The Fourth World Metagame Discussion Page

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This page was turning into a mess, so I've decided to sort it out. I've subdivided the various lines of debate and given them their own page. In future, when you want to put a new point forward, give it it's own section. Andy 13:24, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ongoing Discussions

• Name of the world
• Relating to religion
• Which races
• Which classes
• What about other planes?
• Nuts and Bolts
• Dating conventions
• The missing sixth stat
• Retarded Science, forgotten magic
• A Rough Map
• Blow them away!

[edit] Done Deals

• Shape of the world
• Multiracial or integrated societies
• Which game system to use
• Weapons laws
• Game play
• Stuff about wizard families
• Legal Rights For The Undead!
• No more immortals

[edit] The Ideas Fact Tree

1. The Fourth World posses a roughly real world level of technology and also magic.
   1. Magic and science are integrated smoothly, using whichever is most suitable to a given application.
   2. Arcane magic has a genetic component, but the genes are wide spread and crop up unexpectidly
   3. Divine magic comes from the gods, who try to find the bravest souls to join them in their afterlife in a divine war against the Great Old Ones.
   4. Druidic magic stems from a close affinity with nature, though what the source of this power is remains debated.
2. The Fourth world is spherical.
   1. It has a large continent in the southern hemisphere.
   2. It has a large Antarctic continent which is home to several varieties of undead.
   3. It has two large islands in the northenhemisphere linked by a network of islands.
3. The Fourth World is one of several dimensions.