Not Dead Yet, An Ancient Files Thread Options

[stevebugge]

So the conclusion is that Ristul as a menu item is also NA?

[Ancient History]

Ristul is the sentient magical pollution of the world, more or less.

[hyzmarca]

Wether or not Ristul is Sentient is debatable. Parts of Ristul are sentient, certainly. Ristular retain whatever sentience they had before accepting its corruption and Nightwists can be sentient. The Mad Passions are arguably parts of Ristul and they certainly retained their sentience. But, as a whole, there is little evidence that Ristul opperates on anything but a combination of base instinct and the initiative of its diverse parts.

Furthermore, the many parts of Ristul sometimes act in opposition to each other rather than as part of a grand plan. This is most evident in the Mad Passions who work against Ristul even while being consumed by it.

[Ancient History]

I'd hardly qualify the Mad Passions as being part of Ristul. The Horror may well have been a prime factor in their corruption, but the tale of their "consumption" was supposition in Horrors.