I know that Zoebeck (and some other places) are famous for their clockworks, but I'm wondering if there are any cities / organizations that are famous for applying the principles of clockworking to creating actual life. If so, where could I read up on these guys?
If they don't exist, where do you think the best place for them would be?
Thanks!
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I know that Zoebeck (and some other places) are famous for their clockworks, but I'm wondering if there are any cities / organizations that are famous for applying the principles of clockworking to creating actual life. If so, where could I read up on these guys?
If they don't exist, where do you think the best place for them would be?
Thanks!
My suggestion, off the top of my head, is that the kingdoms of the west may well have delved into this kind of biothaumaturgy during the period before or during the wars that created the Wastes, or possibly something in the deepest recesses of the caverns.
Then, since it's a good question, I asked the man who would know best, and Wolfgang was kind enough to answer as follows:
Huh, interesting question. There's the ooze magic of Caelmarath, and lots of other wild experiments in the west, but... If anyone succeeded with it, chances are it is buried in the wastes somewhere....
So there you have it - the West is the place you want, abominations and all.
Thanks Kassil!
Where's the Ooze Magic detailed? The Midgard Campaign Setting says to look at Kobold Quarterly #17, but I see no indication of an article in there about it. KQ #20 has derro ooze magic which I plan on investigating.
I would say the Dwarven Cantons have Clockworks.
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The ooze magic article got bumped from issue 17 to 20. Not entirely sure what you mean by "applying the principles of clockworking to creating actual life." This topic can turn philosophical pretty fast, so let me just ask you to clarify what you mean by that.
Is it alchemy to create a homunculus? Is it building a sentient machine? I'm not sure what you mean by "actual life" in a fantasy universe with golems, undead, dragons, automatons, demons, etc...
I suppose that a homunculus is the closest thing I had in mind. Except what I have in mind is not just limited to constructs.
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Cool. In Midgard, that would be Maillon for the homunculus and life created through magic, and possibly other places for life conjured from stone or ancient tech.
And the vril tech stuff from the Western Wastes fits this pretty well, in the sense of artificial life forms created as servants for powerful magocracies (that later collapsed).
Eeeexcelllent. This will do wonderfully, I think. Thanks!
Didn't some dwarves put the souls of their Elders into clockwork dwarves in Halls of the Mountain Kings?
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Cheapy - about your question about elves in chat the other day: The true-blooded elves are rarely seen, and most comprise of the windrunners of the Rothenian steppes, the shadow fey, and the river elves of the Arbonesse, who are both rather reclusive and regarded as the strongest and wisest of the bunch.