CYBER-PULP FANTASY CORE-Setting Background

CYBER-PULP FANTASY CORE

© Jerry Harris 2013

Published here as Open Game Content.

(This link will take you to the Fantasy Core Index.)

Overview

SETTING BACKGROUND        

Humanity, Humans, Elves

Dwarves

Humanoids

Half-Breeds

Drow

Antro's, Monsters, Replicants

Robots, Androids, and AI and Old Technology
The Virtual World
Media and Magic
Corp-America

The Syndicates and Identification
Society

Imagine a world like our own, but there is real, working magic, and there are intelligent non-human races coexisting with humans, and it has always been this way.  However, history has basically continued on about the same.  Eventually, the scarcity and undependablity of magic has given way to the rise of technology and most of the Old Ways have gone into the shadows.  Now take the Modern World and move it just a bit into a speculative future.  That’s where Cyber-Pulp Fantasy Core takes place. 

Like I said in the Overview, I’m not going to write up an entire alternate world history for this game.  It’s not the point of it and isn’t even relevant.  Just assume that whatever events happened in the Real World, happened in the Cyber-Pulp world, there just may have been some magic and Elves and Orcs involved.  One more note, anywhere in here where I set down an absolute rule as to how something works or certain racial characteristics, is something that can potentially be altered by a new technology, and therefore create an adventure hook.  

Three events are referenced in the game materials here, all of which have occurred within the characters’ lifetimes.  These are just here to provide some more potential plot hooks.

The Last War: All details of this conflict are left up to you.  In spite of the name, clearly civilization has not fallen, therefore, there will be further wars.  The one main result of the war was the decimation of the Halfling race.

The Gnomish Extermination: The Gnome race was nearly wiped out by a genetic virus.  Though Humanoids carried out attack, no one knows who was really behind it or their motivation.

The Long Halloween: An actual Zombie Apocalypse has occurred.  It was a genetic virus developed by the Parasol Corporation, as a possible combat plague, and it somehow got loose into the general population.  Though put down, it has frighteningly resurfaced in a random, though more sedate, fashion.