Typhon's nature

Jeff Wilson · 13 Oct 2011, 03:04 · from 2011-October.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at clueland.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 22:04:48 -0500
Subject: (urth) Typhon's nature
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On 10/12/2011 8:43 AM, David Stockhoff wrote:
> Just as a telepathic Typhon would not abandon
> radio and other electromechanical technology (see the Mule), the Beasts
> would not abandon basic tools of manipulation.

Yes, I agree.

> It seems to me your scheme of frightening humans into submission would
> only work for coastal peoples.

Sigh. I'm sorry to disappoint any expectation of a comprehensive plan 
for world domination; I thought a few illustrative examples would 
suffice. If you want the full scheme, I demand one million dollars!

"blot the sun with smoke and ash/send pestilences" should be credible 
in places distant from water, especially if you *actually* blot the sun 
for a while, or actually let some un-Urthly pests devour some crops and 
bite prominent citizens.

The carrot may compel as well as the stick; presumably some people will 
fall for the undine's charms and their offers of curiously wrought jewelry.



-- 
Jeff Wilson - jwilson at clueland.com
Computational Intelligence Laboratory - Texas A&M Texarkana
< http://www.tamut.edu/CIL >

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