tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831219200072513986.post2773573503929871662..comments2024-03-24T23:53:40.568-04:00Comments on In Places Deep: Uz Test Session 1Mirandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03768774662263638305noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831219200072513986.post-43402928900811909102012-06-15T05:23:24.933-04:002012-06-15T05:23:24.933-04:00the big thing all such "no bronze age" s...the big thing all such "no bronze age" spoilsports fail to notice: landfills.<br /><br />True, chances for an honest-to-mining bronze age replay are bad. OTOH, you'll be able to dig sharp ceramic knives, hard plastics and breast implant right out of the ground.richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517340075234811323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831219200072513986.post-88388820177323620492011-03-24T19:05:14.833-04:002011-03-24T19:05:14.833-04:00The best thing to do when stuff like that comes up...The best thing to do when stuff like that comes up is to use it. Wait till the characters know what's gone on. Then, provide clues, that let the characters realize the issue with the bronze (and the same should apply to oil). Create a sci-fantasy justification, let them find that, and ensure it constitutes an adventure. In the end you get to flesh out your world and entertain your players for another week.<br /><br />Example: Pre-Apoc automated mining facility has been spewing raw metals out of its giant pit, but now threatens to dig so deep it would cause problems (geological, release Cthulhu, etc).T1000https://www.blogger.com/profile/07156934381373511727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831219200072513986.post-36009508401548429982011-03-18T17:40:39.152-04:002011-03-18T17:40:39.152-04:00I think I remember reading a similar article. I d...I think I remember reading a similar article. I don't really care, and as I think you wryly note I shouldn't.Mirandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10745062840676790649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831219200072513986.post-88121186565890245282011-03-18T16:42:10.620-04:002011-03-18T16:42:10.620-04:00I read an article a couple years ago about how man...I read an article a couple years ago about how mankind could never pull themselves back up to the Bronze Age like that because all the surface/near-surface metals had been mined already. So no chance of replicating the Bronze Age.<br /><br />So you'll have to play something more realistic. With Elves, Dwarves, Dragons and such...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com