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* AIIsACrapshoot: In the prequel trilogy, [[spoiler:we meet two AI. Legion is a Sensate; it just cares about experiencing things. Think Hellraiser. Not malicious, just so intensely into new experiences that it doesn't care who gets hurt. Midian is a Humanist. It cares about humanity, but because it has a sense of morality is more limited in what it can do than Legion is.]]
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* AIIsACrapshoot: AIIsACrapshoot:
** In the prequel trilogy, [[spoiler:we meet two AI. Legion is a Sensate; it just cares about experiencing things. Think Hellraiser. Not malicious, just so intensely into new experiences that it doesn't care who gets hurt. Midian is a Humanist. It cares about humanity, but because it has a sense of morality is more limited in what it can do than Legion is.]]]]
** In the sequel ''Threadbare'' trilogy, we learn that Legion has moved on to trying to consolidate power, and order, under the Eidolon Empire and opposes any attempt to free the Players because that would return him to being hunted in the "real world", while Midian is seeking to free the Players because Konal's impending death will eventually end the world in a few in-game centuries.
** In the prequel trilogy, [[spoiler:we meet two AI. Legion is a Sensate; it just cares about experiencing things. Think Hellraiser. Not malicious, just so intensely into new experiences that it doesn't care who gets hurt. Midian is a Humanist. It cares about humanity, but because it has a sense of morality is more limited in what it can do than Legion is.
** In the sequel ''Threadbare'' trilogy, we learn that Legion has moved on to trying to consolidate power, and order, under the Eidolon Empire and opposes any attempt to free the Players because that would return him to being hunted in the "real world", while Midian is seeking to free the Players because Konal's impending death will eventually end the world in a few in-game centuries.
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** This is a major issue for Threadbare early in his life because he doesn't have a mouth or vocal cords, so he can only use his Bear skills.
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** This is a major issue for Threadbare early in his life because he doesn't have a mouth or vocal cords, so he can only use his Bear skills. Later in the books, some enemies take advantage of the situation by damaging his voice box so that he can't speak commands.
** Also, it's been shown that slurring of words, through drunkenness or difficulty speaking due to injury, can prevent skill usage.
** Also, it's been shown that slurring of words, through drunkenness or difficulty speaking due to injury, can prevent skill usage.
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* StagedPopulistUprising: In the second trilogy, rumors of doll haunters being empowered by the souls of sacrificed children, as well as a belief that golems will become immortal noble overlords, results in an uprising to put a true heir on the throne, which is actually backed by corrupt nobles seeking power... and they in turn are being puppeted by the EvilEmpire, Eidolon.
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* MinionsCustomizedAtCreation: Souls can be used to animate golems whose appearances and capabilities are under the design decisions of the golem-maker / controller, a.k.a Golemist.
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* MinionsCustomizedAtCreation: MinionsCustomizedAtCreation:
** Souls can be used to animate golems whose appearances and capabilities are under the design decisions of the golem-maker / controller, a.k.aGolemist.Golemist.
** Every Toy Golem receives a second Racial Job based on the doll they're based off of. The consequences of them effectively introducing new Elves, Dragons, and Humans into the world is explored in later books.
** Souls can be used to animate golems whose appearances and capabilities are under the design decisions of the golem-maker / controller, a.k.a
** Every Toy Golem receives a second Racial Job based on the doll they're based off of. The consequences of them effectively introducing new Elves, Dragons, and Humans into the world is explored in later books.
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* LuckStat: Luck is one of the traits that Greater Golems start with very low scores in. This results in near pratfall levels of calamity happening to them after they've been brought to life. The need to have a decent luck stat is a common enough problem that a card game named Grindluck is started at an early age to ensure children survive childhood.
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* LuckStat: LuckStat:
** Luck is one of the traits that Greater Golems start with very low scores in. This results in near pratfall levels of calamity happening to them after they've been brought tolife. life.
** The need to have a decent luck stat is a common enough problem that a card game named Grindluck is started at an early age to ensure children survive childhood.
** Luck is one of the traits that Greater Golems start with very low scores in. This results in near pratfall levels of calamity happening to them after they've been brought to
** The need to have a decent luck stat is a common enough problem that a card game named Grindluck is started at an early age to ensure children survive childhood.
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Threadbare came into the world as a failed experiment. A toy golem, but not powerful and intelligent like his creator Caradon wanted. Before he could be recycled for resources, however, the little girl Cecilia assumes he is a present and adopts him as her own. Caradon sees no harm in it, and allows her to take him.
