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Ralph the Dog wrote:Cloned bodies could also be used as "blanks" for creatures from the Etherscape.

Now that's a great idea - not one the EL would entertain, but certainly a great idea for a sinister adventure.

Ben

What about cloning..either whole bodies or just parts? And what about that ever popular pulp staple...a brain inside a life-support system? I'mnot sure they've got the technology to clone body parts - plus who needs them when they've got Cybernaughtics (which they developed much of teh technology f...

What about people with "designer genes" for working underwater or other adverse conditions? It's possible, I suppose. I think the Eugenics League wouldn't be as interested in this type of thing as they would in perhaps making a new transgenic human strain with the properties required for ...

I don't know of any PBP etherscope games, but if you look on the Etherscope resources post (sticky on this board) you should find Andrew's Wiki, which is an online chat game. I don't think it's open for players, but it does have transcripts of the sessions, so you can see how it's played out. IRC ga...

How far advanced is bioengineering in Etherscope? Are uplifted animals possible? And what about extinct species? Any dinosaurs clomping about? It has come quite far, but I'm not sure about the genetic possibility of "uplifted animals" - the transgenic human races are human mixed with anim...

We left the role of women deliberately vague, so that people could do with it what they wanted. Women's suffrage was largely a middle class movement, so it could well be possible that women of a certain class had the vote despite the men of lower classes not haiving it. Similarly, if you want to pla...

Want some help? Old friends tend to re-appear when needed... That makes me think you might know me, but I'm not sure who you might be. My curiosity is piqued. Ask the grumpy one!! Now that makes me think you know Nigel :) I'd take a guess, given the film link and seeming to know both me and Nigel, ...

I got mine today, too. From FB3 in Manchester (it's in, Kris!)

Ben

That is a very nice idea. It would be a very good power for a scope explorer-type character. I'm sure we'll have such an advanced class in some future supplement of other, so I think we'll make use of that, if you don't mind, Mr The Dog .

Ben

mythfish wrote:An Etherscope TV show would be rather cool, though. Especially if done by the Dr Who folks.

Yes, it would. It was kind of a dream/wind up.

Ben

jamat wrote:Is this real or an April fools wind up ?

Alas it was the latter. I have an evil sense of humour at times

BBC Wales, Cardiff, 01-Apr-06. NEW SCIENCE FICTION TV SERIES FROM THE MAKERS OF DR WHO The BBC Wales are pleased to announce the development of a new science fiction television series, Etherscope. Following the great success of the new Dr Who series and Life on Mars, BBC Wales are to produce another...

The release schedule says May. If things follow typical etherscope release pattern I'd expect that to be late May.

Ben

Sorry to jump in with a plug, but Just a Delivery is a great one-shot game, with some scope stuff and some out-of-scope stuff. I ran it at Gencon UK in 5 hours, with 1 hour of that taken to introduce the setting and characters to the players.

Ben

Be careful about using other supplements for Etherscope, particualrly any resources for London. You have to remember that in Etherscope they shipped all the working class poor people up the the Great Metropolis so that London can be a nice pleasant clean place with no "homeles people one has to...

This definately seems to be our most common errata

The DC is missing form the Craft Program skil check description, but it is there in the Degrade Program description (10 +double complexity level).

Cheerio,

Ben

Yes, it's a mistake - it should be 100 XP.

Ben

Joseph is looking into putting something together - he emailed me about ut yesterday. I don't expect it will be a lightning-quick thing to sort out, though, so be patient. As the guiness adverts say, good things come to those who wait .

Ben

tadk wrote:Will there be a web pack for those of us thinking of doing a fan page or not

Also what is that neat font? Is it an inhouse one.
Thanks

A webpack sounds like an excellent idea. Any chance of one, Joseph?

I think there's a similar freeware font available for download from the yahoo group.

Ben

Aliens would work very well, and I'm not saying any more than that

Ben

Mannak wrote:Here's another class idea

Has anybody thought of having Pirates in Etherscope?

It's not somethingwe've looked directly at yet, but we do explore the maritime themes in The Great Metropolis... could be something there for pirates...?

Ben

Taurren wrote:and I'd love a chance to meet the twisted minds ... I mean talented writers who created this gem.

I think you were right first time

Just to keep you all posted on teh latest developments on the possibility of Nigel and I getting over the pond for GenCon this summer: We've found a flight that's definately within our budget and we're now just gathering funds to get it all paid for. So unless anything goes drastically wrong in the ...

I really hate it when game companies tease me in this way!!!!! :lol: :twisted: Much as I do enjoy the tease, I'm treading carefully so that I don't annoy Joseph by giving too much away. Without his tether you'd probably know everything about the whole metaplot by now (I'm finding this keeping secre...

As a seperate thought, now that humanity has mastered the ability to enter into and interact with the 'scope, what would it take for powerful and intelligent beings (Patrician of Souls?) within the scope to do the reverse? Why should the door only open 1 way? Oh it doesn't :twisted: but more of tha...