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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Furn_Darkside" data-source="post: 37287" data-attributes="member: 210">Salutations,Ack, time travel!Hmm- this can always be touchy in handling, and perhaps the best advice would be avoiding it.There are numerous non-time travel ways to get the party involved with the history of the world. Perhaps something has caused all the spirits involved in the battle to rise as ghosts and begin to re-enact the war. Since this obviously will cause great problems to the people living there- the pc's will need to find out everything about the war they can to find a way to minimize the ghostly damage in the short term- and find the cause in the long term.Or.. you could have some warlord show up and claim to be the descendant of the Queen of Chaos, and wishes to take up her mantle. But.. if you really want time travel, then I suggest you clearly write out how you believe time travel works. If you don't get a clear idea in your head, then it could lead to a lot of confusion.Examples:1) People can travel in time, but they can not change the true present- their mere presence just creates and alternate reality.2) People can travel in time, but their behavior has already happened- kind of like fate. The person is their own grandfather so on.3) People can travel in time and can change the present- paradoxes do(or do not) cause major problems.4- and a theory I have adopted) People can travel to the past, but they can not travel to the future. Why? Because the past "exists", but the future has yet to happen. So- time travel is a one way trip. Of course, there is a way around this- if someone could put themselves into suspended animation for however many years- they could return to their "time". That is, if they have not screwed up the past.Once you adopt a theory- then you can design a mechanic around it. Is there a site- kind of like stone-henge that allows time travel?Is there an organization that is involved? Divine? Arcane? Psi?How do they feel about time travel? and allowing others to do it?Other things to keep in mind (depending on how much of a realism nut you are)- spells known mightbe dramatically differentlanguages change over time, they may have trouble communicatingSome book suggestions:1)TSR produced a book about Chronomancers years ago.2)The Time Machine, HG Wells3)The Dechronization Of Sam Magruder, George Gaylord Simpson4)The Man Who Folded Himself, David GerroldGood Luck,FD</blockquote>

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