Then some friendly aliens called the Pé Chói came by and granted the survivors the secrets of faster-than-light travel. As a result they became the de facto centers of human civilization.
America, Europe, and Asia were all devastated, but Central America and the Middle-East survived mostly unscathed. In the distant year of 2013 (later editions would change this to 20XX), humanity did what humanity does and nuked itself to near extinction. 4.5 Tékumel: Empire of the Petal Throne.4.2 Empire of the Petal Throne: The World of Tékumel.4.1 Empire of the Petal Throne: Manuscript Edition.That said, it has a lot of nice, tasteful nudity. It could be argued that the actual appeal would be all the topless women in the art, if not for the fact that this game requires a degree of maturity to get into - if all one wants is the boobage, there are other games for that. This is for players who are sick of vanilla fantasy and want something different, exotic, and challenging. The main appeal is where settings like Greyhawk and Blackmoor are the kiddie pool of fantasy settings - fun for what they are, but lacking in depth - Tekumel is the deep-end. Despite being the very first RPG setting ever published (Remember that the Greyhawk and Blackmoor books for OD&D were nothing more than rule-supplements) the game never reached mainstream popularity in the role-playing community, maintaining only a cult following with mostly old-time gamers. On top of that, the setting is filled with hard-to-pronounce names with some letters lacking English equivalents (this is basically language porn). It should be called "Culture Shock: The Role-Playing Game", as it needs a damn primer just to better understand what your characters can and can't do! Just the act of sarcasm or cracking jokes, even with a friend, needs to be handled carefully (if at all) or else you offend someone's honor and you'll have to fight it out, to the death, at the local arena. If you can't tell, this is not a setting you can just jump into like a generic Dungeons & Dragons setting. In the 1970s, people used to learn the languages of this world, apparently. There are some novels set there, the first being the Man of Gold. "Phil" Barker, an American Muslim who pulled on a shitload of culture studies to create the setting. The world is called Tekumel and the author was Professor M.A.R. Wait, what was I talking about? Empire of the Petal Throne? Oh, it's okay I guess, if you like eating bugs. Features fully-realised history, languages, geography, and cultures with a richness that can only be envied and aped by lesser creators. Through the ever vigilant eyes of the Dai Li Azul Legion, the omnipresent Emperor sees all knows all!Īn elaborate, impressively detailed fictional world created by a distinguished English linguist as a setting for his fictional language he made up as a kid. This article contains PROMOTIONS! Don't say we didn't warn you.
Make sure your rose-tinted glasses are on nice and tight, and prepare for a lovely walk down nostalgia lane. This article or section is about something oldschool - and awesome.
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