But Threadbare is in fact a success. Not a genius, not a super-golem, but a golem that can learn and grow.
But Threadbare is in fact a success. Not a genius, not a super-golem, but a golem that can learn and grow.
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Threadbare came into the world as a failed experiment. A toy golem, but not powerful and intelligent like his creator Caradon wanted. Before he could be recycled for resources, however, the little girl Cecilia assumes assumed he is was a present and adopts adopted him as her own. Caradon sees saw no harm in it, and allows allowed her to take him.
But Threadbare is in fact a success. Not a genius, not a super-golem,but ''but'' a golem that can learn and grow.
But Threadbare is in fact a success. Not a genius, not a super-golem,
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The ''Threadbare'' books are a LitRPG outing by Andrew Seiple, started in Fall 2017, and then released to online stores. His ''Literature/SmallMedium'' series is set in the same world but following a different protagonist in a different part of the world. The prequel series ''Blasphemy Online'' explores more of the "real world" and how Generica Online got to where it is now.
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The ''Threadbare'' books are a LitRPG outing by Andrew Seiple, started in Fall 2017, and then released to online stores. His ''Literature/SmallMedium'' series is set in the same world but following a different protagonist in a different part of the world. The prequel series ''Blasphemy Online'' explores more of the "real world" and how Generica Online got to where it is now.
now. There is an RPG by the author, ''Generica Offline'', which expands on the races and classes a bit.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: The prequel trilogy is pretty unpleasant. It shows the development of Generica Online and the reason for its existence as well as the state of the world the players live in when they're not in the game. Dystopia is where it starts.
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* CanonCharacterAllAlong: The prequel trilogy explains (or retcons) a lot of the backstory while also introducing a lot of new characters, many of whom get killed off or stuffed in a cupboard. One stands out. [[spoiler:The Patrician is Legion, an AI who wants nothing more than to enjoy new experiences, hijacks the body/avatar of Rich's friend, Pat. He then becomes the driving antagonist after Cylvania escapes its self-imposed isolation.]]
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* AIIsACrapshoot: In the prequel trilogy, [[spoiler:we meet two AI. Legion is a Sensate; it just cares about experiencing things. Think Hellraiser. Not malicious, just so intensely into new experiences that it doesn't care who gets hurt. Midian is a Humanist. It cares about humanity, but because it has a sense of morality is more limited in what it can do than Legion is.]]
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* AndIMustScream: One of Seiple's favorite tropes. There are many classes that give mind control powers, some of them let the victim experience what's being done to them. There's worse, though. In the original Threadbare trilogy, we find soulstones, which store souls in an empty, bodiless void, where they eventually go insane if not given regular contact with the outside world. In the Medium trilogy, we encounter [[spoiler: Players, who go to a revive space when they die and wait to revive. Problem is, none of them have revived in decades, and they're likewise in a bodiless void. They can talk to one another, but it's descended into a nightmare of unending screams.]] In the prequel trilogy, [[spoiler:we finally meet some Elder Gods, who are capable of taking over not merely the avatars of players, but their waking bodies, forcing them to do things. Sometimes it's a "do this and suffer" form of slavery (Cole), sometimes it's mind control.]]
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* EldritchLocation: We learn in the prequel trilogy that [[spoiler:Generica Online isn't a computer game that glitched, it wasn't AI that went rogue. It's a magical location that roams realities and draws people in, powering itself through their wide varieties of magics]].
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* PoweredArmor: This is something that Steam Knights can use as a class feature. It offers extremely good bonuses at the cost of the various health stats not regenerating naturally.
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* PoweredArmor: This is something that Steam Knights can use as a class feature. It offers extremely good bonuses at the cost of the various health stats not regenerating naturally. It also requires fuel, and takes a long time to power up while screaming its activation phrases, meaning it negates stealth for several minutes even before it starts stomping around and screaming steam.
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!The Prequel Trilogy
Following the story of the thirteen year old, Rich, we learn of the rise of Generica Online and the sealing of the games.
# ''Dragon Hack''
# ''Occult Place to Die''
# ''Dragon Drop''
Following the story of the thirteen year old, Rich, we learn of the rise of Generica Online and the sealing of the games.
# ''Dragon Hack''
# ''Occult Place to Die''
# ''Dragon Drop''
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* CrapsackWorld: In the world outside Generica, the US has collapsed into two nations. One, Cascadia, is California Aweseome, but the other is Eagleland Religica the Worst. Everything is thoroughly religious and everything ins monitored and although no one has changed their behavior, this just means the government is free to prosecute them at their whim.
