Real-Life Weirdness

[Irish Wolf]

"In recent years there have been repeated attacks by hikers weighing several hundred kilograms."

Man, y'all grow 'em big in Austria, don't ya?

[William]

The Ritman Library of Amsterdam, a collection of 1600 books on the occult, astrology, alchemy, and outright magic, has been digitized and is now available online.

Great for browsing for flavor, especially if you read Latin -- there are some English texts, however, such as "Aesch mezareph or purifying fire. A chymico-kabalistic treatise collected from the Kabala denudata of Knorr von Rosenroth. Translated by a lover of Philalethes, 1714."

Definitely a couple of tomes in there for the studious Victorian-or-later magician!

[Dr. Beckenstein]

Originally Posted by Irish Wolf

"In recent years there have been repeated attacks by hikers weighing several hundred kilograms."

Man, y'all grow 'em big in Austria, don't ya?

It is a blessing. And a curse. :-D

[Dr. Beckenstein]

Originally Posted by ericthered

Best of all, when the PCs shoot them, they now owe the owner a thousand dollars a head or so.

And here we have the adventure potential. Who would have thought that cattle theft is still a thing today, and the rustlers are often paid in drugs?

So, we need Gurps Cops, High Tech, maybe Old West ...

[Anaraxes]

Originally Posted by Irish Wolf

Man, y'all grow 'em big in Austria, don't ya?

Schwarzenegger got run out of town because he was a puny 100-kg weakling.

[Johnny1A.2]

This could definitely have gameable applications, and by some standards it's definitely weird:

Inflatable Aircraft

It's not the fastest thing in the sky, but I could imagine a PC finding one of these handy...

[Kale]

Originally Posted by Johnny1A.2

This could definitely have gameable applications, and by some standards it's definitely weird:

Inflatable Aircraft

It's not the fastest thing in the sky, but I could imagine a PC finding one of these handy...

Apparently a test pilot died because a cable slipped off a pulley in the framework? Yikes!

[dcarson]

Originally Posted by Johnny1A.2

This could definitely have gameable applications, and by some standards it's definitely weird:

Inflatable Aircraft

It's not the fastest thing in the sky, but I could imagine a PC finding one of these handy...

This is even better than the helicopter in a couple of trunks from You Only Live Twice. Stolen for my 60s spy campaign I'm working on.

[Anders]

Resurrecting 100 million year old bacteria? Sure, what could possibly go wrong?

I think I know the background to my next AtE campaign.

[Johnny1A.2]

Okay...I can think of several different 'angles' whereby this could have gaming applications, as a site for activity, an inspiration for a space hab or a secret base, or just an instance of absurdity for the PCs to marvel at.

Tropical Resort in Snowy Germany

Note that the story is from 2013, so I don't know if this still exists, but it's definitely weird.

In essence, somebody converted an old blimp barn in Germany into a pseudo-tropical resort, complete with beaches, tents, etc, all indoors. Outside it's often icy-cold and snowing.