> that. The idea of each generation of Talents getting weaker implied
> near godlike beings in the past, which sets up massive continuity
> issues (cf Greg's Progenitor brainstorming thread). Yet nothing
> happened to change the world (cf various old threads on WoD metaplot
> continuity)...
>
> That's the H2 trainwreck I speak of. When you violate even the tagline
> on the poster, you've screwed up massively. And that's what I'd done -
> no one had punched Hitler in the past, so it stands that no one is
> powerful enough to punch Hitler now (in game)... which nerfs the PCs
> massively tone-wise.
>
> When a (male) nurse from Leadworth is more badass than your Brick, you
> have some serious issues with your setting...
>
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-- > On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Kevin L. Nault <prof.morbius@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Jul 26, 2011 4:37 PM, "Eoin Boyle" <eoin.keith.boyle@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I did something close to "Progenitor," but much further back in the
>>> timeline... and it came off like Highlander 2.
>> Incoherent theatrical Highlander 2, or has-a-plot director's-cut Highlander
>> 2?<
>
> Basically, the Talents came off like mutants/aliens intermingling with
> humanity... which had some decent X-Men-esque legs. I didn't mind
> that. The idea of each generation of Talents getting weaker implied
> near godlike beings in the past, which sets up massive continuity
> issues (cf Greg's Progenitor brainstorming thread). Yet nothing
> happened to change the world (cf various old threads on WoD metaplot
> continuity)...
>
> That's the H2 trainwreck I speak of. When you violate even the tagline
> on the poster, you've screwed up massively. And that's what I'd done -
> no one had punched Hitler in the past, so it stands that no one is
> powerful enough to punch Hitler now (in game)... which nerfs the PCs
> massively tone-wise.
>
> When a (male) nurse from Leadworth is more badass than your Brick, you
> have some serious issues with your setting...
>
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