Hi all, Interesting topic. I've played in a game that featured some heavy bits of biotech. A old GM of my acquaintance had an excellent story of a aggressively biotech world but I'm guessing I would be breaking his copyright if I posted it (Which I'm not about to as he is a Lawyer and I am unable to contact him) The gist was that vegetable life was the dominant life force and animal species were a poor second. Wether the world was the product of magic or technology or a freak of nature we never knew but it was an ethically scary and interesting concept to have for a world. A space ship crashed while fleeing an enemy and the barely surviving occupant, with the help of the regenerative technology/magic of his ship combined with the unusual genetic influences of the world, changed the starfarer into something completely different - alien. He was now a hybrid, his skills and powers had changed, as had his allegiances. I have used components of this in my Sylfer world in the form of the Vegies, whom the players have as yet little contact with, and there is also a heavy use of genetic engineering in the distant past of the Sylfer world, though I will not elaborate more at this time as it would probably give away too much of the long range plot of the campaign. The old adage about magic and technology being indistinguishable at their most advanced development levels could well be used for biotechnology and it may be easier to present it as such to players, I do. my 2c Please excuse my vagaries as I am home sick from work... Steve Hancock At 01:00 PM 30/10/2001 -0600, cybersavant@dlcwest.com wrote: >Sorry for the crosspost. Please send replies via email to: > >cybersavant@dlcwest.com > >unless this is on topic for the particular list, thanks > >On to the question: >has anyone used biotech [in any form] in a fantasy game/setting, and if >so, how? In my world i am working on a secret society [illuminati like] >that uses biotech and lives in harmony with the natural world. I am >trying to work out the logistics of this, and any help would be greatly >appreciated. thanks > > > CyberSavant >www.geocities.com/thorazbrynaziir a.k.a. Thoraz Brynaziir a.k.a. Thodan >cybersavantsmatrix.homestead.com/BetaComplex.html a.k.a. Comp-U-TOR >cybersavant.tripod.com/cybersavantsmatrix/ AIM: cybrsvnt >cybersavant.tripod.com/superspbem/ ICQ: > >"Cooking is great. It's a socially acceptable excuse for playing with >knives and fire." >---------------------------------------------------------------- >GAMERS Home Page: http://www.phoenyx.net/gamers/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- GAMERS Home Page: http://www.phoenyx.net/gamers/
