Re: (TFT) angels

[Pasha and or Rick Smith <pnrsmith@istar.ca>]

Hi Patrick,
	My suggestion that Angels ARE be very powerful is
not based on any religious preference on my part.  It is simply
that I feel most demons in TFT (including greater demons) are 
'demon spawn' or not that powerful in the way of things.

	I have very powerful demons called Thettorov,
Niquiliacquitac, and the fearsome Fire Eyes who are huge, very
evil and could eat a dozen greater demons for breakfast.  (A 
5 month subplot of my campaign involved some of my most
powerful PC's trying to kill Fire Eyes.  Tho they killed his 
whip, he survived and destroyed a couple PC's.

	The angelic equivient to lesser and greater demons
are the cherubium, weak divine beings (tho still very powerful
by human standards).

	Rick

>     I guess it all hangs on what you mean by the word 'angel'; I'm not a 
>religious person, and what religion I do have is not of the Judeo-Christian 
>variety, so 'angel' may not have the same meaning for me as for many others, 
>and I hope I do not step on anyone's real world beliefs by suggesting that 
>angels be included in TFT.  What I was thinking of were (Hopefully without 
>drawing in the concept of alignment from other RPGs; part of what I like 
>about TFT is that it does not include an alignment system.  Alignment always 
>felt, to me, to be artificial, and a detraction from roleplaying.) some 
>positive force heroic characters could call on, something that FEELS more 
>like what a heroic character WOULD call to than demons do.  Maybe you could 
>call them good demons as opposed to bad demons, or call them faeries, or 
>beneficent nature spirits.  My making them fairly equal in power to demons 
>comes from the idea that demons (or devils) are fallen angels, so that they 
>at least started out on an equal level.  I would avoid making angels too 
>powerful, as part of what appeals to me about TFT is that the game (or so it 
>seems to me) focuses in on more 'mundane' heroes; the hobbit can defeat the 
>Evil Sorcerer and all his minions.  I think too powerful supernatural forces 
>detracts from this quality of the individual prevailing on his own.  I agree 
>that IQ required to summon angels (I'll keep using that term.) should be 
>higher than that to summon demons, as a balance for making the angels nicer, 
>not having their summoning include the potential for negative side effects 
>which summoning a demon has.
>
>>From: Pasha and or Rick Smith <pnrsmith@istar.ca>
>>Reply-To: tft@brainiac.com
>>To: tft@brainiac.com
>>Subject: Re: (TFT) angels
>>Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 03:05:45 -0800
>>
>>	I would think that angels are MUCH more powerful
>>than the standard demon.  I think that rather than a lesser and
>>greater angel they should be written up as distinct personalities.
>>I don't think that they should be summoned, or if they are it
>>is a very high IQ invoking spell.
>>
>>	Rick
>>
>>
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