Orrorsh should drop a Maelstrom Bridge into New Mexico - Old West / Horror

[Blightcrawler]

Just a thought, but I think it would be really cool if Orrorsh dropped a Maelstrom bridge into New Mexico and created an Old West / Horror cosm. The tech axioms between Victorian and Old West are essentially the same - its just that culturally it would manifest differently in the Southwest United States.

There's lots of rail and desert in India. Lots of grasslands with roaming buffalo (true buffalo, not bison), cattles, and horses too. Depending on where you are, you get bonus cheetah or crocodiles!

I don't see any compelling reason that "culturally" makes NM (or any region in America) different other than the old town names and John Ford landscapes. As GM, I have more fun in pushing my players' imaginations than recreating 20th century romanticism.

Plus, there's a lot more culturally centered villages, unlike the sporadic modern towns or water-hungry cities of the US. People who live on the land and have made it their home in need of heroes to protect their homes from monsters.

To each their own of course, but you can bring back some Wild West tropes in over the top ways with the already nearby (or consumed, in the case of Gold Rush older-west California) Living Lands through the Law of Wonders as well as showcase them in a new and exciting (and horrific) way by looking closer at the vast variety of India that Orrorsh already covers.

[Atama]

Just a thought, but I think it would be really cool if Orrorsh dropped a Maelstrom bridge into New Mexico and created an Old West / Horror cosm. The tech axioms between Victorian and Old West are essentially the same - its just that culturally it would manifest differently in the Southwest United States.

There's lots of rail and desert in India. Lots of grasslands with roaming buffalo (true buffalo, not bison), cattles, and horses too. Depending on where you are, you get bonus cheetah or crocodiles!

I don't see any compelling reason that "culturally" makes NM (or any region in America) different other than the old town names and John Ford landscapes. As GM, I have more fun in pushing my players' imaginations than recreating 20th century romanticism.

Plus, there's a lot more culturally centered villages, unlike the sporadic modern towns or water-hungry cities of the US. People who live on the land and have made it their home in need of heroes to protect their homes from monsters.

To each their own of course, but you can bring back some Wild West tropes in over the top ways with the already nearby (or consumed, in the case of Gold Rush older-west California) Living Lands through the Law of Wonders as well as showcase them in a new and exciting (and horrific) way by looking closer at the vast variety of India that Orrorsh already covers.

Next you’re telling me a classic Western could take place in Italy.

[GeniusCodeMonkey]

Just a thought, but I think it would be really cool if Orrorsh dropped a Maelstrom bridge into New Mexico and created an Old West / Horror cosm. The tech axioms between Victorian and Old West are essentially the same - its just that culturally it would manifest differently in the Southwest United States.

There's lots of rail and desert in India. Lots of grasslands with roaming buffalo (true buffalo, not bison), cattles, and horses too. Depending on where you are, you get bonus cheetah or crocodiles!

I don't see any compelling reason that "culturally" makes NM (or any region in America) different other than the old town names and John Ford landscapes. As GM, I have more fun in pushing my players' imaginations than recreating 20th century romanticism.

Plus, there's a lot more culturally centered villages, unlike the sporadic modern towns or water-hungry cities of the US. People who live on the land and have made it their home in need of heroes to protect their homes from monsters.

To each their own of course, but you can bring back some Wild West tropes in over the top ways with the already nearby (or consumed, in the case of Gold Rush older-west California) Living Lands through the Law of Wonders as well as showcase them in a new and exciting (and horrific) way by looking closer at the vast variety of India that Orrorsh already covers.

TBH India has such a rich history and culture (more than just the English colonial era), but its just not widely known in the US.

[QuarrelBlue]

I'm not sure if "Old West" lifestyle can come from horror-besieged Gaean America, but then there may be "Wild West That Never Were", different from both Core Earth history and Gaean colony...

The one thing that's frustrating about the Living Land taking out the US is that it's so incredibly monotonous... It doesn't interact with any local stuff so much as obliterate and grow over it. (It's really a one theme reality.)

