tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post716470143371069632..comments2024-03-28T22:10:04.089+08:00Comments on Monsters and Manuals: What does an impossibly ancient crocodile's memory look like?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-44623285723149747632016-05-30T16:20:42.406+08:002016-05-30T16:20:42.406+08:00The nature of recursive loopiness in memory will g...The nature of recursive loopiness in memory will go well with the labyrinthine form of a dungeon, too. I don't know how this could be shown functionally, but it is definitely interesting conceptually. Maybe something out of "The Doctrine of Cycles."Billy Longinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07544023934311537486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-70719347291110747032016-05-21T02:50:48.679+08:002016-05-21T02:50:48.679+08:00I have indeed - at least a couple of times! Imagin...I have indeed - at least a couple of times! Imagine a reptilian Urscumug, its body an island, its teeth like yellowed icebergs ...<br /><br />And its vast jaws are teeming with its living offspring!<br /><br />(I imagine a reptile would perceive its siblings as the deadliest of rivals)JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17964744140140515737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-11871594949586039952016-05-21T01:57:28.910+08:002016-05-21T01:57:28.910+08:00Yes, that's an excellent point, actually. The ...Yes, that's an excellent point, actually. The crocodile presumably has no understanding of what it is like not to be able to hold its breath for long periods of time. That could be a good way to hand-wave needing water-breathing - the PCs can spend extended periods under the surface. noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-89515857163803736582016-05-21T01:55:34.724+08:002016-05-21T01:55:34.724+08:00Haha. Good point! That reminds me of the crocodile...Haha. Good point! That reminds me of the crocodile version of Mythago Wood, if you've read that.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-88165934305241761132016-05-20T05:29:22.739+08:002016-05-20T05:29:22.739+08:00Yep, this makes sense to me too. Great ideas. Mayb...Yep, this makes sense to me too. Great ideas. Maybe things that the croc has encountered on a frequent basis would be more sharply in focus, more as they "actually are" and less subject to the distortions of memory. So this would be the river and typical things in it. The further you go from the water's edge the more rapidly things become changeable, ill defined etc. Another setting might therefore be the bed of a murky river, full of stuff emerging out of the gloom. And since it's in the croc's head, PCs might be able to explore without the bother of figuring out how not to drown. Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10910170906278532034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-53361720180518103022016-05-20T04:50:08.466+08:002016-05-20T04:50:08.466+08:00Presumably, an impossibly ancient crocodile last s...Presumably, an impossibly ancient crocodile last saw his mother when he was a tiny crocling. So just how large would that mother-crocodile loom in his memories? Terrifyingly large, I'd imagine ... JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17964744140140515737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-27303566980965459952016-05-18T22:22:14.914+08:002016-05-18T22:22:14.914+08:00You will find out.You will find out.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-44085234003225581712016-05-18T16:58:33.986+08:002016-05-18T16:58:33.986+08:00It totally does make sense, and I know exactly wha...It totally does make sense, and I know exactly what you mean: I have childhood memories which I know cannot possibly be true, but I 'remember' them clearly none the less. Someone who went adventuring in my childhood memories of walking in the South Downs, for example, would have to navigate an immense, mist-filled chasm, thousands of feet deep, when in fact there was just a steepish valley between two medium-sized hills. I'd hate to think what the several-million-year-old crocodile equivalent would be like...Joseph Manolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.com