And that, right there, is the fundamental difference between Epic Fantasy and Horror. Epic Fantasy is all about epic change, gallantry, with larger-than-life heroes and villains. Horror, especially existential horror, is all about the creeping dread, the rampant paranoia, the poignant yet fruitless struggle, yet made all the more beautiful and glorious for the inability to achieve lasting change, yet somehow refusing to surrender to the darkness, but instead fighting against it, even if that fight is hopeless. That is part and parcel of what a horror setting is--it is the point of a horror setting. That you can't change anything, that ultimately, all of your efforts are pointless, fruitless and will come to naught, but we, as players, as characters, as people refuse to lay down and die. We spit in the eyes of mad gods and ancient intellects to which we are naught but a passing annoyance, and show our defiance. Not because it will change the ultimate result, but because who we are is a spirit that refuses to be broken. That is the core of heroism in a horror setting--knowing that what you do is ultimately pointless, but hoping that, maybe, just maybe, you'll survive another day, and knowing that every day of survival is a victory. But changing that, making it into Lovecraft Lite, making the game over into a setting where the heroes can change things for the better, can Return over the Threshold bearing the Elixir after having Heard The Call and Undergone Trials, would be to change the very essence of a horror game. It would be like playing Call of Cthulhu where the Great Old One's damage code is not 1d4 investigators per round. It would be like playing Ravenloft where the Dark Powers are embodied and defeatable. It would be like playing Dark Sun with access to a Decanter of Endless Water. It destroys the very point of the core aspect of the game. Now, as this is at least the second or third time you've started up a discussion along these lines, I can tell that you're dissatisfied with that aspect of Eclipse Phase, and that you really want to play a Paladin--the Holy Knight who is pure, incorruptible, and delivers an asskicking to those that deserve it most desperately. And there's nothing stopping that archetype from functioning in a horror game--but that comes with the understanding that his Holy Cause is hopeless, that all his Deeds are fragile and will be perverted against themselves, and that the Fight Against Evil can never be won fully... but, at the same time, he knows this, he accepts this, and yet he does it anyway. Not for glory, or honor or other such things, but for the ideals of Justice, Duty, Fellowship and Because It Is The Right Thing To Do. He refuses to bow down to the darkness, even though it will consume him, and that poignancy, that refusal, that recognition of sacrifice in a hopeless cause, is made all the more wonderful. I hope that that helps answer your question.