[UA] Terminus, GA

[Matt Smith]

Hi, I've been lurking on the list for a while and this my first post. 
So...this city idea sounds very very much like Michael Moorcock's 
Tanelorn, sometimes called the Eternal or Dreaming City, that's featured 
in his Eternal Champion books:  the Elric Series, Jerry Corneilious 
series, the Von Beck series etc etc.  Moorcock's books aren't typically 
where one would think to go for UA inspiration, but I guess it just 
depends on the level of campaign you're running.

-Matt

Chad Eagleton wrote:
> 
> --- Chris Williams <lord_of_the_geeks at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
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> 
>> something new. At any rate, Terminus exists, and
>> people live there, but it 
>> isn't quite real. Also, Terminus quietly dreams of
>> it's own destruction and 
>> recently, seems to be trying to die.
> 
> 
> Cool idea.
> For more of this type of city weirdness check out
> China Mieville's collection Looking for Jake. There's
> a story in their about cities being alive, jumping
> from place to place, and fighting a war against each
> other.
> 
>>  
>> I'm not completely sure how to handle all of it, but
>> I've got a few ideas of 
>> how to illustrate the city's falsehood.
> 
> You could have the stores stock things that aren't
> around anymore, but make it subtle. You know along
> with Frosted Flakes on the shelf there are brands that
> aren't made anymore, like Kaboom (is Kaboom still
> around). And the old guy down the street drives an
> Edsel, and the girl at the bank a Dodge Dart. That
> sort of thing.
> 
>> I'm kind of envisioning Terminus acting as a seive,
>> or maybe more 
>> accurately, a roach motel for the occult
>> underground.
> 
> Maybe the city has something that attracts occult
> types. The city is like a Venus flytrap. There's some
> sort of "artifact" somewhere in the city. The mojo men
> find it, but then the floor cracks open and they're
> ground between asphalt teeth. Maybe devouring occult
> types like that is what gives the city its sustenance.
> 
> When the players, who are from the city, finally get
> involved and things look like they're starting to come
> to a head, you could have the citizens trying to warn
> them. Not outright, but with more subtle things--you
> know the local theatre starts showing Escape From New
> York.
> 
> -Chad
> 
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