Deathy
Liturgist
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- Jun 15, 2002
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So I start Geneforge again.
This time, I roleplay a Guardian that wants to stay true to the Shapers, but is corrupted by power.
My actions mark me early on to join the Obeyers, and I do so, in order to further my need for power, conviently contained in the canisters. I spend most of the game hunting the canisters, in order to fulfill the need for power that my character has. At the start, I have one creation that is almost like a pet for me, but soon I get to a power mad state where they become mere tools. At one stage, I create packs of Vlish, to send them off to kill a vastly superior foe, it takes more than 10 packs to kill them.
As part of the Obeyers, I ally with the Sholai and help them out, but still feel the need to destroy them. I get over that need with more canisters. Canisters are the sole drive of my character. I also destroy the Takers, as my character sees them as an abomination.
Then I hear of the Geneforge. At first, fearful of its power, I vow to destroy it. Then, after I wrest the Shaping Gloves from the mad Shaper, Goesttch, I start to feel the pull of it's power. Maybe if I use the power, I could change the ways of the Shapers and make them the most powerful empire in the world.
Thinking on that, I travel to the Geneforge, and take a few more canisters on the way. I fight my way through the west gate and Trakjov's Augmented Sholai, filth that have taken my peoples secrets, and perverted them. Without training, without control. Just like me.
My character becomes confused.
Finally, I enter the area of the Geneforge. Trakjov is here, and, contrary to what I had expected, he isn't insane. He's more sane than my character, and also, more powerful. Instead of killing him where he stands, I talk to him, I learn from him.
I am tempted by his offer of power, it seems the easiest way. So I give him the gloves, and allow him to use the Geneforge. Afterwards, I ask him to give me the gloves. He refuses, and therefore, I think to attack him. But I am not yet so power mad to think that I would succeed.
So I think on it a bit more. I decide that loyalty to Trakjov must now be considered imperative to gaining power. I destroy the Geneforge, so that nobody else can gain its power.
I leave Sucia Isle as Trakjov directs, and I'm treated to a very contradictory ending,
One in which, although I have destroyed the Takers, they magically reappear and slaughter the Obeyers.
One in which, although Trakjov and I have destroyed the Shapers, they return to Sucia Isle to learn its secrets.
I guess Vogel never anticipated that anyone would play the game in this fashion.
This time, I roleplay a Guardian that wants to stay true to the Shapers, but is corrupted by power.
My actions mark me early on to join the Obeyers, and I do so, in order to further my need for power, conviently contained in the canisters. I spend most of the game hunting the canisters, in order to fulfill the need for power that my character has. At the start, I have one creation that is almost like a pet for me, but soon I get to a power mad state where they become mere tools. At one stage, I create packs of Vlish, to send them off to kill a vastly superior foe, it takes more than 10 packs to kill them.
As part of the Obeyers, I ally with the Sholai and help them out, but still feel the need to destroy them. I get over that need with more canisters. Canisters are the sole drive of my character. I also destroy the Takers, as my character sees them as an abomination.
Then I hear of the Geneforge. At first, fearful of its power, I vow to destroy it. Then, after I wrest the Shaping Gloves from the mad Shaper, Goesttch, I start to feel the pull of it's power. Maybe if I use the power, I could change the ways of the Shapers and make them the most powerful empire in the world.
Thinking on that, I travel to the Geneforge, and take a few more canisters on the way. I fight my way through the west gate and Trakjov's Augmented Sholai, filth that have taken my peoples secrets, and perverted them. Without training, without control. Just like me.
My character becomes confused.
Finally, I enter the area of the Geneforge. Trakjov is here, and, contrary to what I had expected, he isn't insane. He's more sane than my character, and also, more powerful. Instead of killing him where he stands, I talk to him, I learn from him.
I am tempted by his offer of power, it seems the easiest way. So I give him the gloves, and allow him to use the Geneforge. Afterwards, I ask him to give me the gloves. He refuses, and therefore, I think to attack him. But I am not yet so power mad to think that I would succeed.
So I think on it a bit more. I decide that loyalty to Trakjov must now be considered imperative to gaining power. I destroy the Geneforge, so that nobody else can gain its power.
I leave Sucia Isle as Trakjov directs, and I'm treated to a very contradictory ending,
One in which, although I have destroyed the Takers, they magically reappear and slaughter the Obeyers.
One in which, although Trakjov and I have destroyed the Shapers, they return to Sucia Isle to learn its secrets.
I guess Vogel never anticipated that anyone would play the game in this fashion.
