tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post703781514500829811..comments2024-02-25T08:15:34.559-05:00Comments on The Society of Torch, Pole and Rope: An Un-living IconMichael Curtishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13217338828086458862noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-23089120875841126532008-11-21T12:50:00.000-05:002008-11-21T12:50:00.000-05:00Funny you should mention that...There are indeed t...Funny you should mention that...<BR/><BR/>There are indeed things in Ol' Nameless that have an invested interest in what the adventurers do down there. And not all of them have the same goals and desires, so it's quite possible that some of those entities might assist the party, merely to oppose another's planes.Michael Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13217338828086458862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-13133108117115313372008-11-21T11:11:00.000-05:002008-11-21T11:11:00.000-05:00Perhaps they are being watched through the eyes of...Perhaps they are being watched through the eyes of statues that are found sprinkled throughout the dungeon, or through an elaborate system of mirrors.belst8https://www.blogger.com/profile/05896444893911828265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-88164984594564531762008-11-21T10:56:00.000-05:002008-11-21T10:56:00.000-05:00Surely Bentham's Panopticon could serve as similar...Surely Bentham's Panopticon could serve as similar inspiration.<BR/><BR/>Imagine a dungeon where the players have reason to believe that their every move is being watched (but is it really?) from a central location. How creepy would that be?<BR/><BR/>If we cleave directly to Bentham, a system of punishments might be involved when certain "rules" of the dungeon are broken. Or there might just be the creepy sense that the denizens of the dungeon are disturbingly and unnaturally prepared for the PC's every move.belst8https://www.blogger.com/profile/05896444893911828265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-22940048705363588642008-11-19T09:48:00.000-05:002008-11-19T09:48:00.000-05:00What if the characters themselves were believers i...What if the characters themselves were believers in this kind of repose for the departed? How would the players deal with that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com