Torment Torment: Tides of Numenera Pre-Release Thread [ALPHA RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[Excidium]

The land looks p. tame but this is the more civilized area, Torment is set on the more wild side

A forest shaped like a star, are you kidding me?

What of it?

 

[hiver]

Obviously artificial remnant of some past epoch.

btw Numenera has only one continent. Pangea got created again. Which is going to happen in that time frame naturally - in reality.

 

[trais]

That map looks 10 times more interesting than the Banal, Shit, Boring one P:E has.

 

[Deleted member 7219]

http://tormentrpg.tumblr.com/post/55829417193/the-torment-team-were-gathered-earlier-this-week

From left to right: Steve Dobos, George Ziets, Monte Cook, Kevin Saunders, Shanna Germain, Tony Evans, Matthew Findley, Colin McComb, Patrick Rothfuss, with Nathan Long in the front, with Chris Avellone present but not in the photo.

So much awesome in one room. I just wish they had Avellone in the photo and got some random guy in the street to take the photo.

 

[Regvard]

 

[Infinitron]

Nah, it doesn't work, they're too old.

 

[CMcC]

A forest shaped like a star? How unrealistic!

Oh.

 

[Roguey]

A forest shaped like a star? How unrealistic!


Oh.

The guitar forest, while stupid, covers a much smaller area, was built with a purpose, and requires constant maintenance to keep in that shape.

 

[Gakkone]

Yeah, and in a world billion years to the future with several mighty fallen civilizations it's impossible for there to be a purpose and a maintenance system or whatever the fuck is needed for a huge star-shaped forest.

 

[Deleted member 7219]

Yeah, and in a world billion years to the future with several mighty fallen civilizations it's impossible for there to be a purpose and a maintenance system or whatever the fuck is needed for a huge star-shaped forest.

This. Isn't the whole point of Numenara (or however you spell it) is that there is weird stuff all over the place?

 

[Roguey]

My issue isn't one of realism or even necessarily verisimilitude (this is a fantasy setting), it's that it's stupid.
http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...-and-2d-backgrounds.81759/page-3#post-2574530

I'm colored not impressed by the second city. Sounds like something a child would invent.

Numenera, a game/setting made by children.

 

[Jackalope]

You haven't played the game yet! Maybe it's stupid for a reason. (Probably not, but maybe)

 

[Gakkone]

My issue isn't one of realism or even necessarily verisimilitude (this is a fantasy setting), it's that it's stupid.
http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...-and-2d-backgrounds.81759/page-3#post-2574530

I'm colored not impressed by the second city. Sounds like something a child would invent.

Numenera, a game/setting made by children.

"It's stupid" is an argument by children so you should enjoy the setting.

 

[Roguey]

"It's stupid" is an argument by children so you should enjoy the setting.

A child wouldn't necessarily enjoy things made by other children.

 

[Brotherman Bill]

Dunno about the setting, but I made some comments on the numenera system in the gazebo, with copypastes from the playtest document even I was not impressed sadly.

 

[evdk]

They are only adapting the system for the game, so maybe they fix some of your complaints (probably not though, as you were criticizing the system foundations).

 

[Zeriel]

But it is so long into the future, it would be totally unrealistic to stick to the current geographics.

I'm not saying their reasoning doesn't make sense, I'm saying it's a pity they decided to go that route, I would have loved to see what their writing talent did with something a _little_ closer to us, epoch wise.

 

[hiver]

A forest shaped like a star? How unrealistic!
Oh.

was built with a purpose, and requires constant maintenance to keep in that shape.

and what? you think the numenera one is natural?


and how exactly do you know it needs maintenance ... or that it doesnt have it? How do you know it isnt self replicating, biological origami?
and how do you know that whole area, forest and land around it, arent specifically made like that - to last and maintain that exact look.


eh? matey?


-edit-

btw, Colin - im claiming "biological origami" concept and exact wording copyright in respects to and for all applicable purposes.
although...im sure we could talk about the reasonable ... arrangement.

 

[Sensuki]

Numenera: star-shaped forest

it's stupid.

Josh Sawyer: "In the north of the Dyrwood, the Dyrwoodans cut a section of the forest off and turned it into a star when the Goddess Ceanbeanyulala walked the earth, her followers maintain the edges to this day"

 

[Infinitron]

 

[Zeriel]

No one ever accused Roguey of logical consistency consistency logic.

 

[Jackalope]

I'm secretly hoping this star-shaped forest is linked to communism.

 

[dunno lah]

Reptilian/Amphibian titties seem to be the rage these days. First was Dragon Commander, now Numenera:

Spoiler

This thing also happens to be in Star Forest.

 

[Jackalope]

Well, obviously game developers these days think reptiles are some kind of mammals.

 

[Blaine]

Reptilian/Amphibian titties seem to be the rage these days. First was Dragon Commander, now Numenera:

Spoiler

This thing also happens to be in Star Forest.

That much more closely resembles a statue of a female human being with the head of a frog, à la ancient Egyptian deities, than it does an anthropomorphic reptile or amphibian with tits. It's the central figure of an enormous monument, too.