Why do I get the feeling that getting this Shining Trapezohedron thingie is just gonna make things even worse?

FangPanzer said:
Why do I get the feeling that getting this Shining Trapezohedron thingie is just gonna make things even worse?

This is Lovecraft. Of course it will make it worse.

FangPanzer said:
Why do I get the feeling that getting this Shining Trapezohedron thingie is just gonna make things even worse?

To start of there's the sanity loss right there on te card, which is very high. Then, I get it that you didn't read Lovecraft, namely the story were the Trapezohedron appears. It's not that the object in itself is evil, it's a tool. It's a tool to "see" into other time-spaces. So, if you don't know how to use it, other things can "see" you. I use "see" because it's not just information traveling, but "things" can do it too... namely the crawling chaos and it's avatars...

pt_kamen said:
To start of there's the sanity loss right there on te card, which is very high. Then, I get it that you didn't read Lovecraft, namely the story were the Trapezohedron appears. It's not that the object in itself is evil, it's a tool. It's a tool to "see" into other time-spaces. So, if you don't know how to use it, other things can "see" you. I use "see" because it's not just information traveling, but "things" can do it too... namely the crawling chaos and it's avatars...

Lovecraft was terrified of geometry, it seems.

Not to nitpick, but what's in the image actually isn't a trapezohedron, anyway.

Things like cubes, a d8, and a d10 are trapezohedrons, but all the faces have to have symmetric opposites to be a trapezohedron, and this geometric object does not have one.

(Unless you want to start saying that I'm trying to view it from the wrong dimensional axis or something, and that it's a trapezohedron for three other arbitrary dimensions.)

NWSiaCB said:
Not to nitpick, but what's in the image actually isn't a trapezohedron, anyway.

Things like cubes, a d8, and a d10 are trapezohedrons, but all the faces have to have symmetric opposites to be a trapezohedron, and this geometric object does not have one.

(Unless you want to start saying that I'm trying to view it from the wrong dimensional axis or something, and that it's a trapezohedron for three other arbitrary dimensions.)

What you're calling "a fake trapezohedron" is actually an extraterrestrial metal box. The true Shining Trapezohedron is this ball-like polyhedron.

FangPanzer said:
Why do I get the feeling that getting this Shining Trapezohedron thingie is just gonna make things even worse?

The last person who saw it could not go anywhere without light. When he was finally in a dark place, all that was left of him was a skeleton.

NWSiaCB said:
Not to nitpick, but what's in the image actually isn't a trapezohedron, anyway.

Things like cubes, a d8, and a d10 are trapezohedrons, but all the faces have to have symmetric opposites to be a trapezohedron, and this geometric object does not have one.

(Unless you want to start saying that I'm trying to view it from the wrong dimensional axis or something, and that it's a trapezohedron for three other arbitrary dimensions.)

Lovecraft was a fan of non-euclidian geometry. Namely "things the mere sight of which was so unnatural any man would be driven insane".

Which kinda makes me wonder: some of the stories are set up as written accounts of the encounters. If anyone witnessing them is driven insane, who tells the stories?

pt_kamen said:
To start of there's the sanity loss right there on te card, which is very high. Then, I get it that you didn't read Lovecraft, namely the story were the Trapezohedron appears. It's not that the object in itself is evil, it's a tool. It's a tool to "see" into other time-spaces. So, if you don't know how to use it, other things can "see" you. I use "see" because it's not just information traveling, but "things" can do it too... namely the crawling chaos and it's avatars...

where might i be able to read Lovecraft's work? all these pictures have me curious about the source material.

\Atai/ said:
where might i be able to read Lovecraft's work? all these pictures have me curious about the source material.

I believe his work is public domain so you are free to read them online.

\Atai/ said:
where might i be able to read Lovecraft's work? all these pictures have me curious about the source material.

Just google Lovecraft, and you'll find plenty. His works are public domain, so you can easily find it for free.
Or just go to your local library, they probably have him.