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Old 03-27-2017, 12:37 PM   #3
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Default Re: Create a setting -- diesel punk awesomeness!

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Originally Posted by johndallman View Post
This dichotomy suggests a more interesting option than either of the extremes. A world that is mostly optimistic in the Ottensian style, but has a secret history of people who are trying to turn it to Piecraftian themes, for motives to be established.

This allows for lots of technological optimism and a fairly bright worldview, but with hidden darkness and a long-term struggle to maintain the pleasant, or at least upright, world. I think it can have stronger plots that way.
Okay, let's add that as an option, above, and call it "Dallmanian." :)
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