#Fantasy tech

[gothtransandroid]

Necropunk: Graveslating and Necromantic Technology

In a world where the afterlife is cut off from mortality and souls are only made from birth but never vanish on their own, the souls of the passed on and slain must go somewhere, or in the eyes of the new mortal society, they must serve a purpose. The dead and dying can now possess a slate placed upon their corpse and in turn these slates can be modified to operate similarly to how modern machines do, depending on how the slates are inscribed with runes and how powerful the materials the slate is made with.

Souls have a set level of strength behind them, each one different based on factors not all clear to even those on the forefront of the Graveslate tech. Both power source and rudimentary intelligent device, the soul can operate in similar ways to the modern cellphone of our world at its weakest. The trade off for having a soul enter said device is a simpler life than that of a roaming spirit, protection provided by the slate owner to maintain your pseudo-afterlife and a mostly mindless state of mind as the devices can surpress higher function in the souls. Not ideal for the people in question but the alternative tends to be roaming the wastes as an unbound wraith or worse, a necromancer binds you against your will and abuses you in much less humane rituals.

Added benefits for those binding the slates and the bound is that the more powerful the soul, the more utility and protection provided on each side. Some souls are strong enough to manage financal systems, private business accounts and even manage private security systems, and are provided for in the cleanest and most soothing of environments between uses. The most powerful of all manage the shielding for the entirety of mortal cities, creating super barriers that keep out roaming spirits and even the forces of the Vampire Nomads and the Archlich respectively.

Of course with all new technology there are exploits, and Graveslates are no exception. The most dangerous but effective exploit is soul-tapping, in which a living person bonds their soul to an altered Graveslate and then links it to the other slates to motivate or coerce the souls to give them a result. In controlled environments these exchanges can help mend or correct errors in systems to ensure they... operate as required, but in more drastic and criminal situations one could breach a system, gain information and use it to their advantage. The flavor in which all forms of abusing a system is abuse of people is not a new metaphor, but to layer it on gives more room to set laws and rights for those who might be abused, and in turn challenge if those rights are enough to even matter.

[hazieash]

Star Trek Lower Decks S4 Ep2 is iconic for many reasons and the workout attire is one them

[ordheist]

tech priest commission

[bacchuschucklefuck]

space sweepers but they're delivery people and are at no point on screen through the entire movie

[iloveabortions]

Studio Ghibli: ‘My Neighbor Totoro’ DVD (2006)

[oldschoolfrp]

Locations in Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord -- the Castle, the Adventurer's Inn (Visa and Mordorcharge accepted), the Temple of Cant where dead adventurers can be raised for a fee, and Boltac's Trading Post which has a monopoly on adventuring gear. (Will McLean illustrations from the game manual, Sir-Tech Software, 1981) In actual game play each of these is a short text menu, with commands input by single letters, so the manual illustrations and text help suggest a more detailed world.

[valka]

relaxing koana :>

[jetix]

2014-04-14

[kiddokori]

they gave link a fuckjng hoverboard

[thelostpretzel]

magic potions from vending machine

[lecialucille]

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[bacchuschucklefuck]

forgot to specify on firearm possession when he posted that job ad

[scipunk]

A police vehicle halts a flying taxi.

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[zegalba]

Panasonic: Final Fantasy magazine ad (2006)

[jellyfishdoodler]

Late Night Tinkering

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[jetix]

2023-04-23