Posts made by yyrqun

Those historical themes do sound interesting, but then again the further you back you go, the more the world becomes different. A couple hundred years after Hawkwing at least would be enough for all the cultures in the books to be in place. The After the Breaking years/Free Years are interesting, but might not be that familiar for a main setting.

On the other hand there's the issue is that the closer you get to the present, the more canon characters become important in the grand scheme of things, prophecies unfulfilled as @Arkandel said.

So that's why I'd still value a future where there's 1) male channelers, 2) a familiar world to the main setting of the books, and 3) a world open for changes on a large scale, with players having a big role in making these changes happen. But I'm never going to say no to playing a WoT game just because it's set during the Trolloc Wars.

Right. And the oaths are likely going to be respected if the Black Ajah is limited. Yeah, channelers being one per player is likely the best solution.

Channelers and warders are likely the flagship concepts for a WoT game, so yeah, limiting them is probably too much.

@wildbaboons Before would definitely be interesting, too.

One solution could be to have a quota on channelers or restrict them in other ways like applications, probationary periods... but that is a bit strict seeing as how magic is core to the theme. A hard question, since the best Bladesmaster is nothing next to the best Aes Sedai.

Gateways would be an interesting device, though it'd probably be best to have some permanent hubs no matter the time period. Caemlyn and Tar Valon being the most crucial and then depending on other factors, Cairhien (for some more political RP), or Tarabon/Illian/Seandar (if a Seanchan invasion is a focus). Or an Aiel hub if Shara is important; no doubt Aiel will be a popular culture, too.

Having a lot more time pass ICly might also be good for cutting down travel times, but also because there will no doubt be people who want to start out as Novices and become Aes Sedai but don't want to wait 20 RL years...

@wildbaboons Perhaps it would be jarring to some, but IIRC most big WoT games in the past used mirror-worlds, which have their own issues. Instead of the Trakands and Damodreds you get other houses in their place, and you have to learn the divergences instead of just jumping into the theme.

Again there'd be some issues with a game where people play NPCs around the time of the books, as it'd mostly be reacting to the big offscreen changes that players wouldn't usually have a role in; the most important and powerful Aes Sedai would always be canon, etc.

So I think the future would be a rather unique thing, especially because afaik there haven't been any WoT games released since the books' completion, so the Fourth Age has never fully been on the table before.

WRT the Dark... yes, that'd definitely be the biggest factor holding back the Fourth Age. I imagine there could be some bitter Darkfriends still hoping to break the Wheel, but their threat would be much smaller. But hopefully having a raw human conflict alongside the new issues mentioned above, would be enough for the playerbase.

Shara did always seem more like the militant isolationist sort than invaders, but I think something could definitely be done about them being absent from the Dragon's Peace. I did always envision Seanchan as the aggressors, but that would probably only work if Mat and Tuon's child was the Kylo Ren of this world...

@arkandel Lots of possibilities, but not sure if I'd feel comfortable playing a male channeller in the Third Age if I had to go mad, or swear allegiance to the Dark In fact, think I would probably be an Aes Sedai anyway. The monastic nature of their organisation and the nuance of the Ajahs interests me more than the militaristic Asha'man, but that's just a personal preference.

I do think a Fourth Age setting would be best, though, now that all of the books are done. The legacies of the main characters would be there, but they'd mostly all be in the distant past. Plus, there'd be a lot of room for dramatic upheaval and change in the world, and as you said, male channellers will likely be a popular concept. Lots of material to work with, such as:

• Aviendha's vision of the future and the Seanchan threat. Perhaps her attempting to change the future would affect some things, but not everything -- so there's a general plot to work with, but also one that's potentially open-ended.
• Daes Dae'mar: perhaps the Cairhienin wanting to break free of Andor and scheming as to who'd be best on the throne. In Andor itself, perhaps the symbolic tradition of female-only inheritance for the royals would be contested now that saidin is cleansed.
• The role of the Asha'man in the Fourth Age, and seeing the Black Tower when it's more like a Tower instead of a farmhouse.
• Changes in the White Tower such as having female Warders, Red Ajah who secretly still oppose the Asha'man for some reason, and a larger pool of novices etc. now that women older than teenagers aren't turned away.
• How Aiel society would change after the events in the novels.

Sounds great. As long as I can RP channelling saidar (or saidin, depending on the time period) in the not-too-distant-future, all is well.

Yeah, even the earlier books seem a bit of a slog at times; can't imagine what it'll be like when I get to the breaking point... still, worth it to know more about the world's lore.

I'm little late to the Wheel of Time party -- doing my first read through right now -- but I've already fallen in love with the level of detail RJ's brought to this world. I'm sure it'd make for great RP. Explored some of the ruins of Cuen and it makes me feel a bit sad to have missed out on the tales of Aes Sedai, Warders, Lords and Ladies, Maidens of the Spear...

Seeing the beginning of the Fourth Age would be great, as well as the history of the Westlands, or even a mirror-world. I'm sure this would get a lot of love, especially with that rumoured TV show coming.

@Botulism Hey is this still going? I'm all for small, close-knit games but it looks like you and other staffers haven't been on in a while.