These options are a bit boring to me, but perhaps a looser interpretation of some of them would satisfy your needs if you want a more creative origin for your nano. My priestess can either be highly educated in the numenera, born with some kind of physiological connection to the nano-spirits, or she can literally be part machine to interface with technology. The origin stories for nanos will look pretty familiar to those who have been following this miniseries from the beginning. So with my six extra point to spend, I bring up her Might to 8, her Speed to 11, and her Intellect to 15. This means I’m going to want my priestess to stay far away from action during combat, which is fine with me since I see her in more of a support role. When taking damage in Numenera, Might is generally depleted first, and once it hits zero the character starts dealing with penalties. The naturally-low might makes nano characters quite frail. Intellect is very important for the nano character type because they have to actively spend intellect to use all of their esoteries (read: spells). Nano characters start with a stat pool of 7 Might, 9 Speed, and 12 Intellect. I picture my nano character as fancying herself a priestess of a mighty god – perhaps some dormant machine intelligence that provides needed resources to her people. Any advanced technology we do not understand appears as magic, right? That idea is the most clear with the nanos, who themselves may not even be aware of what they are capable of. And indeed, in the ninth world no one has the scientific understanding to state that their accomplishments are not magic.
By influencing nanites to change the fabric of reality, nanos are capable of events which seem like magic. In the terms of a fantasy roleplaying game, a nano would be a wizard, a spellcaster. One such phenomenon is the influence of a nano. These nanites lie everywhere, dormant, but various phenomenon can cause them to get moving again. One such civilization filled with the world with invisible, molecule-sized robots (what we might call nanites) with the capability of reshaping matter and energy. Today I’m only going to explore one of those many possible combinations, focusing specifically on the Nano character type.ĭuring the course of history, when each of the eight worlds reached the peak of their civilization, they contributed to the planet Earth mighty technology that would live on long after those civilizations either collapsed or left. The combination of these three things makes the character in full, and the total number of combinations in the core book is over 1000. The verb is your focus, a unique action that your character is particularly good at. The adjective is your descriptor, a personality quality or trait that defines some of your skills or stats. The noun is your type, one of three character classes that defines the core of your abilities. You play as characters who scavenge this ancient technology to try to better the lives of those around them – or to make money, or for world domination, or for pretty much any reason one might go on a quest in a roleplaying game.Ĭharacters in Numenera can be described in one sentence: the adjective noun that verbs. The current generation has built society back from the ground up to a medieval-level culture, but one surrounded by incredible technology they don’t understand. When these civilizations fall, the true power of their technology is lost forever, a mystery left behind for future generations to ponder. But during that billion years, eight great civilizations have risen and fallen, some of them with technology so powerful to alter the shape of the planet and the composition of the stars.
If those of you who are scientifically inclined are thinking “but shouldn’t the sun have burned out and left us to die by then?” you’re absolutely right.
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Before I do that, though, I’ll share the basic details of Numenera who may be visiting this series for the first time.įor those unfamiliar with the ninth world, Numenera is a game set on our earth, but one billion years in the future.
Finally, the time has come for me to wrap up this Tabletop Tuesday miniseries by creating a character of the final type, a nano. Over the course of the past few weeks, I have created a tough glaive who rides the lightning and a mutant jack who explores dark places. In the world of Numenera there are thee different character types that a player can choose from: the glaive, the jack, and the nano.
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