"Most citizens are too complacent to question how it is that their lifestyle is maintained." This is one of the most cutting bits of satire Siembieda ever wrote. It's a shame that they leaned more into the Coalition viewpoint as "not unreasonable" as time went on. Yeah, they're worse than the Nazis, but can you blame them? Yes, yes I can.
I'm glad that the Savage Worlds version seems to be running with the idea that somebody in that world would eventually wake up and say "okay, for real though: these guys aren't the solution, they're the problem" and actually start working on overthrowing them.
Random idea for high-lethality D&D campaigns: Character death unlocks new classes and races. Maybe useful in “special snowflake” campaigns where no one reads your carefully crafted setting material. Instead you roll it out piecemeal as PCs bite the dust. “I really want to play a saurian warlock…sure, I’ll take a drink of that mystery potion.” Someone probably thought of this before.
Hey, I'm using Jeff and Brendan's 20 questions to help me get a feel for my upcoming Perdition campaign. Never done it before. Highly recommended. http://jrients.blogspot.com/2011/04/twenty-quick-questions-for-your.html http://www.necropraxis.com/2012/02/24/20-quick-questions-rules/
"Most citizens are too complacent to question how it is that their lifestyle is maintained." This is one of the most cutting bits of satire Siembieda ever wrote. It's a shame that they leaned more into the Coalition viewpoint as "not unreasonable" as time went on. Yeah, they're worse than the Nazis, but can you blame them? Yes, yes I can.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that the Savage Worlds version seems to be running with the idea that somebody in that world would eventually wake up and say "okay, for real though: these guys aren't the solution, they're the problem" and actually start working on overthrowing them.
Is the Tomorrow Legion a new thing, or established in some book I haven't read, like those Coalition War books?
ReplyDeleteCasey G. It's a new thing created by Fannon in response to what went down in those Coalition War books (which I've only read a summary of).
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