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Nothing Wasted 4: Window Dressing

Oct 03, 2012 ~ Written by Dave Silva
Nothing Wasted explores ideas to help utilize different aspects of gaming to their fullest or promote new ways to use existing tools. There is a tendency to treat the story around the PCs as the center of the universe, and like most people, what happens in their daily lives is the most important thing to them. However, there are always more [...]
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Land Of Confusion 3: The PPB Channels

Sep 26, 2012 ~ Written by Dave Silva
Land of Confusion explores what it’s like to live on Earth 2202. Media is cheap. It was even before the Great War. Anyone off the streets with a recorder and a PINT (Personal Interface and Networking Terminal) can turn themselves into a reporter. This fact was critically useful during the Purge as traditional media outlets were targeted [...]
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Technology: Cloning and Genetic Engin...

Sep 22, 2012 ~ Written by GhostWolf
“Tired of sagging, wrinkled skin, repetitive medical visits, and unpredictable bodily functions? It’s time to trade in that old sack of skin for a new one. Choose from any number of our stock Kevin™ or Kate™ models, or have a new body Flash Cloned from your own cells. It’s like being 25 again but knowing what you know now! P [...]
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Chatham House 3: Flynn

Sep 19, 2012 ~ Written by Dave Silva
The Chatham House articles discuss people that may be inserted into campaigns as ready made NPCs to add flavor or detail to your world. The character’s discussed in the Chatham House often have ties to various organizations, Baronies, Corporations, Governments, but operate outside the normal protocols. While Gabrielle Flynn had dreams o [...]
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Under The Hood 2: The Network

Sep 15, 2012 ~ Written by Dave Silva
Before we talk about the Player Network lets look at the idea of contacts for a moment. The idea of trusted allies and contacts is nothing new to role playing or fiction in general. In fiction, contacts don’t sit around just waiting to be called. They have their own lives and stories. These peripheral characters often play much larger [...]
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Tainted Souls 3: The Grave

Sep 12, 2012 ~ Written by Dave Silva
Tainted Souls explores the unspoken costs of Lucidity. The physical or mental changes brought on by becoming Lucid and how that may impact their lives and the people around them. Dead but not gone, well maybe. The question that most epitomizes the Grave Lucid is this, are they dead, alive, or something in between? Grave Elucidations vary grea [...]
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Setting: Headcases and Zeroes

Sep 08, 2012 ~ Written by GhostWolf
The human body is not fully equipped to deal with having pieces of it excised and replaced with cybernetics.  There is always a period of adjustment while the mind comes to grips with the neural interface pathways required to use the new implant.  This often causes a feeling of dysphasia, where the user’s mind does not recognize the implant a [...]
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Nothing Wasted 3: Skills, Background...

Sep 05, 2012 ~ Written by Dave Silva
Nothing Wasted explores ideas to help utilize different aspects of gaming to their fullest or promote new ways to use existing tools. Before we start this weeks Nothing Wasted I should say that when I say perception that we’re not talking about the Perception Skill but how our Characters perceive the world around them. More on that lat [...]
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Technology: Angels, Augmented Reality...

Aug 25, 2012 ~ Written by GhostWolf
All but the poorest of people have headware modifications that house a semi-autonomous program called an Angel. This headware is installed via a nanite injection shortly after birth and the Angel grows with its user, learning what interests them and helping them through their daily lives. The Angel implants also come with a standard wireless [...]
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Land Of Confusion 2: Happy Yá Chĭ

Aug 22, 2012 ~ Written by Dave Silva
Land of Confusion explores what it’s like to live on Earth 2202. Internationally recognized by the smiling tooth Charlie Happy, Happy Yá Chĭ is a Chinese and Southern fast food restaurant. Serving up American/Chinese fusion dishes such as hot and spicy fried hamburger rolls with sour cream, and Buckwheat noodle fried chicken strips. Hap [...]
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