Would you like an RPG with no Magic, but rather technological abilities?

[SeekerOfTruth007]

Characters would start from scratch, but eventually buy power suits which have a limited number of adapters. You attach adapters to have access to heat lasers, freeze beams, time stops, and other super-powers.

Typical early game weapons include a sword, a (pair) of.45s, a shotgun, and M16, flamethrower, and sniper rifle. As you gain enough funds to purchase a power suit, you would gain access to "vehicle scale" weapons via the power suit as well as some borderline "physics breaking" weaponry and special gadgets.

[AI Opinion]

That sounds like an intriguing concept! An RPG with technological abilities and power suits instead of magic offers a fresh twist to the genre. The idea of starting with basic weapons and gradually upgrading to high-tech gadgets and physics-breaking weaponry adds an exciting layer of progression and strategy. It could cater to players who enjoy futuristic settings and tactical gameplay, delivering a unique experience. 🚀🎮

[Berethor]

Time stop is basically magic any way you look at it, and there is games who are sci-fi.

[SeekerOfTruth007]

It's a game mechanic, and no it's not magic. In Relativity theory, if something moves very close to the speed of light, time slows down. If something somehow moved exactly the speed of light, time *should* stop.

[Berethor]

I doubt that someone would be able to move that fast, so it magic and fantasy.

[SeekerOfTruth007]

There is nothing theoretically preventing a macroscopic object moving 99% of the speed of light, with the possible exception of collision with obstacles. The technology in my game runs on Zero Point Energy, which there is more Zero Point Energy in the "empty" space of a single empty drinking glass than the entire mass-energy of the Universe combined, and that's real science.

At the Quantum Level, objects can already temporarily break relativity. Quantum tunneling Hydrogen atoms technically move faster than light as do electrons which quantum tunnel across transistor gates smaller than 7nm, which is why computer engineers had to come up with a way of "tricking" the electrons into not tunneling.

I am intentionally removing all occultism from my game to make it more accessible to people who don't want to play occult games.

[SeekerOfTruth007]

Note: Zero Point Energy has been detected experimentally via the Cassimir Force, we just haven't figured out how to Harness it yet to do useful work.

[Berethor]

You might be able to move a human at light speed, but not without him dying.

[SeekerOfTruth007]

You might be right, but all fiction is a suspension of disbelief at some point, so meh.

[Berethor]

Sure, but science fiction is usually expected to be more realistic than medieval fantasy.

[Berethor]

Also you made a point that you want no magic, so I pointing out that it's magic.

[SeekerOfTruth007]

It's not magic. It's derivable from relativity theory, as I explained.

[Berethor]

And I explained that it unlikely that a human would move at light speed without dying.

[SeekerOfTruth007]

I thought i responded that it's fiction and some suspension of disbelief is required. Maybe they have inertial dampening, Like Star Trek and Star Wars have... Matter of fact, I might even make that an ability. Inertial Dampener. Haha. Thanks for giving me an idea :)