[Torg] Inspiration in the Possibility Wars (Core Earth World Laws 10 of 11)

[winstoninabox]

> >> Last, this World Law aids Storm Knights in appropriating and using the High Lords’ tools against them. Their innate understanding of other realities allows Storm Knights to select one skill normally not native to their reality, and learn and use it as if it were native. The use of this skill isn’t a contradiction for the Storm Knight anywhere in Core Earth or in the reality it is native to.  In other cosms, it is considered a 1-case contradiction (as the character supports it, but the land doesn’t).
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> > I like the idea but coming at it from a player's perspective I can see a complaint - so the CE magic user gets to play with Ayslish conjuration magic without contradiction and the CE fringe scientist gets to play with Weird Science without contradiction but the CE gun bunny gets nothing because Fire Combat is a CE skill so all those shiny NT and CP firearms remain contradictions for him.
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> > Similarly, I can see the CE magic user bitching that all the weird science the CE fringe scientist does isn't a contradiction because there's only one Weird Science skill but he still has to face contradictions with 75% of his magical abilities (ie, his other three magic skills aren't receiving the same benefit.)
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> I see what you're saying. What I want to implement is the notion that p-rateds from Earth can learn one foreign SFX system and use it without contradiction. Decking, Weird Science, Ayslish Magic, Aylish Honor/Corruption, Nile Mathematics, Nile Engineering, Keta Kalles, Akashan Psionics, Tech 26 guns, whatever. Not every system, but the bulk of ones available.
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> I'm not exactly sure as the best way to do this. I could make a list of of SFX systems and associated skills (included in an appendix) and say "pick one", but that seems like a brute force solution. Sometimes, though, brute force is the correct solution.
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> I'll give it more thought. You're right, it should be addressed, I'm just not sure how.

First, apologizes if I've misremembered this.
Jasyn, I think recently someone suggested another way to give CEs more affinity with other cosms was to give a reconnection bonus. But I think you dismissed it. Maybe the reason was 'not enough color'?

But I think the solution has merit, especially as a rule that can be picked up and played immediately. Also as far as rules go, the bonus to reconnection is a small change which has consequences that are easy to determine. A completely new rule involving cross-cosm skill learning may introduce far-reaching problems (or god forbid new metaphysical arguments ;)) that at this point in time are difficult to determine.

And it's also a little preemptive to dismiss a reconnection bonus as colorless (if that is indeed was the reason). It's hard to know in what direction players will take a rule. I've had players living in fear of 4-case disconnection because of a high reconnection number. So it makes me think that CEs with a bonus to reconnection, may blithely pick up and use whatever is at hand, secure in the knowledge that should they disconnect, they can reconnect much easier. That can easily translate into roleplaying, as the CE wonders why the Aylish fighter doesn't want to use the plasma rifle in the LL.

"What do you mean if you disconnect you'll never be able to reconnnect? I've never had that problem."

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