[UA] [OT] Steampunk

[Royal Minister of Stuff]

--- Greg Stolze <holycrow at mindspring.com> wrote:
> >
> >I suspect that God-awful shows like "The New
> >Adventures of Jules Verne" have contributed to a
> fear
> >of steampunk.  I know Greg Stolze hates it, or, at
> >least, a particular interpretation of it.
> 
> I see steampunk as a strong flavor that doesn't play
> well with others.
> Like licorice (which I also don't much like).  If
> you're going to do
> steampunk/weird science, fine, do that -- but don't
> try to add it to your
> occult intrigue game, or your wild west horror game.
>  I tried to keep
> "gadgeteer" rules out of GODLIKE, because I've
> always seen them as "My
> super power is that I can build machines that
> duplicate anyone else's super
> power!"  Dennis was adamant, so I think we wound up
> with something
> resembling game balance.
> 
> -G.
> 
> Who wishes that the mechanomancy rules had been a
> bit more specific about
> limitations.

That's a pity, because the first "real" UA character I
made was a mechanomancer inspired by the magicians in
Tim Power's Anubis Gates.  I made little homonculi
from Paut, which I felt was rather steampunk/mad
science-ish. 

Then again, I don't work and play well with others. 
If only I was a genius to boot, I could have some real fun.

=====
-- Rp Bowman, Royal Minister of Stuff
The Electronic Nation of Yokeltania:
http://www.geocities.com/yokeltania/

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