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. These all will be used but may not prove to be true as written.

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.
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.
Canada is at war with England
California secedes from the Union and goes bankrupt. Is bought by Texas.
USA is in the midst of an economic depression and most educated people aspire to high-paying jobs in China.
President has no term limits

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.
New age/wiccan movement is hated by the local real occultists.
"Monkeybutt" is commonly used slang.
Facebook/Walmart is a powerful and malicious mega-corp
An asteroid is predicted to come very close to Earth and that will happen in ten months.

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

Six-breasted whores of Orion IV are real
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.