Brew:World Building Notes

This page has the notes from the world building gameday.

Assumptions about the world

These are broad assumptions that help us create an alternate modern world.

Magic and technology don't mix.

Magic as used by people doesn't interact well with modern technological devices.

Honor and tradition are meaningful.

Entities of the supernatural world have a long tradition of honoring agreements. The more power a creature has, the more it is bound by it's word.

Confederate States of America.

The South won their war for independence and it is now known that states may opt to leave the union. The CSA was the last first world power to end slavery, doing so between the World Wars.

Bermunda Triangle is real

The explanation is classified info hidden need in the CSA intelligence. A conspiracy group known as the "Triangles" try to get that info.

Family lines track maternally

Traditions involving class structure are female-oriented.

Primary mode of air transportation is blimp.

Nepon Corp runs nearly every major industry

Political entities control the lives of people

Armies of the world are not fighting country vs country war, the are fighting the occult.

Six-breasted whores of Orion IV are real

"Monkeybutt" is commonly used slang.

Canada is at war with England

California secedes from the Union and goes bankrupt. Is bought by Texas.

New age/wiccan movement is hated by the local real occultists.

Reincarnation is true and it is sometimes possible to actively recall events from your past lives.

USA is in the midst of an economic depression and most educated people aspire to high-paying jobs in China.

Santa is real and still doing his thing.

The popes are actually vampires

Cloaking devices were developed during WW2 and are functional and available to the public.

An asteroid is predicted to come very close to Earth and that will happen in ten months.

Facebook/Walmart is a powerful and malicious mega-corp

President has no term limits