Re: floating_city

["John Hogg" <johnhogg@laf.cioe.com>]

----- Original Message -----
From: Jevan Furmanski <furmansj@ecn.purdue.edu>
To: Wright Frazier <khelek@ns1.cioe.com>
Cc: John Hogg <johnhogg@laf.cioe.com>; <gmlist@ns1.cioe.com>
Sent: Monday, March 08, 1999 12:40 PM
Subject: Re: floating_city


>I agree with Wright.  If this magical thing allows easy transport of
>earthen materials without slow barges and the like, then Roughtero is a
>target for some kind of muscle or outright invasion.  Having one of these
>things just appear in a setting for no reason should have consequences.  I
>guarantee if one of these things appeared in another setting it would be
>extinguished or abused in an instant.  And it wouldn't just automatically
>squash other peoples in game accomplishments.
>
>Jevan

Repercussions?!?  Repercussions?!?  We are the Purdue Fantasy Club, we don't
need any STEENKING REPERCUSSIONS!!!

Why any moreso than before the nexus?  There aren't any MORE portals in a
100 met area, they're just centralized.  Any big baddies wanting to come
through from the other end end up in about the same location as pre nexus,
save that they can't sneak up now ... there's only one door to watch :)

As far as taking Lojem Isle to control the nexus, again, you would have to
take/control the whole island to control all the portals on the island (much
as before)

Finally, yes, military occupation to take over the nexus would be a neat
plotline ... and if a GM decided to pull it out of his ass on the fly
Saturday night he should be cudgeled.  Get a platoon of GM's going and work
it like a plotline, not like a bunch of scattered 1 shots.  Do it right, or
don't do it.

John