Lately, I've been unable to see the direct links to the various pages of a thread from the topic lists. Since disabling that feature would increase bandwidth use (I have to load the first page, then link to the one I want to read), it seems unlikely that it is the boards. But it's happened on...
So far it sounds almost identical to Daggerfall, which puts me to sleep. Whilst that game appeared very open at fist glance, everything was just so samey that you didn't really have any choice. It all boiled down to wandering around identical dungeons killing identical monsters with zero...
If you want to get into the mechanics of it, I'd give the returnee the average of his and the receptacle's physical stats (partly the body, partly the way you use it). Along with Limper's suggestion for making them an outsider and RP problems (including a powerful NPC group who actively hunts...
I just had another idea for a less 'quickie-mart' ressurection:
Whilst a raise dead spell can indeed call someone's soul back from their afterlife, it cannot return them to their body. Because it's dead. If you have a sword sticking right through you, you are not going to get up and start...
The idea of an organised mythos-opposition seems contradictory to me. If you tell your agents what they need to know to accomplish their mission then they go insane, and don't acheive anything. If you don't, what is the point of you organisation?
The Industrious advantage is great. With Replaceable Parts and Democracy you can build a road in one worker/turn. Great for getting the mobility/production advantage at the beggining of the industrial age, and when invading someone rapidly building a railroad behind you to connect you...
If you're using earth science they will need air, as almost all energy-producing reactions in multicellular organisms involve oxidation of organics. But since this is a fantasy world, the answer is whatever you want it to be.
Note that communication would be drastically slowed underwater, since...