[freeroleplay] Re: equipment lists
- From: Ricardo Gladwell <president@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: freeroleplay@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2005 14:08:40 +0100
Edward Terry wrote:
> I agree that tech level is a bit simplistic, but I'm not sure if there's
> a practical way to provide more realism without getting too complicated
> (especially when you're dealing with a large number of worlds). Genre
> seems like basically the same thing as tech level. Most fantasy games
> are at the same tech level (England or France c. 1300-1400); most sci-fi
> games are a few hundred years ahead of the present day; and so forth.
> You could perhaps introduce variations on tech level, perhaps appending
> letters to the numbers at times to indicate the way technology has
> progressed. I haven't tried something like that; I'm not sure how
> complicated it would be.
Hi Edward
I think the simplest method would be to list a "technology" type rather
than a "level". In other words, list equipment as "Medieval" or
"Renaissance" technology rather than, for example, 1 or 2.
In the case of science fiction, tech levels become completely redundant:
IMHO the whole point of the science fiction genre is that there are more
than one developmental paths for technology. Saying tech level 6 is FTL
and 7 is teleportation, for example, excludes the possibility that in
your sci-fi future teleportation is developed before FTL, for example.
Actually, for FRINGE: SciFi I am planning to create a system comparing
different levels of technology using a Domain like system similar to the
magic system of Mage or some FUDGE magic systems. Each "type" of
technology is ranked from 1-5 which denotes the degree of cultural
knowledge in said technology.
So, a society might have Nanotechnology 5 and Hyperspace 2 to represent
that they are masters of nanotech, but have only just got FTL.
Additional "domains" will be created for how technology is implemented,
such as Scale - which allows you to build technology on a large scale -
Interface - which determines how well humans can control and interface
with the technology - and Synthesis - which demonstrates how well your
technology can integrate with others.
Kind regards...
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Ricardo Gladwell
President, Free Roleplaying Community
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