dmccoy1693 said:Earlier this month, I ran an adventure of imperials with zho internal problems in the fore. It went really well. I'll turn it into a published adventure at some point.
did you ever publish the adventure?
dmccoy1693 said:Earlier this month, I ran an adventure of imperials with zho internal problems in the fore. It went really well. I'll turn it into a published adventure at some point.
What made you think the PCs would be psychopathic?
There are non-sociopathic PCs?
Because in my experience, playing Traveller since 1978, most PC's ARE psychotic.Seriously, the NPCs. What made you think the PCs would be psychopathic?
I left off the "I'm joking" emoticon. That would make for very different adventure, to be sure. Maybe the PCs keep hearing the core sophonts whispering to them, telling them to do things, telling them to look up an ancient solomani called "Jack the Ripper" and follow his example...Seriously, the NPCs. What made you think the PCs would be psychopathic?
There are non-sociopathic PCs?
I left off the "I'm joking" emoticon. That would make for very different adventure, to be sure. Maybe the PCs keep hearing the core sophonts whispering to them, telling them to do things, telling them to look up an ancient solomani called "Jack the Ripper" and follow his example...
The PCs are imperials; the bad guy is Zhodani? Would it work on Pa'an, the Zhodani colonized planet in the Trojan Reach from CT Adventure 4 Leviathan?
How about Zhodani agents tracking down the psionic psychopath?
The psionic psychopath could be the result of Imperial personality overlay...
c.) At no point is it suggested that the Tavrchedl' can psionically "reprogram" a mind. Instead, psionics allows for a deeper understanding of human psychology and thus for very effective "conventional" techniques of therapy. [AM, p. 14 and p. 28]
d.) Zhodani society is not socialist. Socialism means control of the economy (or technically, the means of production) by the state. The Zhodani Consulate clearly allows for private ownership of considerable economic assets, up to and including megacorporations. [B07, p. 13]
One can draw the sensible implication that the large majority of privately owned assets are, like the examples referred to above, in the hands of the nobility, which would make Zhodani society a mix of feudal and capitalist instead of socialist.