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07-28-2005, 12:45 AM | #1 |
Join Date: Dec 2004
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Infinite Worlds and IOU
I was at the FLGS lately, as they were having a sale. I bought both Infinite Worlds and IOU, and having looked over both books, am now strongly tempted to combine the two.
That being said, how would be the best way to do so? For example, what Quantum should IOU be on, and how would Infinity and Centrum react to such an actively parachronic neighbor? |
07-28-2005, 01:58 AM | #2 |
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Buffalo, NY- the weak live elsewhere!
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Re: Infinite Worlds and IOU
IOU is clearly on Quantum i , as it intersects orthogonally all parallel dimensions. And this is the only sense in which IOU is "normal".
Semi-seriously, I would say that IOU inhabits its own pocket dimension, with connections to all others. As to how Infinity and Centrum would react, I suspect the Archdean is investing a lot of effort in making sure this doesn't happen. A lot of former parachronic agents now have WUSE or C.H.T.H.U.L.U. professorships- what agent could resist the offer of The Treatment? A lot depends on which way you're connecting them. Are your players freshthings who encounter a bunch of folks who seem to think that dimension travel is some sort of secret, or are they Agents trying to figure out where their malfunctioning conveyor has landed them? |
07-28-2005, 06:29 AM | #3 |
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Orange County, VA
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Re: Infinite Worlds and IOU
I'm not sure I'd use the Quantum i idea. IOU's main campus is located on a Quantum lv, especially since the IOU books indicate that the area surrounding the campus are closer to "modern day" (at least from our perspective). There may be many IOU's throughout the quanta, and most likely they all "know" of each other and may even be controlled by the same ArchDean. (An idea I have set up for one of my campaign settings is of an entity whose consciousness exists in all quanta at once, each with it's own body) As for Infinity and Centrum interaction, well I'd say that the two may not even know of the existance of IOU, unless there's an Illuminated among Infinity or Centrum.
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07-28-2005, 07:15 AM | #4 | |
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Location: San Francisco
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Re: Infinite Worlds and IOU
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Besides, Quantum i just looks cool, it even actually makes sense in regards to the settings. ^_^
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07-28-2005, 07:43 AM | #5 | |
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Location: Orange County, VA
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As cool as Quantum i sounds, it just doesn't fit the Infinite Worlds setting. The IOU campus would be a place of many Nexus Portals (p 77), areas of Shiftrealms (p 79), and probably many hallways which are Dimensional Highways (p 79), all of which could lead to other IOU campus facilities in other "timelines". |
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07-28-2005, 01:04 PM | #6 |
Join Date: Dec 2004
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Re: Infinite Worlds and IOU
The players are agents: I've been asked to run an Infinite Worlds campaign, and I'm considering throwing in IOU at some point mainly because it's cool and I have it.
That being said, I'm tending to agree that the Archdean and other high-level staff would be opposed to contact with Infinity and Centrum... but, that being said, I'm not sure how it could be prevented, with Nexus Oversight looking over every portal, there has to be numerous ones connecting to IOU that have been found... not to mention the good chance that Infinity would find IOU on it's own, without a portal. It's a case of massive resources vs massive resources, and it'd be rather difficult for IOU to screen out parachronic travellers from Homeline and Centrum when they're receiving so much parachronic travel in general. On the other hand, it's more interesting to let the PCs arrive with no knowledge of the situation, so I'm inclined to make it so... but I'm looking for a semi-plausable reason behind such. |
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