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Originally Posted by Sven Norén
Do we need tides at all? It's not like they are of much use, except perhaps for restricting when larger ships can enter or leave harbour.
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Not at all. However...
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Originally Posted by frogspawner
OTOH, maybe there should be details like that from the RW, but they have different, weird causes.
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Weird tides would be more interesting. For example if two beings/gods/races are battling under the sea, you could get exceptionally low or high tides, or a low tide that lasts a month, etc.
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Originally Posted by frogspawner
Which is it easier for GMs to have - normal tides/seasons/etc (to have to keep track of) or weird/none? (remembering a lack of normal ones might be even harder!). Now I'm thinking maybe they should be intermittent (at the whim of the gods?). No worries about tracking them, no limits on using them as plot devices!
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Weird could be cool. I like the mythological backgrounds. Going back to the sun/moon bit (which I'm not married to but makes a good example for this case) There could be an extreme Sun Cult dedicated to changing the sun/moon object to always be the sun (which would pretty much cook the world and destroy all life) and a Moon Cult dedicated to making it a moon forever (pretty much freezing the world and destroying all life).
So the party could actually go on quests to do things like restore the tides, or end a long winter, etc.
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Originally Posted by frogspawner
PS: If there are no tides, what would clear the sandcastles away?  |
I vote for big trolls with clubs that scour the worlds beaches looking to smash any sand castles that they find.
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Originally Posted by Trifletraxor
I think the setting should be "firmly" fantasy, having a sci-fi explanation for that it's built on would be fine. It could be hinted at for the GM, but never fully revealed.
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I agree 100%.
Hinting at a possible sci-fi origen is cool, actually detailing it upfront really kills the fantasy image of the game.