by David | Feb 20, 2015 | Recursions
The entirety of Junkworld is mountains of trash, piled so deep that digging into the depths sheds light into the different epochs of the ancient civilization that created it. Junkworld is sparsely inhabited with a few scattered ramshackle settlements, and while it is unknown how these inhabitants arrived here, they all have the spark of intelligence. These inhabitants scavenge the lands for survival, braving the dangers that lurk just out of sight behind every trash pile or burrowed under-foot. They clothe themselves in assortments of plastic sheets, torn cloth, metal plates and scrap wood lashed together. Buildings and public areas are built out of the same. These inhabitants have also managed to collect and foster compost heaps for use in agriculture and use the indigenous plant life in gardens and small fields. Junkworld is populated by various species of animals that evolved from the vermin of the original civilization, and who ironically have now long out lasted it. These animals are the equivalents of the rats, pigeons and cockroaches of the society. Having lived in this environment over the ages they have evolved in grotesque and strangely beautiful ways. Some travel in swarms while others lead a solitary existence. Again some are benign and even domesticated, while others are predatory and violent. In addition to these life forms there are the broken automata that wander serving obscure functions. They organize and rearrange trash endlessly, hunt only specific breeds of vermin, or organize into armies around gigantic structures to process specific components of the trash and distill it producing different forms of matter. The inhabitants of Junkworld dig mines winding...
by David | Feb 1, 2015 | Recursions
The Lost World results from the accretion of myths and fiction throughout the ages that describe lost lands divergent from modern history. Whether they have been sheltered from or destroyed by the catastrophes that our world has experienced, these worlds contain long forgotten flora and fauna long since extinct on Earth, and species of hominids that have branched off of the human evolutionary tree millions of years ago. The Lost World is a 500 square mile tropical plateau bordered by sheer cliffs that fall into an endless sea of clouds. Pterodactlys circle overhead visible through the jungle canopy as primitive humans and ape-people fight bitter wars over territory and resources. Both have primitive technology that allows them to construct simple shelters, clothes and weapons. However, the leaders and shamans of the human tribes sometimes wield magic that allows them to harness the wild untamed power of the forest, and the spirits that occupy it. A brave few have also managed to tame the more intelligent of the terrible lizards, using them as mounts and pack animals. Victorian England-era explorers traverse the forests and observe the culture of the local inhabitants, sometimes using their superior technology to take sides in the brutal human-ape wars. Deeper still in the jungle lurk the mysterious Saurians. Human and ape alike both know to stay away from their regions of the jungle in which the shrieks and caws of the jungle seem preternaturally quiet. PCs entering The Lost World are explorers, primitive humans or ape-men. Explorers have garb and technology corresponding 1900’s – 1920’s, this includes safari hats, machetes, rifles, canteens, binoculars, TNT, etc…...
