Thread: Questioning chirine ba kal

I have no idea wtf any of the above means.

Originally Posted by AsenRG

Indeed.

He just might have been part of the inspiration for this. Though my numbers wouldn't allow anything so drastic...just enough to make a reasonably fit Earthling on par with a reasonably fit warrior on Tekumel, maybe, assuming the skill difference doesn't destroy you anyway.
Whereas if the gravity was normal, the reasonably fit Earthlings wouldn't be able to compete at all, being easily outclassed in both skill with native weapons and in physical conditioning.

That's definitely an argument that "canonical" Tekumel has the same gravity!

But I explained above why I introduced the subtle change, despite being almost sure that it's a change. It works better for my more scientifically-minded players, so it's a better fit for my Tekumel.
Your Tekumel doesn't need to change because of that, of course. I still find the idea of someone demanding of Professor Barker to change his creation rather baffling.

If it works for you, it works. Go with it.

Yep; people would insist that Phil change some part of his world to make their dreams of fame and prestige come true. It still happens; the number of people who insist that I change my book - an account of our adventures - so that they can be included and seem to be Very Important People In Gaming has gotten to be ridiculous. I keep saying that "you didn't game with us and were not there for any of these adventures" and keep getting the reply that "You need to change history to make me important!" It gets old.

Originally Posted by d(sqrt(-1))

A question about Ssu - do you happen to know how they are affected by radiation/city-sickness, if at all?

I'm trying to write a follow up to the Bethorm start adventure which has the PCs head into a forest where they find a bunch of Chnehl, a deserted tubewway station, the Ssu that are trying to encourage them to attack the nearby Sakbe towers, and some Dzor, all as a sandbox adventure. I want to give the Ssu a pyramidial structure they use for storage made from sheets of the impervious metal, and it could be a bit radioactive, just to make the PCs a bit poorly...

From what we saw of them, they either had a much higher tolerance for hard radiation or they were really good at faking it. Situations where our teeth would start falling out didn't seem to faze them at all.

The ceramic-metal of the Ancients does not seem to hold or pass radiation - artifacts inside the building, however...

Originally Posted by darthfozzywig

I have no idea wtf any of the above means.

Understood; by the same token, I have no idea wtf 99% of the threads on this forum are about.

Originally Posted by Baron Opal

What was the difference?

Tekumel's sky is a golden-white; Blackmoor's is blue. Different stellar types.

Originally Posted by chirine ba kal

If it works for you, it works. Go with it.

Yep; people would insist that Phil change some part of his world to make their dreams of fame and prestige come true. It still happens; the number of people who insist that I change my book - an account of our adventures - so that they can be included and seem to be Very Important People In Gaming has gotten to be ridiculous. I keep saying that "you didn't game with us and were not there for any of these adventures" and keep getting the reply that "You need to change history to make me important!" It gets old.

Some people have gotten used relying on Illusionist GMs to feel important, I guess.
Just give them the same answer Prof. Barker was giving to the similar requests about his setting. Which is no doubt what you're doing already.

I mean, I knew that gaming's supposed to be inclusuve these days. (I also happen to believe that gaming is always exactly as inclusive as the people around the table make it).
But I think asking for such stuff is kinda abusing the definition of inclusiveness!

I'm perfectly willing to have Korunme's pratfalls told of, as long as my name is spelled right...

Originally Posted by chirine ba kal

Understood; by the same token, I have no idea wtf 99% of the threads on this forum are about.

And I mean no disrespect! My knowledge of Tekumel is limited to seeing some really cool EPT minis a few years ago and one poster on The Miniatures Page who chimes in on threads to tell everyone that Tekumel is the best fantasy ever. I am sure I'm missing out.