Agreed. They took an individual viewpoint that was very much 'short-term personal benefit'; we took a much longer term 'what's good for the Imperium' viewpoint. In short, we were 'domain game' / 'campaign game' players.Originally Posted by Gronan of Simmerya
Gosh! Fifty pages - it seems like we just got started!
It's amazing how being stranded in the middle of the desert surrounded by hostile tribesmen unifies a legion.
I don't care if you respect me, just buy my fucking book.
Formerly known as Old Geezer
I don't need an Ignore List, I need a Tongue My Pee Hole list.
The rules can't cure stupid, and the rules can't cure asshole.
I like that.
Here's an idea: the Tinalyas are tinkering with a machine they don't understand at all (after all, it's a human machine from Humanspace times). They finally manage to make it work, thinking it's probably an experimental teleporter of sorts. But for some reason, when they step on its giant "teleporting" platform, nothing seems to happen. A lot of energy goes through the machine, lots of lights blink, etc ... but then, nothing. Whoever is on the platform just stays there, looking a bit silly.
Turns out the machine is an experimental replicator: it replicates whatever is put on its central platform ... which doesn't feel like anything to whoever is on the platform. It's just that their perfect double appears somewhere else (in the underground base itself, or in some other far away base).
What if the player-characters stepped on that replicating platform? Either they would quickly realize they've been replicated, or they would meet their doubles after a while, out of the blue. The doubles would not know they are doubles of course: for them, the transport/travel machine worked perfectly and transported them to another area of Tekumel, or Tsolyanu, or wherever they initially appeared.
So who are the doubles then? The ones who stayed on the platform, or the ones who appeared somewhere else?
Fun times to be had.
That line says it all.
Thank you.
Alas, too many for a single lifetime.Oh, agreed! You've sat through a lot of staff meetings, haven't you?
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
Mark Twain
I was wondering if anyone remembers how the indicator squares in the tubeway stations work? If memory serves, flashing blue indicates the car is ready and waiting to depart. Yellow indicates that a car is on the way, and red indicates some type delay or obstruction? Does this sound right?
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
Mark Twain
I know. Amazing for a boring and pointless thread, as some would suggest.Gosh! Fifty pages - it seems like we just got started!
As Vizzini would say:
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Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
Mark Twain
I like that, and plan to borrow it.
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place, and I don't care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward; how much you can take and keep moving forward." - Rocky
"Three glass plaques are set in the floor before it, though they are likely buried under rubbish and baskets of offerings. Step upon the red one if no car is present; the yellow plaque lights when a vehicle is on its way; and the blue glows when a car is at hand and ready to depart".
- Barker, M.A.R.. Flamesong. DAW, 1985. Page 72.
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