Psitech Worldbuilding

[DragonOfUndeath]

Premise: Psionics and Technology hand-in-hand. What would a civilization like that be? A cosmology?

But first the basics.

Round1: Space-Cavemen

Round2: Integration levels {In progress}

Round3: General Races

[LOTRfan]

I vote futuristic. I demand Psijammers!

[Gourtox]

Futuristic without a doubt. Too many possibilities to just pass up.

[DragonOfUndeath]

Yeah, I was planning on Futuristic myself, just had to put it to a vote cause it's a collaborative world-building

[Mayhem]

I'm going in the complete opposite direction- stone age.

I think crystal replacing metal would be interesting . Stone age still doesn't omit psijamming either.

[Rob Roy]

Stone Age Psijammers for the win! Space travel with wood, stone, fire, and your very own mind!

[DragonOfUndeath]

So we have 2 Futuristic votes, 1 Stone-Age and 1 Stone-Tech Future-Psionics WTF vote?

Voting closes Monday

[Mayhem]

I think he means cavemen who travel in giant dugouts across the universe... What's not to love?

But I guess the psijamming vote doesn't come until next round.

[erictheredd]

Space-travling cave-men!

OK, furistic with lots of tech limitations. I have this wonderful image of a space-faring race (proper space-faring) being menaced by savages who can travle the universe but can't smelt metals so they steal them from others

[Rob Roy]

Originally Posted by Mayhem

I think he means cavemen who travel in giant dugouts across the universe... What's not to love?

Exactly!

Originally Posted by erictheredd

Space-travling cave-men!

OK, furistic with lots of tech limitations. I have this wonderful image of a space-faring race (proper space-faring) being menaced by savages who can travle the universe but can't smelt metals so they steal them from others

I was more picturing cave men floating through the void of space on rafts with air kept on them by psychic priests. Even if stone age doesn't win, something like that should be an antagonist race. Like orks, but with less dakka and more stabba.

[flabort]

Originally Posted by Rob Roy

I was more picturing cave men floating through the void of space on rafts with air kept on them by psychic priests. Even if stone age doesn't win, something like that should be an antagonist race. Like orks, but with less dakka and more stabba.

Alright. I have officially found a reason to run around, screaming "The end is near here!", with only a loincloth and a crudely painted sign as my possessions.
Mind=asplode from the awesome of that image.
Stone age, just so I can see this bear fruit.

[Rob Roy]

Originally Posted by flabort

Alright. I have officially found a reason to run around, screaming "The end is near here!", with only a loincloth and a crudely painted sign as my possessions.

I don't ask this often, but would you mind if I sigged this?

Originally Posted by DragonOfUndeath

Yeah, I was planning on Futuristic myself, just had to put it to a vote cause it's a collaborative world-building

This is much closer to Vote Up a Campaign Setting than collaborative worldbuilding. In which case, I'd like to volunteer to help with the fluff for the setting. VuaCS wasn't made with just one person after all.

[flabort]

Eh. sure. Why would I mind if you sigged something I said?

[DragonOfUndeath]

Originally Posted by Rob Roy

This is much closer to Vote Up a Campaign Setting than collaborative worldbuilding. In which case, I'd like to volunteer to help with the fluff for the setting. VuaCS wasn't made with just one person after all.

ok sure.

I'm gonna open up the following vote:
Cave-men In Space: Cavemen/Orks in Psionically-driven rocks defying all/most laws of physics just through the power of Awesome and the Rule of Cool.

Current tally: 1 Stone-Age
2 Futuristic
3 Cave-men In Space

[Mayhem]

Well then in that case I'm changing my vote to mindgasmCave-men In Space.

[Welknair]

Futuristic. And I happen to have a Magitech system that's pretty decent and quite adaptable to Psitech.

Take a look at my signature for the link. The following modifications convert it to Psitech: Batteries can hold 2PP for every spell level it would usually be able to hold. Power Tapestries do not have an Arcane/Divine denotation - They're Psionic. Metapsionic Tapestries cost 1,000gp per 2PP adjustment for the first two, followed by the usual progression afterwards. Craft Magitech changed to Craft Psitech and the CL requirements are changed to ML requirements. The various spells given would need some individual tweaks, but are pretty adaptable.

Most (Or all) of the above will make absolutely no sense until you take a look at the system.

[lightningcat]

I think Futuristic shall receive my vote.

[DragonOfUndeath]

So it's a toss-up between Orks and Futuristic.
I wonder who will win...

EDIT@Welknair: It's too soon for actual crunch and we will probably make our own than cut and paste a Magitech system, no offense.

[erictheredd]

Originally Posted by DragonOfUndeath

So it's a toss-up between Orks and Futuristic.
I wonder who will win...

Its very possible to have both at the same time... but we can wait for more votes.

[flabort]

Well, if it's not already there, my vote is shifting to cavemen-in-space.

Just in case that will help with the tie?

[Temassasin]

Cave men... in space!

[Rob Roy]

When will voting be closed?

[DragonOfUndeath]

Originally Posted by flabort

Alright. I have officially found a reason to run around, screaming "The end is near here!", with only a loincloth and a crudely painted sign as my possessions.
Mind=asplode from the awesome of that image.
Stone age, just so I can see this bear fruit.

Flabort I counted this as Cavemen-In-Space cause of the reason why you voted for Stone Age

[I, Dashing Cube]

I will vote for Futuristic, because it would make the game more complex and interesting, but Cave-men In Space are still awesome and I believe they should be included whichever option ends up chosen.

[Eldan]

Cavemen in Space.

And if it doesn't win, I'll develop it myself.

[Mayhem]

Spoiler

I can already picture a class...

KNAPPA BOI
Riddle of flint: On attack rolls, never break stone or crystal weapons due to a natural 1.

[DragonOfUndeath]

...
We know have space-faring cave-men with massive brain-power.
This is gonna be FUN!

Next Round of Voting: Integration of Tech and Psi
Segregation: Psionics and Technology are kept separately, maybe Psionics is considered Holy or Tech never really got off the ground
Clashing: Tech and Psionics accomplish similar things using different methods, they very rarely combine. (Note: To make this work with Cave-men we would need a form of innate Tech-knowledge like da orkz)
Mildly Integrated: Some things run on Tech, some things run on Psi, some run on PsiTech and are awesome.
Full Integration: Psi and Tech might have their own little side-things but PsiTech is usually the be all and end all of things. Psionics might not run with Tech and Tech might not run without Psionics or they have simply always been integrated.

[Mayhem]

How much technology do cavemen need? Apart from the psionic vessals neccessary to take them between worlds, the only other non-stone age technology they could utilize would be.. psionic weapons maybe?

edit: I guess upon further review that means mild integration. Segregation is also good, hmm I'm not sure. The other ones don't really fit the concept in my opinion.

[DragonOfUndeath]

I only put them in for numbers, a 2-way vote on very similar concepts isn't much of a vote

[Mayhem]

Ah I see fair enough. Well I'm sure someone will think of how they all work, I'm coming up blank at the moment.

Alright, mild integration. I think I'm happy with that vote.