Variations of IW worlds

[Tom Mazanec]

Why don't we see more worlds like a Centrum where the Final War never happened, or a Nergal that diverged during the Third Assyrian Empire? Is it that we would have to start from such worlds to find their variations?

[johndallman]

Originally Posted by Tom Mazanec

Why don't we see more worlds like a Centrum where the Final War never happened, or a Nergal that diverged during the Third Assyrian Empire? Is it that we would have to start from such worlds to find their variations?

This seems to be one of the issues left open for the GM. Infinite Worlds is a fascinating setting, but when you start to look hard at it there's an awful lot that nobody in the setting understands about how their universe works. So, feel free to decide on an answer!

[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by johndallman

This seems to be one of the issues left open for the GM. Infinite Worlds is a fascinating setting, but when you start to look hard at it there's an awful lot that nobody in the setting understands about how their universe works. So, feel free to decide on an answer!

Indeed, IW doesn't know anything about an actual "infinity" or worlds. I think the count is still under a thousand. All they know are that relatively small number of worlds they have reached so far using a specific parachronic theoretical paradigm and technology.

However, Centrum hasn't found any echoes of itself. That argue against your general "like begets like" speculation. It might actually be a low probability timeline.

Also, nobody _wants_ more worlds like Nergal and with known tech you could only explore within its' Quantum anyway. Probably an experiment that will not be attempted.

[malloyd]

Originally Posted by Tom Mazanec

Why don't we see more worlds like a Centrum where the Final War never happened, or a Nergal that diverged during the Third Assyrian Empire? Is it that we would have to start from such worlds to find their variations?

It's also partly a choice of zero issue. All worlds that "diverged from Homeline" could equally well be called worlds that diverged from Centrum at the sinking of the White Ship or before. Assuming Centrum knows only the same lines as Homeline they probably wonder what makes 1120 the last year history was able to divide, but is it so much stranger than the absence variants after the discovery of parachronics, or the large number of variants from favorite historical change points like the ACW or WWII are for Homeline?

[johndallman]

Originally Posted by malloyd

IAssuming Centrum knows only the same lines as Homeline ...

Which is almost certainly not the case, given the different, albeit overlapping, range of quantum levels that they can access. IW is very, very, open to GM interpretation.