[UA] CotNG: Why no Avatars (was a jolly good fight)

[Royal Minister of Stuff]

I'm one of those of a bent where magic means that
someone has a chance to come back from the dead or
become immortal.  I know UA sort of discourages that
except with a few -well, one- NPC, but I think
overcoming death is a major theme for magic stories.

Other major themes include power of people,
instantaneous travel, creating life, communing with
spirits (sort of a bit about overcoming death, there)
and cheating out natural laws.  I think UA handles all
these themes in a very humane way, but the aspect of
blurring the barriers between life and death
fascinates and revolts me.  That's the basis of
horror, right there.

--- Nick Wedig <mrteapot at disinfo.net> wrote:
> >Here's a stumper.  We've discussed Archetypes whose
> MO involve a finality
> >that would preclude them from ascending (The Martyr
> being an obvious one).
> >What about someone who embodied that ideal in the
> public consciousness only
> >after his death, when the news reports fed the
> detalis of his existence down
> >the throats of 280 million Americans?  Is it just
> "sucks to be you," or is
> >there a special dispensation for people who IC the
> hard way?
> 
> I'm inclined towards 'sucks to be you'.
> 
> How about that's where the Cruel Ones come from? 
> Folks who would have been IC members, except they
> died too soon.  Now they've become some sort of IC
> on the other side and act as reality cops over
> there.
> 
> Or another type of demon/astral creature or some
> suc, I suppose.
> 
> Mr. Teapot
> sucks to be him
> 
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