Supernatural Intelligences...or not.
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 2:02 pm
Here is a brain bender for you all out there.
The Splugorthians are, according to canon ("THE WORD" as laid down by Kevin Siebiada) like younger versions of the great old ones. Kinda like nephews or nieces (gender? what is this gender you speak of meat snack?).
Anyways, back to topic: how does one go about role-playing the (supposedly) mind boggling intelligence and near omnipotence of a Splugorthian?
So far all I've seen 'written' has been that they have vast amounts of Kittani and Kydian soldiers, rune magic (which in later books has become almost as commonplace as toasters), and a near pathelogical need to bet and trade on chaos and pain.
This does not make them the movers and shakers of the megaversal realms.
Sure, they have "plans within plans" and severall millenia of power base construction, but so far, the only Splugorthian that seems to have his crap together is Splyncryth. Splyn has Atlantis, and is more than happy to JUST have Atlantis (at least on Rifts Terra), with a few base camps on the mainlands of the other continents for 'resource aquisition'.
All the rest described in subsequent books after 'Atlantis' seem to either be incompetant morons, or basket weaving (so to spaek) nut-jobs.
So again, how DOES a person role-play or write up one of these tentacled eye-balls to not be an embarrasment to it's unatural kin?
The Splugorthians are, according to canon ("THE WORD" as laid down by Kevin Siebiada) like younger versions of the great old ones. Kinda like nephews or nieces (gender? what is this gender you speak of meat snack?).
Anyways, back to topic: how does one go about role-playing the (supposedly) mind boggling intelligence and near omnipotence of a Splugorthian?
So far all I've seen 'written' has been that they have vast amounts of Kittani and Kydian soldiers, rune magic (which in later books has become almost as commonplace as toasters), and a near pathelogical need to bet and trade on chaos and pain.
This does not make them the movers and shakers of the megaversal realms.
Sure, they have "plans within plans" and severall millenia of power base construction, but so far, the only Splugorthian that seems to have his crap together is Splyncryth. Splyn has Atlantis, and is more than happy to JUST have Atlantis (at least on Rifts Terra), with a few base camps on the mainlands of the other continents for 'resource aquisition'.
All the rest described in subsequent books after 'Atlantis' seem to either be incompetant morons, or basket weaving (so to spaek) nut-jobs.
So again, how DOES a person role-play or write up one of these tentacled eye-balls to not be an embarrasment to it's unatural kin?