Myabe the matter is "What kind of jungle?"
I'm not familiar with American terrains amd climates, but, for example, will Cascade Range of Yakima Zone and Congaree Swamp of South Carolina Zone become the same "monotonous" jungle?

[mistervimes]

Maybe the matter is "What kind of jungle?"
I'm not familiar with American terrains and climates, but, for example, will Cascade Range of Yakima Zone and Congaree Swamp of South Carolina Zone become the same "monotonous" jungle?

Your point is very well made. If you want a terrain or climate, we basically have it. We have tundra, mountains, swamps, deserts, tropics, grasslands, and hill country. Transform those into the living land and you have a lot of opportunity for variation: Rain Forest, Montane/Cloud Forest, Taiga/Boreal Forest, Tropical wetland forests, cactus forests, and biodiversity that would put Costa Rica to shame. It doesn't have to be boring. Let the real world be your guide. You can make a forest with five different ecological layers from jungle floor up to the tree canopy where the creatures in the canopy never see the jungle floor (like Costa Rica). You can make species of the ever-changing fauna that are unique in each area. You can make regional variations on the dinosaurs and Edienos. The Living Land can be an absolute playground for set dressing and world building. Throw in the occasional wonder and your players may never leave.

[GeniusCodeMonkey]

Maybe the matter is "What kind of jungle?"
I'm not familiar with American terrains and climates, but, for example, will Cascade Range of Yakima Zone and Congaree Swamp of South Carolina Zone become the same "monotonous" jungle?

Your point is very well made. If you want a terrain or climate, we basically have it. We have tundra, mountains, swamps, deserts, tropics, grasslands, and hill country. Transform those into the living land and you have a lot of opportunity for variation: Rain Forest, Montane/Cloud Forest, Taiga/Boreal Forest, Tropical wetland forests, cactus forests, and biodiversity that would put Costa Rica to shame. It doesn't have to be boring. Let the real world be your guide. You can make a forest with five different ecological layers from jungle floor up to the tree canopy where the creatures in the canopy never see the jungle floor (like Costa Rica). You can make species of the ever-changing fauna that are unique in each area. You can make regional variations on the dinosaurs and Edienos. The Living Land can be an absolute playground for set dressing and world building. Throw in the occasional wonder and your players may never leave.

I've been playing a lot of Star Craft II recently; and LL has started to remind me of the Zerg, in that the idea of nature constantly evolving (The Law of Life) breeding harder, fitter predators to protect Lanana.

[GeniusCodeMonkey]

Maybe the matter is "What kind of jungle?"
I'm not familiar with American terrains and climates, but, for example, will Cascade Range of Yakima Zone and Congaree Swamp of South Carolina Zone become the same "monotonous" jungle?

Your point is very well made. If you want a terrain or climate, we basically have it. We have tundra, mountains, swamps, deserts, tropics, grasslands, and hill country. Transform those into the living land and you have a lot of opportunity for variation: Rain Forest, Montane/Cloud Forest, Taiga/Boreal Forest, Tropical wetland forests, cactus forests, and biodiversity that would put Costa Rica to shame. It doesn't have to be boring. Let the real world be your guide. You can make a forest with five different ecological layers from jungle floor up to the tree canopy where the creatures in the canopy never see the jungle floor (like Costa Rica). You can make species of the ever-changing fauna that are unique in each area. You can make regional variations on the dinosaurs and Edienos. The Living Land can be an absolute playground for set dressing and world building. Throw in the occasional wonder and your players may never leave.

I've been playing a lot of Star Craft II recently; and LL has started to remind me of the Zerg, in that the idea of an invasive jungle with nature constantly evolving (The Law of Life) breeding harder, fitter predators to protect Lanana.

[Atama]

Lanala = Kerrigan, Queen of Blades?!

[GeniusCodeMonkey]

Lanala = Kerrigan, Queen of Blades?!

Maybe. It puts a new take on LL. Alot darker.