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DFRPG / Re: Dresden Sci-Fi
« on: March 24, 2014, 03:06:14 AM »
True, but even non-wizards (like faeries) can still screw up mortal tech easily.
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DFRPG / Re: Dresden Sci-Fi
« on: March 22, 2014, 09:48:30 PM »
I was also thinking about add A.I. into the setting. After all, in the Dresdenverse, almost all magic can screw up mortal technology. That means A.I.'s, and people who very necessary cybernetic or artificial mechanical organs, are going to be very wary of those magic user. After all, if you're an entity whose very life depends upon mortal technology, than you're going to be very suspicious of those "wizards" and "faeries", no matter how well-intentioned they may be. It'll add more drama.
So, any thoughts?
So, any thoughts?
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DFRPG / Re: Dresden Sci-Fi
« on: March 22, 2014, 09:42:19 PM »
There's also going to be a bit of EVE Online and Deus Ex Human Revolution .
I guess the question gets down to what is the nature of the Nevernever? Does the Nevernever emerge from Human imagination (similar to the biological idea of emergence, or the economy of a nation)? Or does the physical world emerge from the Nevernever (similar to Neo-platonism)? Is it both?
Any physical extra-terrestrial intelligence (when I say physical extra-terrestrial intelligence, I am not referring to non-physical entities or higher dimensional beings such as angels, demons, or other entities from the Nevernever who did not originate on earth) is going to have a vastly. If the Nevernever is an emergent phenomenon, than the areas surrounding those ET sites is going to be filled with demesnes with vastly different regions that are non-hospitable to human life.
Also, what about the Fay? The Summer and Winter Courts are currently intimately tied to the climate of planet Earth. If humans have become spaceborne and inhabit another planet (or planets), than how will the Faeries adapt?
One cannot deny that the Nevernever does in many ways resemble aspects of the human imagination. I guess it's a "chicken and the egg" thing.
I guess the question gets down to what is the nature of the Nevernever? Does the Nevernever emerge from Human imagination (similar to the biological idea of emergence, or the economy of a nation)? Or does the physical world emerge from the Nevernever (similar to Neo-platonism)? Is it both?
Any physical extra-terrestrial intelligence (when I say physical extra-terrestrial intelligence, I am not referring to non-physical entities or higher dimensional beings such as angels, demons, or other entities from the Nevernever who did not originate on earth) is going to have a vastly. If the Nevernever is an emergent phenomenon, than the areas surrounding those ET sites is going to be filled with demesnes with vastly different regions that are non-hospitable to human life.
Also, what about the Fay? The Summer and Winter Courts are currently intimately tied to the climate of planet Earth. If humans have become spaceborne and inhabit another planet (or planets), than how will the Faeries adapt?
One cannot deny that the Nevernever does in many ways resemble aspects of the human imagination. I guess it's a "chicken and the egg" thing.
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DFRPG / Dresden Sci-Fi
« on: March 22, 2014, 03:03:04 PM »
I had this crazy idea for the Dresden Files.
Anyway, I was thinking Dresden Files meets Firefly meets Cyberpunk meets A Canticle of Leibowitz meets Babylon 5 meets Alien.
There was this apocalypse. Some parts of humanity escaped and settled on a solar system. This solar system has a network of transversable wormholes leading two lots of other star systems, many with planets filled with alien "Precursor" ruins.
The various magical factions have managed to keep themselves hidden (only just barely). They each had their own starship tailored to their custom needs, which they kept isolated from the rest of the fleet. However, enough mortals know about the magical that there is a slight cold war going on. Both sides have to be careful. Plus, some humans are started to use "Precursor" technology, and they've started to get real weird . So there's an interesting three-way cold war going on.
My question is: How would this translate in the Nevernever. The WG and the angels and the fallen angels wouldn't have a problem, because they are tied to concepts of morality ethics. However, what about entities that are tied to the natural world like the Fay? I know that the Nevernever is the world of concepts and ideas where belief and conviction have the same force as the laws of physics. Any ideas?
Anyway, I was thinking Dresden Files meets Firefly meets Cyberpunk meets A Canticle of Leibowitz meets Babylon 5 meets Alien.
There was this apocalypse. Some parts of humanity escaped and settled on a solar system. This solar system has a network of transversable wormholes leading two lots of other star systems, many with planets filled with alien "Precursor" ruins.
The various magical factions have managed to keep themselves hidden (only just barely). They each had their own starship tailored to their custom needs, which they kept isolated from the rest of the fleet. However, enough mortals know about the magical that there is a slight cold war going on. Both sides have to be careful. Plus, some humans are started to use "Precursor" technology, and they've started to get real weird . So there's an interesting three-way cold war going on.
My question is: How would this translate in the Nevernever. The WG and the angels and the fallen angels wouldn't have a problem, because they are tied to concepts of morality ethics. However, what about entities that are tied to the natural world like the Fay? I know that the Nevernever is the world of concepts and ideas where belief and conviction have the same force as the laws of physics. Any ideas?
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