Hivey McGoodness!

[ASH]

I had a drama teacher who had an obsession with penguins. When I asked her why, she just said that they had to be survivors to walk the way they do, be birds and not fly, and live in a place that cold. But then again, she was a drama teacher and always had an explination for everything.

 

[Angcuru]

Drama teachers are always sketchy people to begin with.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

My Hat of Penguins knows no limits.

 

[Crothian]

Though GURPS Technomancer had a collective of intelligent, communist penguins. Among other assorted strangeness.

That was actually based off of a true society.

 

[Crothian]

All around me are familar faces, worn out places.........

 

[Angel Tarragon]

This thread is almost dead, come on Steve! I thought you wanted this hive to have a thousand posts!

 

[Darkness]

That was actually based off of a true society.

Ah. So it was one of these "kinda like in the real world, except with magic" things. They did a lot.

E.g., the police had SWAT teams - which stood for "Special Weapons and Thaumaturgy."

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Hehe. LOL. Funny, funny.

 

[Darkness]

Hehe - I'm discussing RPGs in a Hivemind thread...

It's a really cool setting, if a little weird. Okay - very weird.

It does a good job of thinking about the effects magic would have on society, though. Quite a lot of this could be easily used in a D&D fantasy game too.
Examples:

In Lousiana, there's a new punishment for really severe crimes: Death plus hard labor (in a zombie road gang).
Fantasy societies that don't outlaw such necromancy likely do that. Heck, maybe even a few that do outlaw it.

Industrial enchantment, factory lines and all.
I think the Red Wizards of Thay, in the FR, come close.

The army uses dragons and flying carpets. (And normal aircraft.) They breed the dragons themselves.
Granted, that happens in a lot of fantasy settings already.

Drugs made from spellcasters that enhance your magical power for a while. (Magic aptitude is genetic in the setting.)
Just carve up a couple D&D sorcerers or outsiders/fey/etc...

 

[Crothian]

Are you prepared for the rubberband man?