287 Far Future, Chapter Zero and Bible: Sama Rantha and the Far Future (1/2)

Coming off of Power of Ten: Sama Rantha, the first novel about Sama, the main issue I had here is determing Sama's Starting Point, i.e. her Level. She has just done huge meritorious deeds, she has participated in some extremely high level power leveling... but just sticking her into a new novel at that power level doesn't work unless you're talking superhero-level stuff, because Sama is indeed fantastically powerful at that point. I mean, I thought about it opening up with her in outer space, and having to run towards the sun to find some planets, a run that takes her most of a year...

Yeah, running from Pluto to Earth! And she could, by the rules, absolutely do it...

But no, introducing someone at that level of power directly into the universe she was going into would introduce all kinds of alarm bells at the Divine Level. Much too big a splash...

So, the character is coming in at Karma equal to the first novel's starting point, with a couple buffs. It's totally under the radar and easy to pass. She'll be bled back her Karma every day, so she'll Level up constantly, even if she doesn't fight, which gives her time to go train if she wants to. More precisely, it allows her to RE-train, to better suit where she is. Like, Knowledge/Magical Beasts not so important anymore...

Everything magical she has will not function, or she will not use as is, in the case of her Tats. This is the Realm of the Warp Gods. Magically is inherently tied to the Warp here, and reacts very poorly to use by mortals. If you use Magic, you attract the attention of the Warp Gods, and in a very bad way. The only people who use Magic are Warp Sorcerors and Dark Priests, who are loathed.

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The principal force of the setting will be Psionics, which meshes well with tech. This is a high tech future.

There will be many Warhammerish elements. Constant battle, foes from every side, merciless war, mankind under assault, the only gods are basically the bad ones. Oh, and an Emperor on his Crystal Throne. Vast history, lost secrets of science, corruption, the lot.

A lot of Judge Dredd at the street level. The law is harsh, uncompromising, and the average city dweller lives like shit. Those outside the city live even worse.

There's going to be very clear Star Wars elements. The Coronal Knights are definitely similar in many ways. The Force isn't going to be there (cause, you know, the Warp is), but psionics are going to be anything but uncommon.

There's going to be Star Trek elements, and that's going to come from Sama.

There's going to be Lensman elements, because if you're going to be radical, be radical! QX?

There's going to be Mythos Elements, because there's a hole in the Warp, and they can't keep them out now. Since they can travel through time, if they are there at any time, they are there ALL the time...

There'll be dystopian elements, because its got tons o' grimdark. Mega-cities and Lawless Wastes for everyone!

The FTL and sublight modes of travel are my own invention!... when we get there.

Rules of the Realm of the Warped Gods

1) Magic corrupts, and embracing Magic corrupts absolutely.

2) Psionics doesn't draw on the Warp. That's why they use it. However, the Warp reacts to psionics, and the Warped Gods are basically built off psychic resonance...

3) Any native Good gods are so suppressed by the Warp Gods that they might as well not be there. Lawful, Chaotic, and Evil powers, on the other hand...

4) While the tech is very, very high at the high end, it's very low at the low end. As a grimdark setting, the disparity is pretty big. Many people don't actually trust high science any more then working magic, because high science is soulless and as corrupt as magic.

5) Without Alignments being powerful and the only afterlife being Oh We're Screwed, people are free to be assholes and generally ignore the implications to their souls. With one glaring exception...

6) Psionic rules are broadly based on 3.5 D&D psionics, some GURPS stuff, Warhammer psykers, superheroes, and ignored or modified where convenient.