[UA] Con comment & a Comte-ish quote

[Kevin Elmore]

Well, I mean that the Comte is not technically a godwalker
according to the rules of the IC.  An archetype only has
avatars (and thus, a godwalker) if that archetype has
ascended to the IC.  

Before the Naked Goddess ascended, there was no avatar for
that archetype.  Even the NG herself had no avatar powers. 
A NG godwalker did not come about (or still hasn't) until
the NG ascended.  

By that reasoning, the Comte would not be an avatar since
there is no First and Last Man in the IC yet.

By saying he is not a godwalker, I was not diminishing his
power.

Of course, he pretty much bends all the rules anyway. 
Perhaps he is the one and only avatar of that archetype. 
The avatar not linked directly to the IC until later.

I forgot why he is considered the First and Last Man.  Is
it because he exists since the beginning of time, or is it
because he immediately ascends as the first archetype
during each incarnation and ascends again as the 333rd?

I always assumed the former, but now I'm thinking it would
be interesting if he had two spots in the Clergy.

Kevin

--- Epoch <msulliva at wso.williams.edu> wrote:
> On Mon, 3 Apr 2000, Jared Sorensen wrote:
> 
> > > 
> > > BTW, the Comte is not really a godwalker.  He is a
> really
> > > powerful person (or a powerless cosmic pawn).
> > > 
> > > Kevin Elmore
> 
> Piggy-backing on Jared's post, 'cause I missed Kevin's.
> 
> I'm not sure that this is true.  Obviously, the Comte is
> a special case in
> a variety of ways, and I think it sort of fits the
> conception of the game
> if he's an Avatar.  I'm kind of fond of the notion that
> the First and Last
> Man is filled in the IC by the previous universe's Comte.
>  It also sort of
> tickles me if there are only two levels of the Avatar
> skill -- 0 and 99%,
> and you're at 99% if you're the oldest human being
> currently alive, and 0
> elsewise.
> 
> Mike
> 
> ---
> 	Figure it out, Gorky
> 
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