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Old 03-02-2014, 12:03 PM   #2
vicky_molokh
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Default Re: Vote up an Urban Fantasy Setting

Time period RANK 1-5
• 1980s +1 (would be 0 if I could).
• 1990s +5
• 2000s +4
• This decade/present day +2
• Near future +3

History: RANK 1-4
• Hidden weirdness: +2 (0 if allowed).
• Lost time: +1 (or 0 if allowed).
• Small differences alternate: +3.
• Reality quake: +4


Distribution of weirdness RANK 1-3
• Tight, +1 (0 if allowed).
• Regional, +2 (0 if allowed).
• Diffuse, +3.

Default player-character types RANK 1-4
• Mostly “regular” (from weak to very competent) folks, +2 (+0 if allowed).
• Ghost-breakers, badass detectives, occultists who have real power, etc., +1 (+0 if allowed).
• Minor super heroes with mystical , magical, or gothic themes, +3 (+3½, combined with above).
• monsters, +4 (+3½, combined with above)
EXPLANATION: I would like to see 'monsters' who are not monsters in the classical WoD sense. E.g. Psionicists, Witches, Werecreatures who don't mean any harm to humans, Mages, Geist-the-Sin-Eater-like revenants who just want a second chance at normal life, Rail Shamans going about their busines, Luck Traders . . . going about their business.
I'd very much like to avoid black-and-white morality, even for the seemingly black-only monster types.

Magic and weird powers, number of categories: RANK 1-3
• One +1 (0)
• Two +2 (0)
• Three or more +3


Categories of magic/weird powers RANK 1-6
• standard system, limited grimoire and secret +1
• psi as magic +2
• supernatural advantages and powers as magic +5
• book/path of some kind +6
• esoteric skills like alchemy and herbalism +4
• fringe tech/weird science +3


Number of monster categories, rank 1-6:
• One +1 (0)
• Two +2 (0)
• Three +3 (0)
• Four +4
• Five +5
• Six or more +6

Monster types, RANK 1—10,
• Shapeshifters, +6
• Ghosts/Spirits, +4
• Vampires, +2 (0)
• Fairies, +8
• Witches, warlocks, evil magicians, +7
• Zombies, +1 (0)
• Demons and devils, +5
• Cryptids, +3 (0)
• Golems/constructs, +9
• Other types, +10
The more other types, the merrier. Preferably make most of them Other Types (mostly because 'shapeshifters' and 'witches' are so broad as to be almost unavoidable).
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