December 15, 2004
IRE 4 :: Zuider Zee
Blog, Jvstin Style: IRE #4: Zuider ZeeOn December 14th, 1287, the Zuider Zee sea wall in what is now the Netherlands collapsed, killing 50,000 people. It is the most massive such flood in the history of the Dutch, the Zuider Zee one of the most monumental projects in the history of engineering. Thus, this disaster is the theme of this week's IRE.
No one knows how this monumental engineering feat was accomplished by Queen Faiella, except that she had secret relationships with strange allies in shadow.
And now the land bridge to Rebma is failing.
Only thirty percent of Rebma's inhabitants are actually able to survive the watery depths because of their Athanor heritage. If the bridge fails, it is expected that seventy thousand people could perish.
Evacuation has started. There may be hours, or at most a day, before tragedy strikes. The players must discover the secrets of Faiella and her phantom engineers as quickly as possible.
Filed under : Game Sparks, Meme at 15.12.2004
Ah, so this implies the staircase itself has a strong connection as to why Rebma is inhabitable by air breathers.
I do it slightly differently in SB's history, as well you know.
But thank you, I wondered if I picked a too-obscure IRE this time around.
Posted December 15, 2004 11:48 AMWoah -- this strikes me as a great idea for a "traditional" Amber game which hasn't been done a zillion times before. Bravo!
Though to make a workable con game from it, you're going to need a good solid explanation for why the solution isn't "open a trump gate and send 70,000 people through it." Though let's see -- at one person a second, 70,000 people is about 19 hours. So it's right on the border of being practical.... ponder.
Posted December 15, 2004 4:31 PMIMC, you would have to have several Trump Artists working in shifts to keep a Trump Gate open for 20 hours.
And the sorcerors would be out there putting "structural patches" in place to hold the Bionin together--that would be assumed into the variant time to destruction.
I hadn't exactly thought of it as a con slot, but it could be. Tho' doubtful the five or six PCs would have enough Trump/sorcery skills--even a normal cast of Elders wouldn't have that much Trump power.
Of course, part of the issue is not just saving the folks of Rebma. What happens in reflection to Amber afterwards?
Posted December 15, 2004 7:05 PMCouldn't you just use Ghost to do it? I mean he can become as large or as small as he wants of course the key word there is wants...and it would require you to be using the Merlin Ch. as canon some people don't like that...
Posted December 20, 2004 11:53 PMThere are a ton of assumptions built into "Ghostwheel to the rescue."
Actually, this ought to be another IMC entry. I'll get right on that.
Posted December 21, 2004 11:05 AMWhy using Trumps is a bad idea. We don't know anything about the construction. Perhaps using them will disrupt the remaining structure and bring the whole ocean crashing in earlier than it would have.
Posted December 21, 2004 4:53 PM