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Post by DM Aram on Jun 29, 2015 10:16:54 GMT -5
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Post by Hunyock on Jul 3, 2015 7:39:44 GMT -5
Hi Aram - I'm glad Godsfall is back after the mid-season hiatus! The latest episode was fantastic - Torrvic and Oinkers are really developing, the Dragon Turtle was a huge surprise and I can't wait to see where THAT plot line goes, and the whole arranged marriage where Phryane married the queen really surprised me, I did NOT see that coming! (If that was her original arranged marriage partner from back in the beginning, that detail must have gone over my head...) I'm curious to know more about how same-sex political marriages work in Godsfall. (first a couple of disclaimers - 1, I haven't listened to your appearance on the RPG Academy yet, so feel free to tell me to bug off and go listen to that first if this is covered there... 2, this is not some sort of veiled judgment of same sex relationships, but a sincere question out of interest in the world you've built).
Anyway, assuming arranged political marriages work in Godsfall somewhat the way they do in the "traditional pop-culture medieval model", one of the goals would be to produce an heir to continue the line of succession and that's what I'm curious about... I had always assumed that same sex marriages would be primarily for love, which is not the case in this situation. Modern society gives same sex couples the ability to raise children through adoption, surrogacy, etc. but those are problematic or non-existent in a low-magic, low-tech fantasy setting and those options would be problematic for "legitimate" blood-tie inheritance claims to the throne. So how does that work in Godsfall? I'm guessing magic is out! Would Phryane and the god-queen be able to produce offspring? Does the god-queen get a "reproductive consort"? Is the line of succession not tied to direct inheritance?
Keep up the great work, and keep Godsfall coming! Also, give a big thanks to the players for their contributions! You've got a great group there and I really like the new introductions at the beginning where each player gives their name and character intro, it's a great touch.
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Post by DM Aram on Jul 4, 2015 15:23:04 GMT -5
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Post by gold on Jul 6, 2015 1:06:33 GMT -5
Good Episode my only issue was Xion confessing to Pera he loves him. I don't have anything against that but it felt a bit forced to me. It wasn't that long ago where Xion was talking about how Pera annoyed him and now he loves him? I don't know feels like it should have been held off for a bit since I imagine you'll be doing this podcast for a while. Other than that, great, was wondering if Dragons of any kind existed in your world without magic.
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Post by DM Aram on Jul 6, 2015 6:45:37 GMT -5
One of the problems I have created by trying to heavily edit down our games is that we loose a little here and there, and I think the development of Xion and Pera was less clear to the audience than it was us. But some hints are there. For instance, during the attack on Turtlebay Xion tells Pera everyone is in danger and then grabs his hand to lead him outside. Little things like that.
There certainly were dragons, and there have been rumors of dragon-like creatures on the edges of the world storm, but most people assume they died out with the end of the world.
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Post by Xion Praeten on Jul 8, 2015 12:20:24 GMT -5
I can see that the admission of "love" might have seemed forced, based on what was in the podcast. It is true that Pera annoyed my character in the beginning — Xion didn't appreciate his crying. It was only after seeing Pera come into his own as a hero that Xion started to come around. "Love" might be a bit overstated, but I remember being 16 and blurting out "I love you" to my first boyfriend after being together for less than two weeks, and that is essentially what Xion did. He was faced with his worst fear throughout the whole game: namely, being brought to court, fully exposed, and being put on trial for his magic. He believed that he and Pera were unlikely to live through the experience and so thought it was then or never. He took a calculated risk, as he didn't know if Pera would reciprocate, but Xion felt he had to take that risk as it would possibly be his last chance.
Xion and Pera had been getting closer ever since they saved each other from the skeleton in the Temple of Oram. Even though some stuff was edited out (especially their hanging out at Turtlefest quite a bit), there were still lots of hints that they had a budding relationship which made it into the podcast: there are many times when they take each others' hands or Xion buys Pera stuff, teaches him things, or they play games together and just generally hang out together. Bottom line: if you put two attractive gay boys together, running for their lives together, spending months on boats and running through the woods together, saving each others' lives, learning each others' unique powers and about each others' lives, something is bound to happen. Now, does this guarantee any longevity to a relationship? Probably not. There are several barriers to that. Xion and Pera come from very different social classes and education levels. At least they are both "good" and so share similar values. So, time and circumstance will tell. I was always playing Xion as gay though, and there are several hints peppered throughout the game about that.
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Post by Xion Praeten on Jul 8, 2015 12:48:02 GMT -5
And to answer Honyock's question about a royal line: the "powers that be," including the Tinueths, are less concerned about a royal line than in creating some stability after the cataclysm of losing the Godking. Theoretically, as long as the Godqueen is wearing the Tabbard of the God of Man, she is immortal (though certainly not invulnerable). Also, as far as we know, Phryane is immortal as well (even if her ascending Godhood doesn't make her immortal, as an elf, she has a good 800 - 900 years left to her). So, they are "kicking the can down the road" a bit either way.
The Anians are less worried about a royal line, as it was thought before that Jacob Kladivo would live forever and therefore there was no need to worry about it. Now that he has "died" (though Phryane saw him in the astral plane looking quite rough atop the Union), this might cause some people to question how to rule more stably through a succession. Then again, the Imperial Senate could just appoint a new ruler any time they wished should there be the absence of one.
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