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Reaction to your own death.

Roof Top Pew Wee · 2003-04-27T13:44:35

I have been VERY reluctant to post here about a potential game of mine. I have spent the past few years creating a world for where I plan on having a lot of my games held. Of course, it''s a fantasy world, but it has a few little twists that I believe are truly different. the world is a mix of Tolkien''s world, Christianity, Buddhism, Greek Mythology, and a few of my own additions. Thats all not very relevant to this question. The first game I would like to create in this world called Legends is called Mendel''s Dream. Well, at least the first episode. What I''m writing about is I would like people to answer how they would react to the following situations. I have a few characters, and am wondering if their reactions align with what people would really do. So here''s the situation. You awaken in a dark blue cave. The last thing you remember is your death. All around you, you see small dog-like demons. You are bleeding heavily, and feel as if in a dream. However, your senses tell you what you experience is completely real. Obviously, in this situation there''s not much you can do. You''re weak, have no weapons, etc. but what would you feel. What would you think. Here your ideas of an afterlife would probably be challenged. It would be interesting if you also explained your ideas of what kind of afterlife you believe in (if you do) and if this would be relevant to you in this situation, or if it would be the last thing on your mind. Also, what would your reactions be to this situation if your death was caused by: 1. Natural death (old age) 2. Accidental death (in my story, one character is a miner who has a mine collapse on him) 3. Murder (a woman dies resisting rape) 4. Deserved death (questionable if it''s deserved, but one character died by being killed as he tried to sell drugs) 5. Unexpected death (A young boy of a wealthy is shot with an arrow during a riot by the peasants of a town) I know this is a long post, but for I am definitely interested in seeing what your thoughts are. I would like this game to portray real human emotion and rationiality, rather than the unrealistic behavior common in most games today. --Vic--

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Started by Roof Top Pew Wee March 14, 2003 11:37 AM

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April 27, 2003 03:15 AM

If you''re basing your game partly on Christian philosophy, then C.S Lewis'' "The Great Divorce" is a short book well worth a read, especially in its description of suicides in hell. I''m _very_ sure that whoever wrote the script for the Robin Williams movie "What Dreams may come" has read it as well...

Roof Top Pew Wee

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April 27, 2003 01:41 PM

First, I'd like to say I enjoy all of the suggestions for reding about similar stories. However, my issue is not what to do with the story, or how to handle it well. I have worked on the history of Legends for a few years, so that's pretty much concrete.

I'm more interested in how YOU would act in this situation, just so I can see if my characters are acting realistically or not. But thanks for the suggestions. If I can get away from developing my engine, I may check it out.

--Vic--

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