Tacticalpizzaoven - They Call Me Appliance Miser

i've always imagined the player being some scary archotech omniscient being that the colonists follow the orders of because at first like... what else are they to do? clearly the voice in their heads has a plan for them, why not listen. and as time goes on you grow closer as the colony develops, not following your orders due to necessity but trust. you've kept them safe for this long, you clearly have their best interests in mind.

that's my take at least.

another concept that I think would be interesting to explore in fic, is What do the Rimworld colonists think of the player?

What are you to them?

You design the colony, and they will build everything you lay out, no questions asked.

You decide what their priorities should be, and even if you make stupid decisions that put their lives in danger, they will follow that order without question.

You can give them a long to-do list, and the only reason they'll stop before completing it (aside from you telling them to stop), is if they physically cannot continue, because they're ready to collapse of hunger or exhaustion. Or are in such a bad mood they have a mental break.

Why are they so willing to obey you? What are you, that they trust you so unflinchingly, and let you dictate their lives?

You are capable of being in multiple places at once, as demonstrated when part of the colony is in a caravan several days' travel away, and yet you can instruct both groups in the same moment.

Time does not flow over you the same way that it does the colonists. There are times where you notice things too late, yes, but there are also times when, the very moment disaster strikes, you have a plan as though you were able to deliberate for hours during the span of a breath.

You have not aged. You were here when the first pod crash-landed, you bore witness as their children were born, you watched over them as they grew into adults, and you were there still, as they reached reached old age. You will be there for as many generations as exist in this land.

What are you?

The sommelier from John Wick 2, drunk af: we're having a clearance sale.

Find these in @anim-ttrpgs 's rulebook for Eureka :3

when im playing a game alone and theres danger i am quiet and stoic, by necessity. when im playing with friends and theres danger i start screaming and sqwuaking like a chimp to communicate over long distance that there is danger and i am distressed. This is because humans are social animals who evolved to live in groups and signal to eachother when herobrine is there

no sales for 5 days..

don't get grabbed.

Yeah yeah fuck it, put the integrated autocannon on there

Wrist mounted rocket launcher, yeah. The machine guns where the eyes should be, big fuckoff sword, yeah

Fuck it, yeah, thirty ton VT jump jet kit, partial wing with folding legs, put talons on the fucking thing too, yeah

Hip holster for the one-handed flamethrower, LRM tubes with the deadfire missiles, radiometry suite that lets me see in fuckin x-ray, yeah

Microwave gun, laser AMS, the gauntlet with the HEAT in the knuckles, put all that extra shit on there, yeah

Yall should really check out @anim-ttrpgs EUREKA if you like investigative ttrpgs and or supernatural stuff.

Theyve got a long list of very fun traits that make every character unique and intresting, a fun "Tiers of fear" system i enjoy and really in depth and fast combat should it come down to violence (wich it doesnt too often, but when it does its very well crafted).

The biggest draw for a lot of people may be the fact you can play as a supernatural investigator as well though.

Anything from a wolfman over vampires to gorgons and fae!

Theres also "Misc" investigators, less monstrous, not quite human, like the beloved by the community living doll, or the talking dog, or the humble mage.

And should you ever tire of the pretty large roster of playable investigator types and traits this game really lends itself to making your own misc or monster type to play! (Thats what i did for my most used character)

EUREKA is great and yall should give it a try.

If youre looking for groups to play with youre always welcome to join the @anim-ttrpgs bookclub discord server! Where we play different ttrpgs all the time and the "other games section" is full of people willing to play eureka (or other games) at any time!

Also check out the itch.io page for them, they can always use the support ^^

im pretty sure there are sapper tunnels under my walls