by Marcus Ilgner | Feb 13, 2015 | Recursions
With a growing number of kids and adults dreaming of becoming famous, through fictional leakage, Fame was created. Here, you are adored by the masses and can perform on a scale that only a handful on Earth can. In its center you find Paradise City, an amalgation of Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Filled with concert halls, theaters, movie studios as well as record and music stores, there is always something to see. They also have their own version of the Walk Of Fame where one may find the names of visiting recursors along others known from Earth. In the suburbs and outskirts of the city, you can find the estates of the well to-do artists. The few roads leading out of town are mostly empty: who would want to leave the city where everything that matters is made? While Entertains is the most common focus for recursors on Fame, there are also famous fighters (like wrestlers) who Look for Trouble and others who work behind the scenes: directors who Lead and occasionally even famous detectives or reporters who Solve Mysteries or Work Undercover. A special role are talent scouts, agents and promotors who Work The System. They are responsible for someone not only making it to the top but also staying there. Because one thing is obvious in Fame: fading into obscurity is just as bad as death. Those who don’t manage to keep their adoring audiences captured with their work lose their powers. In rule terms, this means that every full week without actively working towards your craft will reduce your intelligence pool by 1. Successfully performing...
