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<blockquote data-quote="Sagiro" data-source="post: 2888886" data-attributes="member: 726">I agonized pretty good ahead of time about my time-travel mechanics, vis-a-vis paradoxes and continuity issues.&nbsp; In the end I came up with a simple set of &quot;rules&quot; that were (fairly) easy for me to keep track of.&nbsp; (I won't spell them out here, for fear of spoiling things.&nbsp; But, yeah, I did decide that the universe simply wouldn't let paradoxes happen.)&nbsp; The real fly in my temporal ointment was the Greenhouse, but I solved that via a kind of &quot;Gordian Knot&quot; solution that will later become evident.&nbsp; As for what Ernie would do with the Belt: I just took it on faith that Ernie would still have it with him in time for the time travel, and bring it to Greenshire.&nbsp; Let's face it -- a lot of my plot is a house of cards that could come toppling down if the PC's take certain specific unexpected actions.&nbsp; I just have to pick my spots in terms of managing risk, and so far, so good.&nbsp; I readily confess to a moment of smug satisfaction combined with immense relief when one of my players said to me:&nbsp; &quot;Wait a minute.&nbsp; Are you telling me you knew this would happen nine years ago?!&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; Because the answer was, no, I didn't know.&nbsp; But I sure did hope.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />-Sagiro</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sagiro, post: 2888886, member: 726"] I agonized pretty good ahead of time about my time-travel mechanics, vis-a-vis paradoxes and continuity issues. In the end I came up with a simple set of "rules" that were (fairly) easy for me to keep track of. (I won't spell them out here, for fear of spoiling things. But, yeah, I did decide that the universe simply wouldn't let paradoxes happen.) The real fly in my temporal ointment was the Greenhouse, but I solved that via a kind of "Gordian Knot" solution that will later become evident. As for what Ernie would do with the Belt: I just took it on faith that Ernie would still have it with him in time for the time travel, and bring it to Greenshire. Let's face it -- a lot of my plot is a house of cards that [i]could[/i] come toppling down if the PC's take certain specific unexpected actions. I just have to pick my spots in terms of managing risk, and so far, so good. I readily confess to a moment of smug satisfaction combined with immense relief when one of my players said to me: "Wait a minute. Are you telling me you knew this would happen [i]nine years ago?![/i]" Because the answer was, no, I didn't [i]know[/i]. But I sure did [i]hope.[/i] :) -Sagiro [/QUOTE]

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