Re: [BNW] Meta-Plot vs Static world

[Allan Seyberth <darious@darious.com>]

>Tell them the truth. That "the Delta power sourse is not known. That they've 
>researched it since the first known Delta poped up in WWI, and no body's 
>discovered the answer. What makes you think your beginning PC think they can 
>break what the greatest Delta minds couldn't crack? It's being worked on, 
>but nobody's gotten it yet." That's what is says in the book.

Actually - since it is always related to a near death experience, that
should give a pretty good start.

The next question naturally being - why does near death experiences provide
this trigger.  That is what is not known.  But that question is ultimately
as meaningful as the question "Why does gravity work?".  Very important in
a overview of the world, and may lead to future developments, but not very
important in an immediate sense.

Of course, one interesting question is "Why are there more deltas in the
past 50 years, then was ever recognized before." Even given that deltas
throughout history were seen as magicians, or mythical heroes, or witches,
or whatnot - why are there so many more now?
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Allan Seyberth
darious@darious.com
Deadlands fan site - http://www.darious.com/deadlands/index.html

My freshly made cross, my freshly dug grave, 
I'm still a man but no longer a slave. 
                                 Scarf Jones, The Railway of Death.
(Burma-Thailand railroad, WWII)


Why did the chicken cross the road?

Hamlet:
Because 'tis better to suffer in the mind the slings and arrows of
outrageous road maintenance than to take arms against a sea of oncoming
vehicles.