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Post by whyemmdee on Jul 27, 2015 10:54:22 GMT -5
Lore thread?
Ask your general lore questions here, and I'll try to respond. No joke questions, please.
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Post by sareth675 on Jul 27, 2015 10:59:44 GMT -5
What is Calidors main source of power?
I see lamps and such are implemented or to be implemented. But, I mean, Steampunk, I'm expecting big industrial factories with steam power. Or does Calidor use some sort of strange material that generates electrical energy?
Just a curio question really.
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Post by electrohydra on Jul 27, 2015 13:32:24 GMT -5
Do multiple languages exist, or does the world have only one universal language? How about dead languages, and would anyone today know them?
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Post by whyemmdee on Jul 27, 2015 13:49:11 GMT -5
What is Calidors main source of power? I see lamps and such are implemented or to be implemented. But, I mean, Steampunk, I'm expecting big industrial factories with steam power. Or does Calidor use some sort of strange material that generates electrical energy? Just a curio question really. Factories generate the power, yes. It's distributed by a crude power network. As for multiple languages: no, there's one universal language with variation depending on location etc. The world of Engines is actually rather small compared to Earth, maybe a fourth of Earth's size, and much of it is still unexplored/unmapped. There are old dead languages however; aeld elven (ancient elvish) and old dwarven, but they require years of study to master and are not easily learned. Of note:
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Post by Brooker on Jul 27, 2015 15:16:20 GMT -5
When it comes to music are there references to real world artists/songs and if so what era?
In a similar fashion the Fallout franchise uses real world music from the 40s (?)
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Post by beets on Jul 27, 2015 17:17:50 GMT -5
What sort of drugs/narcotics exist within the setting and what are their street names?
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Post by sparky on Jul 27, 2015 20:26:56 GMT -5
Question: What have been historic conflicts in this world? Anything on the scale of nations going to war over something?
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Post by drunkensolamnic on Jul 27, 2015 21:37:46 GMT -5
What are the daily living expenses/incomes for general brackets of wealth in the city?
Poor workers make $50 a week? Have to spend $40 on food and shelter if not more?
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Post by kingofaquilonia on Jul 27, 2015 21:50:51 GMT -5
Awww... does this mean I have to have Rosalind stop saying a few words here and there in German? She's Saderian so I thought it would fit.
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Post by whyemmdee on Jul 28, 2015 6:18:08 GMT -5
- No song references. It's 1763, and although Calidor is ahead in some areas (science, engineering) it's behind in others (culture, development of a moral zeitgeist).
- Too many to name that exist in the setting, but the majority of them are opiates, depressants and hallucinogens. No real stimulants (if you don't count coffee). Morphine and opium are both big in Calidor as is "angel", a new type of hallucinogen drug that is both highly addictive and can be highly lethal when frequently used.
- Yes, too many to count. Compared to Earth, the gameworld of Engines is a lot smaller and resources are a lot more sparse, so trading agreements and alliances are incredibly important to maintain. There have been less full-out wars between nations for that exact reason, but border skirmishes, rebellions and general uprisings seem to not just be common in (recent) history, but inevitable. A few historic conflicts of note in recent years:
- the rebellion by the citizens of the nation of Gineas against King James the Pious in 1558, which led to the rising of Calidor, Neermore and Sinecliffe as autonomous city-states - an internal conflict between the largest of the Three Free cities, Élia, Tersona and Matagán in 1622, which ended in favor of Élia, giving its important families and politicians more control in the governing of the Free Alliance - the unofficial cold war between the Empire of the Emerald Isles and the gnomes of Xin Xiwang which is still ongoing; although the gnomes possess superior technology and have a great numerical advantage, the Empire of the Isles has an incredibly sophisticated and well-trained navy at the ready, whose only purpose seems to be to deter aggression from gnomes (and sea monsters venturing too close from the Southern Veil)
I can't answer to anyone's satisfaction this (not least my own) until we balance out the economy issues. But for now that seems a good guideline. I will say that 100$ is nothing to scoff at (for now), and anything nearing 1000$ and exceeding is a small fortune (again, for now).
Perfectly fine, if not encouraged. I've done it myself when writing conversations for NPCs (off the top of my head, the Élian bank teller who says au revoir).
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Post by jakunen on Jul 28, 2015 6:59:28 GMT -5
How common/mundane is electricity considered, as well as electric items in the house? Is it still a wonder that only the wealthy have at their disposal, or does the middle- to lower- class have some access to electricity for daily use (besides the electric streetlights)? Have light bulbs entirely replaced candles?
Does refrigeration exist? If not, how is food transported and preserved? (Good old fashioned salt?)
What kinds of foods would a middle- to lower- class person usually eat? What about the wealthy? Are any of the races/cultures known for any particular type or style of food?
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Post by Fuzz on Jul 28, 2015 8:31:24 GMT -5
The closest approximation would be late 1800s New York City or London, in terms of food, living conditions, access to electricity, etc. The only major difference would be some anachronisms like refrigeration existing (only for the wealthy), and electric lighting being a little more common.
The thrust of Steampunk is essentially that the internal combustion engine (and gasoline in general) is never invented, and therefore steam and coal based power remain the mainstays for everything, so even a refrigerator would be some sort of fancy steam powered contraption with some pneumatic tubes that generate a vacuum to cool things down or something.
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Post by Kitsunenotsume on Jul 29, 2015 1:30:08 GMT -5
How well is electricity (and the physical sciences in general) understood by academic institutions in Calidor and/or Lan Cheng? As the players who have expeditioned with James probably know, I blather happily about scientific theory and the various theoretical forces at work, and would rather not overstep the bounds of RP. My current understanding is largely scientific knowledge of the late 1800s, which would include developments like Piezioelectricity (recorded 1880; James has basically been using the term to explain Deaders similarly to how some people nowadays use "Quantum" anythings.), even though practical application didn't appear until almost the mid 1900s.
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Post by AusGre on Jul 29, 2015 13:25:10 GMT -5
I would love some more lore on the Cassian Republic to be honest; mannerisms of the people, cultural points of importance, festivals, how nobility used to happen, how effective is it now? I imagine it's something like a cross between italian merchant families and a bit of welsh independence.
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Post by inflatablefriend on Jul 31, 2015 5:19:53 GMT -5
Love to see some more lore on the city of Calidor itself, I've not made it that far due to beach fun and limited play time. From the worldmap I'm guessing a Steampunk version of something like Lisbon, Barcelona or Palermo crossed with Venice: A large trading city sprawling across the landmass and islands of the Cassian river and the Bay of Drowned Mice. A city that bakes in subtropical heat during the summer, hot, crushingly humid and plagued by mosquitoes. Come winter the city shivers in the dampness that makes summer so crushing. The vast ports and many ships trading with the city bring all manner of goods and knowledge to the melting pot. Essentially if like to know if I'm barking up the right tree or not Also, generally... Following the usurping of the king was there a later noble backlash as seen in France following their revolution or did the republic hold out? More on this conflict would be great (did the king flee, did he die in battle, was he publicly executed. How much of his family and relations were purged, did this encompasses the wider noble grouping? Did anyone related survive, ie did anyone whose known about make it to more royal-friendly countries and set up in exile? Is there a remaining royalist faction (not in a game faction sense)?
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