01-20-2021, 08:24 AM | #11 |
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Re: [Infinite Worlds] Compiling a list of canonical ways to cross quanta
Are you including Alea (IW30) in the "Homeline's projectors" category? To me it's such a radically more useful technology it's worth a separate mention, as there's no two-quantum limit (plus it implies Centrum don't have the same technology).
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01-20-2021, 09:02 AM | #12 |
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Re: [Infinite Worlds] Compiling a list of canonical ways to cross quanta
Good catch, I missed that one.
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01-20-2021, 09:29 AM | #13 |
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Re: [Infinite Worlds] Compiling a list of canonical ways to cross quanta
Does "GURPS Infinite Worlds: Collegio Januari" count as "Infinite Worlds"? It has the book title, and the sidebar on Ashlars refers to many worlds from the Infinite Worlds setting, but it doesn't feel quite as well integrated as the Cabal etc.
If so, the actual College uses Plane Shift which is already on the list, but the Herlechine Horse has the Jumper (World) advantage without any quantum-distance limitation (magical Jumper with enough extra carrying capacity for a rider, rather than using Tunnelling). This is technically a parachronozoid though, carrying its rider across worlds. There's also the "Curragh of Bran" from the same book, though there's no indication of whether that goes across quanta or not. |
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01-20-2021, 06:02 PM | #15 |
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Looking closely at the Infinite Worlds book, I see a few more details on specific nexus portals, though they're still pretty sparse:
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But then both Centrum and Reich-5 were listed as interested, which would seem impossible (basically canon that the two Infinity enemies don't overlap). Perhaps the writer was suggesting possibilities, that the Red Moon world could be set in different quanta/accessibility, depending on the campaign. The article has different possible futures for the timeline, for a similar sort of variable campaign accessibility. Quote:
Which would mean that the Stormbomb itself a canon example of cross-quanta travel. But it is limited travel, mostly just one-way, with only temporary trips back by original inhabitants. Stormbomb is very similar to the Banestorm, including being not fully two-way. It's not known where the worlds that Yrth's Banestorm drew from. While not canon, there's certainly a chance that the Banestorm can draw from across quanta. This could mean that the origin of Yrth's humans comes from a Q4 close non-parachronic parallel. Maybe Yrth's Banestorm grabbed that world's Van Zandt? A cross-quanta Banestorm could also mean that the origin worlds of other imported Yrth races, like Halflings, could be Quantum 2. Though I think one of the reasons that Reich-5's travel has always been limited to in-quanta is because, if Reich-5 could go to Quantum 4, it could go to Quantum 2, and that's too many worlds even for Infinite Worlds... |
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I originally assumed that while psionic world-jumpers took a skill penalty, that was somewhat balanced by magical world-jumpers needing to learn a separate spell for each world, but there's Improved Planar Visit in Sorcery which has no such restriction, so with that precedent I don't think that's necessarily a limitation on magical world-jumping. Though I don't think there's a canonical example of magical world-jumpers getting the equivalent of the New Worlds enhancement, whereas that's part of the Exploration technique for the psionic Quantum-Jumping ability. (Personally I'd give world-jumping sorcerers access to New Worlds, myself). So yeah, I think you're right here, magical world-jumpers have an advantage here over psionic world-jumpers. |
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More over having spies is not the same as having access and for all we know they could actually be akin to Garbo of WWII
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