Tuesday, 11 August 2009

Deus ex machina

I was doing some more research today, trying to extend my story even further and I remembered the phrase "Deus ex machina". I had a quick google and found that Deus ex machina meant the following:

A deus ex machina (pronounced /ˈdeɪ.əs ɛks ˈmɑːkinə/ or /ˈdiː.əs ɛks ˈmækɨnə/,[1] literally "god from the machine") is a plot device in which a person or thing appears "out of the blue" to help a character to overcome a seemingly insolvable difficul


I thought this would be an interesting aspect to introduce to my game, with the players character taking the role of A deus ex machina. I don't want to go down the lazy path with can sometimes follow suit with a plot of this statue and just have the end of the story go, " It was just a dream....".

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