Steampunk for a a low magic world [Archive] - Wizards Community

Steampunk for a a low magic world [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Tokus
09-22-07, 02:30 AM WEll I figure if I am going to create a very low magic world, the inhabitants with have to do something with their smarts so I was looking into some steampunk ideas like clockwork and steam engine technology and maybe even pyrotechnics, you can do quite a bit with this stuff. Maybe even an engineering class that can specialize in one of the 3 fields?
yellowdingo
09-23-07, 07:53 PM THE TRACTOR OF DEATH

"What is that?" Bevin the Watch pointed from the Village watchtower at the iron thing coming out of the woods. It billowed a foul black smoke as it pushed aside the treeline and turned the sod with a great iron shield at the front.
"I know not but it is bound for our village." Shaan sounded the alarm bell.

The Villagers were on the wooden pallisade wall with their spears when the great tractor impacted with the timbers and pushed them aside.
The wall exploded and villagers were thrown as their own spears collided with the iron.

"Soldiers in the treeline." Bevin screamed pointing at the large number of troops now pushing across the field along a ploughed and compacted road. The watchtower fell.

DM BRIEFING: A small group of evil priests create a new machine (THE TRACTOR OF DEATH) which runs by burning a black oil manufactured from the corpses of the dead.
The Tractor of Death can get 8 mile to the Hecatomb (100 sacrificed dead).
Tokus
09-23-07, 10:09 PM that is a really good idea but a terrible mileage for 10,000 sacrifices, haha.
yellowdingo
09-24-07, 05:51 AM that is a really good idea but a terrible mileage for 10,000 sacrifices, haha.

What can I say...um? If it gets you from A to B and the fuel is readily available, who cares about the mileage.

Worse still...I got the Hecatomb number wrong.

A Hecatomb is 100 Sacrificed Beings...and the mileage is fantastic...allows you to go from village to village now.
Jürgen Hubert
09-26-07, 05:04 AM The old GURPS Steam-Tech (http://e23.sjgames.com/item.html?id=SJG30-6422) is an excellent resource (and GURPS Steampunk as well, if you can find it). It's not for d20, but it should be easy to convert.

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Tokus 09-22-07, 02:30 AM	WEll I figure if I am going to create a very low magic world, the inhabitants with have to do something with their smarts so I was looking into some steampunk ideas like clockwork and steam engine technology and maybe even pyrotechnics, you can do quite a bit with this stuff. Maybe even an engineering class that can specialize in one of the 3 fields?
yellowdingo 09-23-07, 07:53 PM	THE TRACTOR OF DEATH "What is that?" Bevin the Watch pointed from the Village watchtower at the iron thing coming out of the woods. It billowed a foul black smoke as it pushed aside the treeline and turned the sod with a great iron shield at the front. "I know not but it is bound for our village." Shaan sounded the alarm bell. The Villagers were on the wooden pallisade wall with their spears when the great tractor impacted with the timbers and pushed them aside. The wall exploded and villagers were thrown as their own spears collided with the iron. "Soldiers in the treeline." Bevin screamed pointing at the large number of troops now pushing across the field along a ploughed and compacted road. The watchtower fell. DM BRIEFING: A small group of evil priests create a new machine (THE TRACTOR OF DEATH) which runs by burning a black oil manufactured from the corpses of the dead. The Tractor of Death can get 8 mile to the Hecatomb (100 sacrificed dead).
Tokus 09-23-07, 10:09 PM	that is a really good idea but a terrible mileage for 10,000 sacrifices, haha.
yellowdingo 09-24-07, 05:51 AM	that is a really good idea but a terrible mileage for 10,000 sacrifices, haha. What can I say...um? If it gets you from A to B and the fuel is readily available, who cares about the mileage. Worse still...I got the Hecatomb number wrong. A Hecatomb is 100 Sacrificed Beings...and the mileage is fantastic...allows you to go from village to village now.
Jürgen Hubert 09-26-07, 05:04 AM	The old GURPS Steam-Tech (http://e23.sjgames.com/item.html?id=SJG30-6422) is an excellent resource (and GURPS Steampunk as well, if you can find it). It's not for d20, but it should be easy to convert.