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Does this use one way gates or two way? two way would be much easier to work with, all things considered. Doesn't let the moon be accessed as easily, but means all you need is one probe. Also, Don't forget the teleporting rocket fuel trick. That can really help make space easier to reach.
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02-04-2017, 12:16 PM | #82 |
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Ordained:
Everyone here is born with an elaborate Destiny appointed by the stars. The methods of determining Destiny depend largely on the exact hour of the child's first breath, the astrological portents, the location of the birth, the presence of various tokens at the time, and sometimes the mother's dreams. Due to the number of factors, there is a vast number of potential Destinies, and aside from those immediately associated with the child, one's exact destiny is hard to determine. Only the mother knows for sure. In game terms, everyone gets a Destiny, positive or negative, and for the large majority of people, they know that destiny with some precision. It is also known that fighting Destiny is impossible, although people do try. Indeed, there is something to an art to subverting, yet accepting destiny. A King destined to see his nation fall might arrange to have an elaborate model of his kingdom produced, then shipped across a narrow bridge under his close oversight. Sometimes it even works. Aside from that, this is a no-mana worldline firmly in TL 4. It's geographically identical to Earth, but politically and culturally completely different |
02-04-2017, 12:32 PM | #83 |
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for "Ordained", what happens regarding visitors? Do they receive destinies? Are their destinies defined by their birth in their respective homeworlds, or by their first breath in Ordained? Can destinies receieved in Ordained extend beyond Ordained? Can they replace existing destinies, or do they just affirm them?
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02-04-2017, 01:06 PM | #84 | |
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For example, a child with Destiny: "Rule the World" might leave Ordained, and while away encounter a high-tech world and make some powerful allies, but not be a political threat anywhere until she returns to Ordained and stumbles into a position of global power almost overnight, using the allies and technology she accumulated while away. |
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02-04-2017, 01:32 PM | #85 |
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If only the mothers know and many women die in child birth, especially at TL 4 and below... Also I'm sure many women would lie about horrible destinies to protect their kids.
"Of course honey, just remember, that before age 20, you're going to be mauled to death by a bear... sleep tight."
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02-04-2017, 02:26 PM | #87 |
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Patchwork Q6
Patchwork seems to be made up of bits and pieces of worlds the fit genres of popular fiction. Much of North Africa and Southwest Asia resembles a mixture of the Arabian Nights and a 1940's melodrama. In continental Europe there are vast numbers of little Ruritanian kingdoms involved in vast amounts of espionage and intrigue. Fairies, ghosts and magic are all over the British isles. The USA has a Space Program with moon bases and extra planetary and extra solar bases and colonies. Most of the American West resembles old Hollywood Westerns. Daily life in most of this America resembles old comedies, slapstick and screwball being dominant. New England, San Francisco, and New Orleans, are flooded with supernatural events. The President is one Andrew Taylor (an unmarried man his Aunt Bea is the First Lady) the Veep is a military officer named Samantha Carter, a former Air Force Captain. Centrum wonders why they can't seem to destabilize this parallel's USA. Homeline has a shrewd guess.
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02-04-2017, 03:52 PM | #88 |
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02-04-2017, 04:10 PM | #89 |
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Or just Spelljammer. ;)
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http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/...=0_0_44290_0_0
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