Reign of Steel + Monster Hunters

Anders · 08-13-2022, 12:01 PM

Imagine dropping characters from Monster Hunters in the world of Reign of Steel. Yeah, there are now metal monsters everywhere, but the old monsters still exist. In fact, who runs VIRUS? Could it be the old masters of the world, wanting their world back?

fwcain · 08-13-2022, 01:42 PM

If memory serves, in Reign of Steel, many of the cybernetic overlords are killing off as many people as possible. And since many (if not most) monsters consider people to be their food source, I would presume that any master-level monster or any hierarchy of monsters would work to thwart the machines' efforts at culling the monsters' food.

Franklin

Anders · 08-13-2022, 02:06 PM

Yeah, my thoughts exactly. For instance, vampires would feel very threatened by the extinction of humanity.

DangerousThing · 08-13-2022, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Anders

Yeah, my thoughts exactly. For instance, vampires would feel very threatened by the extinction of humanity.

Zelazny had a story like that, The Stainless Steel Leech. The main character, the first robot vampire often talked with the last human vampire (weak because there was no prey..., er humans left). It's only a short story, but a damn good one.

Anaraxes · 08-13-2022, 09:16 PM

So, the setting has a good excuse to admit some inhuman templates to the party.

And, you can have a three-way balance, leading to possible politics and intrigue. Is this really a good time to kill the vampire, since he's battling the robots? Just wait it out and then pick up the pieces. A three-way split so the two weakest factions can ally to keep the strongest one from winning by defeating them piecemeal, said weakest two constantly shifting, is a classic computer game design strategy to help ensure perpetual conflict.

dataweaver · 08-13-2022, 10:53 PM

This is definitely a campaign where you'd want to consider Applied Xenology. Technomagic alone makes it a worthwhile inclusion — though in Reign of Steel, that tends to make the plight of humanity even worse, as the Zone Minds would almost certainly have access to it.

Going all-out, though: if you include aliens, it's possible to also include alien robots — which brings up the question of software compatibility.

Should Phasites be able to inhabit robots? Hmm… Or should that just be a Cybercyte thing?

08-13-2022, 12:01 PM	#1
Anders Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gothenburg, Sweden	Reign of Steel + Monster Hunters Imagine dropping characters from Monster Hunters in the world of Reign of Steel. Yeah, there are now metal monsters everywhere, but the old monsters still exist. In fact, who runs VIRUS? Could it be the old masters of the world, wanting their world back? __________________ “When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...” Marcus Aurelius Author of Winged Folk. The GURPS Discord. Drop by and say hi!

08-13-2022, 01:42 PM	#2
fwcain Evil Game Master For Hire Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Jacksonville, FL	Re: Reign of Steel + Monster Hunters If memory serves, in Reign of Steel, many of the cybernetic overlords are killing off as many people as possible. And since many (if not most) monsters consider people to be their food source, I would presume that any master-level monster or any hierarchy of monsters would work to thwart the machines' efforts at culling the monsters' food. Franklin __________________ Franklin W. Cain Evil Game Master For Hire -- Have Dice, Will Travel SJG MIB # 9808; Net.Rep.: Chez G* and Frag

08-13-2022, 02:06 PM	#3
Anders Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gothenburg, Sweden	Re: Reign of Steel + Monster Hunters Yeah, my thoughts exactly. For instance, vampires would feel very threatened by the extinction of humanity. __________________ “When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...” Marcus Aurelius Author of Winged Folk. The GURPS Discord. Drop by and say hi!

08-13-2022, 09:16 PM	#5
Anaraxes Join Date: Sep 2007	Re: Reign of Steel + Monster Hunters So, the setting has a good excuse to admit some inhuman templates to the party. And, you can have a three-way balance, leading to possible politics and intrigue. Is this really a good time to kill the vampire, since he's battling the robots? Just wait it out and then pick up the pieces. A three-way split so the two weakest factions can ally to keep the strongest one from winning by defeating them piecemeal, said weakest two constantly shifting, is a classic computer game design strategy to help ensure perpetual conflict.

08-13-2022, 10:53 PM	#6
dataweaver Join Date: Aug 2004	Re: Reign of Steel + Monster Hunters This is definitely a campaign where you'd want to consider Applied Xenology. Technomagic alone makes it a worthwhile inclusion — though in Reign of Steel, that tends to make the plight of humanity even worse, as the Zone Minds would almost certainly have access to it. Going all-out, though: if you include aliens, it's possible to also include alien robots — which brings up the question of software compatibility. Should Phasites be able to inhabit robots? Hmm… Or should that just be a Cybercyte thing? __________________ Point balance is a myth.[1][2][3][4] Last edited by dataweaver; 08-13-2022 at 11:06 PM.

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