How does a world-jumper get started?

[Tom Mazanec]

IIRC, a world-jumper has to be familiar with a destination world to get there.
So how does he get that familiarity before he gets there?

[David Johnston2]

Originally Posted by Tom Mazanec

IIRC, a world-jumper has to be familiar with a destination world to get there.
So how does he get that familiarity before he gets there?

Nope there is another way. The Jumper can fumble. That will take it to a new world. It can also be taken there by another Jumper, or through other D-travel means.

[Nereidalbel]

Random jumping. In other words, automatic failure on the first use, so you get a random world.

[malloyd]

There are also enhancements (New Worlds and Tracking) that will let you go somewhere new without another jumper to take you.

Or you might acquire the necessary skill through something other than going yourself - a Borrow Skill spell or the Wild Talent advantage would probably work RAW, and it's a very much setting defined ability, so there could be lots of other options depending on what was in the setting.

[evileeyore]

Originally Posted by Tom Mazanec

IIRC, a world-jumper has to be familiar with a destination world to get there.
So how does he get that familiarity before he gets there?

Depends in the setting.

For instance World Jumper in the Amberverse explicitly do not have that limitation. Otherwise it would be as mentioned: Random World from failure or having been taken there.

It's also possible that using some sort of psionics or advanced tech one could be given knowledge and familiarity of destination.

[David Johnston2]

Originally Posted by evileeyore

Depends in the setting.

Not really. If you are using Amberites, then you get the New Worlds enhancement as part of the standard package.

[Anaraxes]

If you want to encourage research and lore-seeking, a setting might also permit a world to be learned through study rather than direct experience, perhaps with a familiarity penalty.

The Voynich Manuscript might be an instruction manual for one destination world. Or manuals might be disguised with a different ostensible purpose -- there's a reason Tolkien spent so many pages on languages, poetry, geography, peoples you never meet...

[evileeyore]

Originally Posted by David Johnston2

Not really. If you are using Amberites, then you get the New Worlds enhancement as part of the standard package.

What part of "using Amberites" isn't setting dependent?

[David Johnston2]

Originally Posted by evileeyore

What part of "using Amberites" isn't setting dependent?

It's not a setting switch. It's an actual game mechanic they pay for when you are designing them.

[evileeyore]

Originally Posted by David Johnston2

It's not a setting switch.

I didn't say 'switch', I said dependent. You're not going to build Amberites if you aren't running Amber.