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[dgr11897]

Hmm, would a mecha about the size of a jotun villager, with no inbuilt weapons, and an open cockpit (so they can be killed by primitive weapons), be OK as an artifact?

[Zazmio]

Sure.  You might want to take into consideration that a stone-age person would have no idea what it is or how to use it, though.

[Supernerd]

Huh. You know I never really stopped to think about how bit a Jotun villager is compared to other people... Is it about 1.5x the size?

[dgr11897]

Eh, I can work around that, make it kinda like a gunmen, powered by the belief or willpower of the driver, with how to operate it imprinted onto you once you touch the controls.

[Zazmio]

Huh. You know I never really stopped to think about how bit a Jotun villager is compared to other people... Is it about 1.5x the size?

The Jotun were about 2X the size of the Potato Pirates, the only other people you've encountered.

Eh, I can work around that, make it kinda like a gunmen, powered by the belief or willpower of the driver, with how to operate it imprinted onto you once you touch the controls.

Honestly, I think you'd be better off giving out simpler artifacts.  I can think of all kinds of crazy things that might happen when advanced tech is in the hands of stone age primitives.  It's up to you, though.

[dgr11897]

Eh, I can work around that, make it kinda like a gunmen, powered by the belief or willpower of the driver, with how to operate it imprinted onto you once you touch the controls.

Honestly, I think you'd be better off giving out simpler artifacts.  I can think of all kinds of crazy things that might happen when advanced tech is in the hands of stone age primitives.  It's up to you, though.

Crazy things, That is kinda the point, Though i might just make a sword, that alone would be enough to make interesting things happen.

[Zazmio]

Upon thinking about this some more, I think I'm going to have to make a rule.

All artifacts, creatures, or lands containing technology must be of medieval era technology or earlier.  Until further notice.

Mostly I am concerned about the introduction of advanced tech drastically altering the course of the game.  dgr might find the game more fun if it suddenly involved colossal mechs battling it out, but I don't think everyone else will find that particularly fun.  Unless everyone here tells me that they'd rather play the kind of game dgr wants to play...

[dgr11897]

OK, does magitek count? I will presume so until further notice (I will not do magitek mechs or whatever, just straight magic.), and mostly, I just want to make interesting things, seeing people with spears take down massive mechs counts as interesting for me. I will also restrain myself a bit, so as to not frustrate the GM and everyone else. I will keep to colossal creatures and moving castles for now. I will also just honor the spirit of the rule and not make biological or magical mechs, unless people specify they have no objections, or i scatter them randomly.

[Zazmio]

Magic, in this game, is considered to be earlier than medieval era tech.  Just remember that the more powerful it is, the more FP it costs.

[Nirur Torir]

I think the only way mechs would work would be if they were a constant FP drain to keep working. Even if they're magitech, the mortals are nowhere near being able to maintain or repair them.

[dgr11897]

I think the only way mechs would work would be if they were a constant FP drain to keep working. Even if they're magitech, the mortals are nowhere near being able to maintain or repair them.

I could just let them steadily be abandoned as they break down or run out of power, be kind of interesting to have mechs scattered across the land, especially when archaeology becomes a thing.

[Zazmio]

I think the only way mechs would work would be if they were a constant FP drain to keep working. Even if they're magitech, the mortals are nowhere near being able to maintain or repair them.

Yeah, magitech is basically equivalent to very high tech.  High tech equipment requires a high tech civilization to maintain it.

I'm thinking that we should not allow high tech at all, because then we might see a high tech arms race among the gods, and suddenly all these stone age tribes go from wielding spears to wearing power armor with ion cannons.  I'm pretty sure most of us don't want to see the game go in this direction.

[dgr11897]

I think the only way mechs would work would be if they were a constant FP drain to keep working. Even if they're magitech, the mortals are nowhere near being able to maintain or repair them.

Yeah, magitech is basically equivalent to very high tech.  High tech equipment requires a high tech civilization to maintain it.

I'm thinking that we should not allow high tech at all, because then we might see a high tech arms race among the gods, and suddenly all these stone age tribes go from wielding spears to wearing power armor with ion cannons.  I'm pretty sure most of us don't want to see the game go in this direction.

I mostly agree, simply because well, that would go from OK that is kinda cool, to OH GOD EVERYTHING IS ON FIRE, or well, now most of the world is one huge wasteland, and it wouldn't be fair on new players. The one reason i can think of for a civilization to have access to higher tech, is if it is part of their trait, I.E. if they say clockwork, or robotic, for their traits. Which i would love to see, same with, ingenius, scientific, dragons, nomads, Eldritch, runes, and beasts. All of those are traits that i would love to see in game.

[helmacon]

The People
3 workers forage at H5
3 workers forage at I4
1 worker forages at H4
3 food is used to create a worker

If you could throw a prayer my way every once in a while, I can keep making things for you.

If you want...

[The_Two_Eternities]

The People
3 workers forage at H5
3 workers forage at I4
1 worker forages at H4
3 food is used to create a worker

If you could throw a prayer my way every once in a while, I can keep making things for you.

If you want...

You have a point. It would be nice to have a tile directly above or directly to the right of my home tile, if you're taking requests.