Trinity Universe (game): Difference between revisions
no edit summary
(tropelist) |
No edit summary |
||
Line 30:
* [[Gameplay and Story Segregation]]: The ''Aberrant'' corebook and the later ''Players Guide'' stress that the powers and abilities a nova gains when they "erupt" are usually a form of wish fulfillment. For example, a man who has never been particularly bright but has always wanted to be would become super-intelligent. However, under the rules, a nova cannot have a higher rating in a given "Mega-Attribute" than they do in its associated regular Attribute. So in order for a Nova to be a true supergenius (as opposed to just pretty smart), they would need to have had above-average intelligence to begin with. Similarly, a 98-pound weakling is never going to be able to juggle tanks as a nova, no matter how much Taint he collects to boost his powers.
** This is not, however, entirely true. Because "Nova Points" (used to build a character's powers) can be spent to increase Attributes, and Mega-Attributes are...well...Mega (the first level of Mega-Strength allows one to life a ton), Novas can become pretty much anything they really wished to be. Although...one does wonder why Giuseppe Bennati ''wanted'' to become a [[Lovecraftian Superpower|walking sac of acidic viscera held inside by an invisible humanoid force field]]...
*** That's the subconscious for you. Novas with pre-existing mental issues tend to manifest them badly, whether at initial eruption or as aberrations after the Taint starts getting to them. 'Sloppy Joe' is just one of the most extreme cases, having manifested his obsession with his cancer<ref>Giuseppe first erupted as a response to undergoing chemotherapy.</ref> and his internalized self-loathing in the ''worst possible way''.
* [[Humongous Mecha]]: The Danguard Armored Warrior from Aberrant, and the VARGs from Trinity.
* [[It Got Worse]]: [[Rule of Three|Three times, no less.]] First the Aeon Society starts up to guide mankind to a beautiful future. They are betrayed from within (twice) and [[World War II|history took a]] [[Cold War|a depressingly familiar route.]] Then the Novas arise and start turning Earth into a utopia. Sadly [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]] and that and Project Proteus caused the Abberant War. Millions die, several areas are rendered uninhabitable, communications are set back 100 years and the Novas only leave because China threatens to nuke everything if they don't. Humanity recovers and begins to shoot for the stars, setting up colonies on other worlds and even making friends with an alien race. Then the Aberrants return, start blowing up space stations and [[Colony Drop|drop one such station on France, destroying most of it]] and two other less friendly alien races show up, intent on destruction and in one case rape. [[The World Is Always Doomed|One wonders why humans bother anymore, really.]]
| |||