This is all great and stuff, but the problem is that by explicitly pointing out that there is a cure and it exists in a certain direction, that means that all this grandiose film noir struggle against entropy stuff is the biggest idiot ball in the entire setting. There is a solution to Autochthon’s illness. It’s …
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Clarity always struck me as a complete kludge of a system that doesn’t work right. The idea is that as Alchemicals get more powerful, they begin to optimize actions based on Utilitarian ethics. Which is fine, I like the idea. But why stick that in Clarity rather than, I don’t know… building a Charmset which …
See, the thing is that the point of making Alchemicals nothing without their nation-state is that they have to be ultimately subservient to it. If their nation-state is run by a bunch of fascist xenophobic assholes? Welp. You can protest that, but suddenly you’ll find your vats access curtailed and yourself assigned to shit assignments …
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(in response to a complaint about Alchemicals being limited in charm selection to what their city can afford to build) It’s not a worse design decision than “Sorry, your state literally cannot afford to build the Artifact you want to buy.” Like, that’s kind of the point of Alchemicals. Ultimately, you serve the state and …
The cancer analogy is a pretty good one. It’s not so much that he is actively out to kill himself, as his internal functions are running out of control in a way that is detrimental to his health. In much the same way a malignant tumor in your bone marrow may spread cells into your …
