Recent content by Brendan Byrd

Certainly an opportunity to redefine "fire ants". 🔥 Faction idea: The Formic Legion Hackwark has a fire rift location, I think.

If elemental rifts are "bog-standard" it may be a good idea to figure out which elements, and how they interact. It can vary across editions, settings, and technology levels. (ie. Alchemy vs. Chemestry) Personally, I think "Ooh! It floats!" is more interesting when it is an "earth" elementalist...

I was a fan of Farscape long before I heard of Spelljammer. Reading through the 2e books years later I couldn't help but notice similarities. So I'll toss this out there: Farscape is Spelljammer (Space Opera) translated into Science Fantasy! 😁

Also 1989. What's not to love about a little Top Gun parody. 😁

I'll take a look at Sharn, since I'm not familliar with it. I had Alphatia (writ small) in mind. 🙂 https://bruce-heard.blogspot.com/2013/01/Ar01.html Nothing wrong with elemental rifts. I was thinking in terms of the magic budget so that there is room for gobsmackingly gonzo stuff later. 😈😁😉

"The Earth Rift is slowly pushing the earth up around it while the Air Rift is slowly pulling the earth up around it. These are the causes of the elevation changes. In parts of Cynelsa it is not uncommon to see chunks of rock just start breaking from the surface and start floating because the...

There is a good summary/review here: The Innovations and Tempo sections of the review are especially worthwhile. https://www.enworld.org/threads/lets-read-magical-industrial-revolution.675439/

Hmm...extreme surfing? XD Gliders could be a popular form of transit. (Compressed air launch tubes???) Do you happen to have a copy of Magical Industrial Revolution? ~~~~~~~~~~

Unless Fantasy Physics says otherwise, "water" runs downhill. 😉 If you have no "hill", an (elemental?) rift deep underground could be the undercity's "drain". Ideally, it would be a one-way trip, like a backcheck valve. Preventing that from becoming a too convenient method of disposal is the...

With such a high water-table, the sub-terranian community is going to be absolutely obsessive about pumping water, unless they can breathe the stuff (city run-off water..ick). That's why I was suggesting some significant elevation changes on the map. Think Hamilton, Ontario.