Post originally by Dan Davenport at 2003-07-01 13:07:27
Converted from Phorums BB System

Gerry Saracco wrote:
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<b>Dan,

I hear ya. I just need to get off my butt and finish the adventure seed section, then it's all done.

I have another idea in the back of my head where Apes were genetically engineered to be soldiers. Part of the Quality would involve them being powered, so not only are they intelligent, but they have psionic abilities. Part of the inspiration for the setting I got from the Blue Oyster Cult song "Veteran of the Psychic Wars". It was written about Elric, but gave me inspiration none the less.

Throw in the addition powers from Witchcraft/Pulp Zombies, and you can have some nice combinations. I was thinking of having them divided into classes, based on their powers. So you'd have pyrokintetics in one, telepaths in other, etc, etc. Still in the basic stages, but it should be interesting if I ever get it written out.</b>
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One tricky issue I see regarding psionic ape supersoldiers is that of control. It would be difficult enough keeping superhumanly strong soldiers in line, but soldiers who can kill you by <u>thinking</u> about it? And if there is such a control in place, you'd have to make it so that it isn't too restrictive for PCs to be any fun to play.

That said, it <u>is</u> a cool idea.

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Dan Davenport