General RPG Rules DiscussionDiscuss the rules of any game except D&D or Pathfinder, such as Arcana Evolved, Mutants & Masterminds, Star Wars Saga, d20 Modern, and the like.
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Actually, I had considered that but I don't know enough about how your altered cosmology works to incorporate it in. Plus, I only had so much room.
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Sounds pretty spiffy. If you don't already have it I highly recommend Tangents, an Alternity supplement.
I may have to get my husband to run a game of this for me. Of course, we use Modern20.
I had Tangents back in Alternity's heyday. I sold it and a lot of my Alternity products quite some time ago. I only kept a few of the main Alternity books including my Limited Edition Player's Handbook.
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Knightfall, I just had an idea regarding doubles. Perhaps some earths have a slower rotation speed than others, thus making it seem like one is tyime-traveling when going to another Earth. The thing to keep in mind thaought is that 'Quantum Tunneling' between Earth's is never time travel.
One the Earth's that have a slower rotation speed, you can use to sprinboard doubles of figures that have long been dead on our Earth or just younger versions of NPCs and/or PCs.
With this idea, it might be possible to interven in the doubles character development by having the other, older double, intervene at key points in the youger doubls life.
Knightfall, I just had an idea regarding doubles. Perhaps some earths have a slower rotation speed than others, thus making it seem like one is time-traveling when going to another Earth. The thing to keep in mind though is that 'Quantum Tunneling' between earths is never time travel.
One the earths that have a slower rotation speed, you can use to springboard doubles of figures that have long been dead on our Earth or just younger versions of NPCs and/or PCs.
With this idea, it might be possible to intervene in the double's character development by having the other, older double, intervene at key points in the youger double's life.
Quantum tunneling sounds interesting, but I'm not too familiar with the concept. Is that right out of Sliders? (*) Or is it some sort of Real WorldTM theory?
Regardless, time travel won't be a "major" part of AlterEarth. Character doubles in this campaign will be from otherworlds, so an NPC from Earth might have a duplicate on, say, Toril or Kulan. Now, that NPC might also have a duplicate on an alternate Earth, but my focus won't be on that idea unless the alternate Earth is radically different from AlterEarth.
(*) It's been a long time since I watched Sliders.
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Quantum tunneling sounds interesting, but I'm not too familiar with the concept. Is that right out of Sliders? (*) Or is it some sort of Real WorldTM theory?
Actually I think it is pretty much hand-in-hand with String Theory. You can find references to it in Tangents.
Actually I think it is pretty much hand-in-hand with String Theory. You can find references to it in Tangents.
I assume you mean the Alternity book, Tangents. I can't remember 100% if that is one of the Alternity books I owned, back in the day.
And thanks for the wikipedia links.
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I assume you mean the Alternity book, Tangents. I can't remember 100% if that is one of the Alternity books I owned, back in the day.
And thanks for the wikipedia links.
Yeah, I do mean the Alternity book. Buy the pdf, it'll be the best $5 you spent to enhance your AlterEarth game.
No problem on the links front. I'm a bit ahead of the bunch when it comes to understand Quantum Mechanics, but not as ahead like other people. Feel free to ask any more questions.
Yeah, I do mean the Alternity book. Buy the pdf, it'll be the best $5 you spent to enhance your AlterEarth game.
Actually, Whyte Knight here in Edmonton has about four or five of the Alternity references including Alien Compendium 2, Beyond Science: A Guide to FX, Tangents, and Threats from Beyond. I can't remember if they have Dataware, however.
The store has the books marked at around $20 to $25 each, so I've been hesitating on buying any of them. Still, I know the guys who run the place, so I've been considering hitting them up for a deal. I definitely want Alien Compendium 2. I really don't feel like I have a need for the "crunch heavy" references.
If I buy some of the PDFs from RPGNow I'll likely go with the ones that were never released (i.e. The Externals, The Final Church).
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The store has the books marked at around $20 to $25 each, so I've been hesitating on buying any of them. Still, I know the guys who run the place, so I've been considering hitting them up for a deal. I definitely want Alien Compendium 2. I really don't feel like I have a need for the "crunch heavy" references.
Hesitate no longer, buy them! Alternity just happens to be my second favorite system of all time due to the sheer awesomeness of the fluff in thew books.
I worked up the stats for a Quantum Tunneler for rpg use awhile ago. I hope you find it useful.
Hmm, that looks familiar. I think I broswed through that thread soon after you posted it. Thanks for the reminder.
FYI...
The more I read d20 Dark*Matter, the more I think it would make a great alternate earth that exists in parallel to AlterEarth. Now I understand why everyone seems to love that campaign setting.
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The more I read d20 Dark*Matter, the more I think it would make a great alternate earth that exists in parallel to AlterEarth. Now I understand why everyone seems to love that campaign setting.
IMO it is very 'Cthulhuesque' without having any of the weirdness associated with Cthulhu. I think this is the reason for its popularity.
I really need to buy the D20 Modern book this year. I can imagine that it'll come in handy for Guardians of Gaia.
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