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>> how many of us have actually really achieved >"happily ever after"? > >I have! > >but your point is no less valid. Grand schemes and >grander victories can be fun to think about but if you >consider the traditional myth cycle >(creation->adventure->conflict->death/destruction->rebi >rth) contemporary heroic fantasy (and much of D&D) is >stuck in the first three stages. It's a retarded >version of the the complete cycle. > >On the other hand, consider (since I just read it) >REH's Xuthal of the Dusk: Conan fights the >demon(conflict), is torn to bloody bits and left >hanging at the edge of a well leading to >hell(death/destuction) -- he totters back to the >Brythunian girl (I forget names - I'll just call her >Charlie) through whom he is brought back to health >(rebirth). > >Victory didn't entail shining glory but escape! > >The same thing happens in our games -- Captured by >picts=death/dismemberment followed by escape/rescue >and a return to civilization (rebirth). Tewelde is >attacked, grappled by a demon -- submerged(death) and >then escapes back out of the water (rebirth). > >These are the moments that resound most deeply in our >psyches and are what make the stories so memorable!
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