On one hand, spewing shit like this makes every other critic super reasonable by comparison.
On the other hand, if I was an imm I'd be like "shit this playerbase is full of morons why do I even bother kthnxbai". Doesn't help us get a conversation going about CF's problems.
Torzen said he had begun wearing a lot of paralysis saves towards the end, but I don't think he had any here.
Also, here:
And then jalim said it was not fun.
(It was fun.)
But it's all right. If you stop to think about it, catoblepas was kinda gay anyway.
Honestly, this has about 5% influence on whether I was going to roll; I was clamoring more for others whom I know were really hyped about October.
I still need to get over the butthurt about imms invading privacy before I can roll again.
Figured out how to get mace to 85 but then I accidentally my character.
Just wasn't fun playing after that.
Oh, and nevermind getting any edgepoints at lvl 1. Fucking Umiron.
Arkham in CF most certainly draws on Lovecraft and not Batman.
Lovecraftian Arkham:
* is a small town with a long dark history (ditto in CF)
* is plagued by extradimensional horrors (and in CF monsters flood Arkham up every night)
* has a neighborhood plagued by horrors (Dunwich/Innsmouth, which is paralleled in CF with inexplicable insanity and undeath in nearby Absalom)
* has cultists (CF
Most of the place-names (Aridhol, Tar Valon, Seanchan etc) are long since changed, but WoT references are still plentiful:
* the gambler will exclaim "The Dark One's own luck!" if you roll three sixes.
* the term "to walk in the Light" is from WoT, where it is used to describe all who do not serve the Dark One.
* Seantryn Docks have an Athaan Miere ship with a Windfind
For the most part he either harassed me verbally, or stole my stuff. He did try to kill my pickpocket thief but it was somewhat half-hearted -- mostly just to get an excuse to taunt me when I ran away.
He also tried to murder my Tribunal warrior, and died. Felar bash ha ha. I still don't know why I didn't fullsac him.
I don't know who played that bitch but I sincerely hope he n