tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373012312889051280.post7741405355949766660..comments2024-03-28T01:11:37.171-07:00Comments on Savage Swords of Athanor: Psychic Powers in AthanorDoug Easterlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07861680803540365438noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373012312889051280.post-91492433624250202592009-09-29T15:55:09.455-07:002009-09-29T15:55:09.455-07:00Theosophist/19th century occultism references are ...Theosophist/19th century occultism references are practically required in pulp fantasy, and they certainly are a big influence on contemporary fantasy/weird/genre media as well.Blairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884401206802336531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373012312889051280.post-61682998229208454362009-09-23T15:43:27.861-07:002009-09-23T15:43:27.861-07:00The single language of Barsoom element is there, c...The single language of Barsoom element is there, certainly. But there is a certain amount of 19th century popular spiritualism/mysticism that sneaks into many elements of Barsoom. Both John Carter and Ulysses Paxton seem to be transported to Barsoom by mystical means. Carter controls thoats by mental command, and mesmerism and illusions show up in some alien villains' repertoires. This seems Doug Easterlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07861680803540365438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373012312889051280.post-86153504796727050632009-09-23T15:06:10.457-07:002009-09-23T15:06:10.457-07:00Thanks for that, I must check out JC of Mars.
I r...Thanks for that, I must check out JC of Mars.<br /><br />I remember playing Dark Sun in the early 90's. It was a lot of fun, I understand 4e is resurrecting this setting.Aaron E. Steelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789462075611254929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373012312889051280.post-54865409097960783962009-09-23T14:36:30.466-07:002009-09-23T14:36:30.466-07:00I think that the psychic powers were mostly to exp...I think that the psychic powers were mostly to explain the single language of Barsoom.<br /><br />I've been working on soemthign similar for Old-School Dark Sun (which i see as a very dark version of Barsoom). drop by the blog and see if anythign there is useful.Matthew Slepinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04056247825064943944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373012312889051280.post-55847299885897348912009-09-22T21:46:32.416-07:002009-09-22T21:46:32.416-07:00In A Princess of Mars, I think, Carter mentions hi...In <i>A Princess of Mars</i>, I think, Carter mentions his psychic abilities, limited to some limited telepathy and resistance to Martian telepathy. The Kaldanes are telepathic, Thuvia in <i>Thuvia, Maid of Mars</i> (among other bookss) has some psychic (?) rapport with animals, the Tarids in <i>Swords of Mars</i> have mental powers that make them invisible, and the Lotharans in <i>Thuvia, maid Doug Easterlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07861680803540365438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373012312889051280.post-70202536356664734312009-09-22T21:23:28.778-07:002009-09-22T21:23:28.778-07:00I saw several used John Carter of Mars books at my...I saw several used John Carter of Mars books at my FLGS last weekend. The FLGS must have picked them up in an estate sale or some-such. By the time I returned, with the intention of buying them, they were gone. A pity. I think I have read several of them already, but the remembrance of those books eludes me. I am curious to see how they treat psionics.Aaron E. Steelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789462075611254929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373012312889051280.post-19660219090222958092009-09-22T13:48:09.441-07:002009-09-22T13:48:09.441-07:00I'm enjoying Athanor so much. This is exactly ...I'm enjoying Athanor so much. This is exactly the kind of world I want to play OD&D in.<br /><br />BTW, have you check out A Paladin In Citadel's recent posts on a <a href="http://apaladinincitadel.blogspot.com/search/label/psionicist" rel="nofollow">Psionicist class</a> using CHA? I really like where he's going with it, and there might be something in it to mine for Athanor as Robert Saint Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16063044279947754807noreply@blogger.com