Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Monte Cook's new RPG: Numenera [UPDATED]
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Underman" data-source="post: 5989315" data-attributes="member: 6696705"><p>OK, instead of complaining about the billiion years, let's come up with era-by-era ideas. I'll start:</p><p></p><p>* * *</p><p></p><p><strong>1st era</strong>: Humans became transhuman and ascended to another dimension (ie became "gods")</p><p></p><p><strong>2nd era</strong>: A new generation of humanity evolves from DNA seeds (part of a renewal process initiated just before the Ascension). Transhumans who hadn't ascended ('fallen angels') secretly co-exist with posthumans. Civilization eventually self-destructs with nuclear war.</p><p></p><p><strong>3rd era</strong>: Nuclear winter and post-apocalyptic age (like Fallout)</p><p></p><p><strong>4th era</strong>: Posthumans have evolved (devolved?) into something like subterranean Morlocks. Nature recovers and eventually flourishes. Posthumans reclaim and recolonize the earth.</p><p></p><p><strong>5th era</strong>: Earth resembles the early 20th century. Lovecraftian Great Old Ones slither towards earth from space or awaken from the previous era (they were attracted to Earth by the nuclear war of the 2nd age). A century later, there is a short and brutal war, and the world's population is decimated.</p><p></p><p><strong>6th era</strong>: Earth is a nightmare hell where Great Old Ones and Elder Gods vie for supremacy. The Ascended transhumans return to Earth for the 1st time after millions of years. They spawn a black hole that destroys the entire Earth and the Lovecraftian horrors along with it.</p><p></p><p><strong>7th era</strong>: The transhumans completely rebuild Earth from scratch. Various politics ensue between different factions. Some want to rebuild an exact duplicate, some want to radically improve on the original, some want to rule the New Earth, some want to rebuild and split. The final product is not an exact duplicate, they take the liberty of making some changes. Life reboots with first dawn on New Earth while some transhumans continue to walk the earth and tinker with the final touches.</p><p></p><p><strong>8th era</strong>: Insert your campaign-specific Second Age of New Earth</p><p></p><p><strong>9th era</strong>: Numenera, Third Age of New Earth. Possible hostilities between "good" and "evil" transhumans/gods and secret war with vengeful Outer Gods and Great Old Ones who survived the 6th age.</p><p></p><p>* * *</p><p></p><p>What would be your Nine Eras?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Underman, post: 5989315, member: 6696705"] OK, instead of complaining about the billiion years, let's come up with era-by-era ideas. I'll start: * * * [B]1st era[/B]: Humans became transhuman and ascended to another dimension (ie became "gods") [B]2nd era[/B]: A new generation of humanity evolves from DNA seeds (part of a renewal process initiated just before the Ascension). Transhumans who hadn't ascended ('fallen angels') secretly co-exist with posthumans. Civilization eventually self-destructs with nuclear war. [B]3rd era[/B]: Nuclear winter and post-apocalyptic age (like Fallout) [B]4th era[/B]: Posthumans have evolved (devolved?) into something like subterranean Morlocks. Nature recovers and eventually flourishes. Posthumans reclaim and recolonize the earth. [B]5th era[/B]: Earth resembles the early 20th century. Lovecraftian Great Old Ones slither towards earth from space or awaken from the previous era (they were attracted to Earth by the nuclear war of the 2nd age). A century later, there is a short and brutal war, and the world's population is decimated. [B]6th era[/B]: Earth is a nightmare hell where Great Old Ones and Elder Gods vie for supremacy. The Ascended transhumans return to Earth for the 1st time after millions of years. They spawn a black hole that destroys the entire Earth and the Lovecraftian horrors along with it. [B]7th era[/B]: The transhumans completely rebuild Earth from scratch. Various politics ensue between different factions. Some want to rebuild an exact duplicate, some want to radically improve on the original, some want to rule the New Earth, some want to rebuild and split. The final product is not an exact duplicate, they take the liberty of making some changes. Life reboots with first dawn on New Earth while some transhumans continue to walk the earth and tinker with the final touches. [B]8th era[/B]: Insert your campaign-specific Second Age of New Earth [B]9th era[/B]: Numenera, Third Age of New Earth. Possible hostilities between "good" and "evil" transhumans/gods and secret war with vengeful Outer Gods and Great Old Ones who survived the 6th age. * * * What would be your Nine Eras? [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Monte Cook's new RPG: Numenera [UPDATED]
Top