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Infinity can. But then again (my knowledge of copyright law is a bit rusty), Howard outlived Doyle by a mere six years and we have Sherlock parallels. Legal concerns may prevent them from ever actually describing the parallels (any more than in GURPS Conan, Discworld and Witchworld, respectively), copyright shouldn't be much of an obstacle to sentences like "Conan is the name used not only for the myth parallels mirroring Robert E. Howard's Hyborian Age, but also for many other parallels on the edge between Howard-style sword & sorcery fantasy and (Howard-style?) cinematic pre-medieval history." (I.e. parallels favouring Conan-types rather than more civilised or historically correct people.) And going on to describe one of the latter parallels. Quote:
it does not mirror (or "evolve naturally from"*) anything Lovecraft actually wrote. "Deep ones" does not make a world a Lovecraft parallel any more than "hobbits" make it a Tolkien parallel. *Sherlock-1 is still a Sherlock parallel nineteen years after his death. |
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A couple more GURPS 3e licensed worldbooks in IW blockstats.
McClees-1 [GURPS Myth], ? Current Affairs The thousand-year cycle of war between Light and Dark is taking unexpected turns. Divergence Point Unknown divergence in deep time or reality quake that altered continental outlines Major Civilizations Light (Empire with satellites), Dark (diffuse) Great Powers The Province (dictatorship, CR3) Worldline Data TL: 3, with some TL4 Dwarven tech Mana Level: normal with variations Quantum: 4 Infinity Class: z3 Centrum Zone: inaccessible I've put this one into Q4 since Q4 is a customary home for strange worlds. This is one fantasy world that may not need to have limits to parachronic contact to maintain flavor. Myth is apocalyptic fantasy with a strong mix of horror. Parachronic adventurers with TL8 weapons may not fare any better against hordes of specral undead than the TL3/4 natives. |
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Deadlands [GURPS Deadlands], 1877
Current Affairs The American Civil War enters its seventeenth year. In the Weird West, mages have discovered the secrets hidden in Hoyle's Book of Games, and battle fearsome monsters. Divergence Point In 1861, a qlippothic shiftrealm irrupts and overlays the American West in an otherwise high-inertial world. Major Civilizations Western (empire with rivals), Orthodox (empire with satellites), Islamic (fragmenting empire), Chinese (fragmenting empire) Great Powers Great Britain (representative democracy, CR3), Germany (dictatorship, CR4), France (representative democracy, CR4), Austria-Hungary (dictatorship, CR4); Russia (dictatorship, CR5); Ottoman Empire (dictatorship, CR4) Worldline Data TL: 5 with TL(5+1) gadgets in the Weird West Mana Level: low Quantum: 6 Infinity Class: z3 Centrum Zone: yellow This world is a setting for horror campaigns. As the works of Lovecraft show, rational materialists make great victims in horror, and Centrum would provide an entire world of redshirts if Deadlands were accessible in Q6. |
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Good to see this thread picking up momentum.. Keep'em coming, everyone!
Mobius [Archie Comics' Sonic the Hedgehog comic] Current year unclear, but believed to be in distant future, through star chart analysis. Current Affairs: A ragtag band of animal humanoid freedom fighters and their allies, fight against the tyranny of Dr Robotnik's Eggman Empire. Divergence Point: at unspecified point in the past, alien Xorda race drop a genetic bomb on Earth to exterminate humanity. The device fails, and not only mutates humans into "Overlander" variant race, but genetically uplift numerous animal species, creating the "Mobian" race. Major Civilisations: Western (diffuse); Asian (empire); Echidna (empire, with rivals) Great Powers: The Eggman Empire (Dictatorship, CR 6); Kingdom of Knothole (Dictatorship transiting to Representative Democracy, CR 4); Angel Island (Representative Democracy, CR 3); United Federation (Representative Democracy, CR 4) Worldline Data: TL: 8, with pockets of lower and higher tech levels, varying from region to region. Eggman Empire's TL is 9 bordering on 10, while the Kingdom of Mercia seems stuck at TL3. Mana Level: Normal. Quantum: 6 Infinity Class: R4 Centrum: Red A carefully monitored Research world, Mobius is Infinity's first encounter of a far future version of Earth, albeit one that has actually suffered a serious setback in it's development. It also appears to be part of a Skerry of worlds connected through a dimensional highway which the natives appropriatly called the "Cosmic Interstate". Infinity and Centrum agents infiltrating the United Federation have agreed to a Truce of sorts, recognizing the Eggman Empire as a serious potential threat to all worlds, should Dr Robotnik acquire Infinity/Centrum Parachronics technology (Especially since it has come to light that Robotnik is in fact from another Mobius himself). |
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