Miles to Go Before I Sleep: Difference between revisions

Line 85:

== Tabletop Games ==

* ''[[Warhammer]]'' gives us Baragor, the so-called [[Death Seeker|Slayer King.]] Rather than going to seek his glorious death in battle like the rest of the Slayers, he's forced to run his city-state. His solution is to turn his city into a home for Slayers. [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same|Warhammer Dwarves being what they are,]] ''all of Baragor's sons for five generations'' have become [[Death Seeker|Slayers]] themselves.

* ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'' gives us Baragor, the so-called [[Death Seeker|Slayer King.]] Rather than going to seek his glorious death in battle like the rest of the Slayers, he's forced to run his city-state. His solution is to turn his city into a home for Slayers. [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same|Warhammer Dwarves being what they are,]] ''all of Baragor's sons for five generations'' have become [[Death Seeker|Slayers]] themselves.

* In the 3.5 Dungeons & Dragons supplement ''The Book of Erotic Fantasy'' (a 3rd party supplement dealing expressly with sex and all its aspects in the terms of the d20 system), there is a spell called ''Shadow Life''. It is distinctly separate from the theme of the rest of the book, as on its own it has no sexual connotations. It grants the target ( a recently-dead character) one extra day of life for every level the caster has. The flavor text is especially poignant.

{{quote|''A life cut short. [[Unfinished Business|A quest left unfinished]]. One more task to be done.''}}

Line 91:

== Video Games ==

* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots]]'': Between his accelerated aging and {{spoiler|the threat of the mutant Fox Die causing a pandemic}}, Snake knows he's not going to be around much longer, but he still has to take out Liquid first.

* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]'': Between his accelerated aging and {{spoiler|the threat of the mutant Fox Die causing a pandemic}}, Snake knows he's not going to be around much longer, but he still has to take out Liquid first.

* Auron in ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'' {{spoiler|actually died trying to avenge his friends ''before'' the game, then as an Unsent}} lived for ten years [[Unfinished Business|so he could guide his friends' kids to finish the job]].