IN> Preventing destiny and fate (Was: Preventing Destiny and Fate)

[Daniel Childers]

>From: Elizabeth McCoy <arcangel at io.com>

Why would an ethereal god want to do this? To put a big thumb
in the eye of both Hell and Heaven. People do this sort of
suicidal cutting off their noses to spite their face in real life.

>And, of course, the GM can always take the tack that if people start
>second-guessing themselves, that's less likely to lead to fate -- or
>at least the big, splashy ones -- and therefore, while most people
>will reincarnate, eventually they're statistically likely to choose
>destiny _slightly_ more than fate.
>

Hmm...I hadn't thought of that. With big flashy IN YOUR FACE
evidence that there is good and evil and they really do affect
your afterlife, people would be trying harder to get into
Heaven, wouldn't they? It would be harder to do (because
of the stronger selfish motives, probably), but people would
be trying harder.

>This is where everyone is _ready_ to dogpile the ethereal, and Yves walks
>over and says, "And that was _your_ destiny."
>

Ethereal god: "You bastard. You magnificent bastard."
Yves: (smiles)