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 Aug 27 2003, 06:42 AM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 897 Joined: 26-February 02 From: TIME OUT Member No.: 1,989  |
what would be the motives of a corrupted phoenix shaman? any ideas? i cant really think of any at all
if i get an answer real fast ill be forced to hit myself with my shoe... so at least you all have incentive! :rotfl: |
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Aug 27 2003, 06:54 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,213 Joined: 10-March 02 From: Back from the abyss. Member No.: 2,316 |
Destroying the world so it can be reborn better?
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Aug 27 2003, 07:15 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,451 Joined: 21-April 03 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 4,488 |
Read the book (not the movie, though the movie is really good as well) of Fight Club. The main premise of the book that is lost a little in the film is the idea of hitting rock bottom. If you hit rock bottom, you have nowhere to go but up and you can become anything you want. After being totally beat down and destroyed, then you can only remake yourself. That'd be pretty good for a corrupt Phoenix shaman. Encouraging others to destroy themselves so they can be reborn as something better. And with their large charisma, it would be pretty easy to attract a group of followers.
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Aug 27 2003, 12:52 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,677 Joined: 5-June 03 Member No.: 4,689 |
Edit: Abtruse, I disagree. Having nothing to lose only means absolute freedom of action, not whether action taken would be inherently corrupt or not. (Indeed, were that the case, Zen Buddhism would inherently be a corrupt religion.)
Since our group was debating that Roxy (from Chicago) had "become" a corrupted Phoenix shaman, two motivations might be an overarching and frustrated drive for fame, and survival. A third, from our own game, might be significant betrayal - not just run-of-the-mill betrayal, but as personal as it gets. As always, none of these factors guarantee corruption. Some will fall to them, some not. |
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Aug 27 2003, 02:14 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Validating Posts: 1,618 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 3,992 |
Heh, I was about to suggest The Dark Phoenix Saga, but it has nothing do with this I suspect :silly:
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