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* SinisterSouthwest: The Manabelt is centered around the Hellstorm in New Mexico, which means that the area has the highest concentration of magical activity in the world - with the consequent uptick in dangerous weirdness that requires [[HunterOfMonsters Hellhounds]] to clean up.
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* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: An InUniverse example. Necrovision is an enchantment that allows a TV to watch any show that isn't currently airing on broadcast television, and TV producers and studios are suing Necrotech over it. [[note]][[HilariousInHindsight This book was written well before the rise of filesharing and video streaming,]] though small-scale digital piracy had been known for over a decade on BBSes and the like, which had some overlap with the GURPS audience. More mainstream-relevant would have been the debates over the legality of home taping and VCRs.[[/note]]
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* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: An InUniverse example. Necrovision is an enchantment that allows a TV to watch any show that isn't currently airing on broadcast television, and TV producers and studios are suing Necrotech over it. [[note]][[HilariousInHindsight This book was written well before the rise of filesharing and video streaming,]] though small-scale digital piracy had been known for over a decade on BBSes and the like, which had some overlap with the GURPS audience. More mainstream-relevant would have been the debates over the legality of home taping and VCRs.[=VCRs=].[[/note]]
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* AccidentalIncantation: The nail that changed the world was Robert Oppenheimer's remembering of "I have become Death, Destroyer of Worlds" being a literally magical moment.
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* AccidentalIncantation: The nail that changed the world was Robert Oppenheimer's remembering of Oppenheimer actually saying "I have become Death, Destroyer of Worlds" being and making the detonation of "the gadget" a literally magical moment.
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* AccidentalIncantation: The nail that changed the world was Robert Oppenheimer's remembering of "I have become Death, Destroyer of Worlds" being a literally magical moment.
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* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: An InUniverse example. Necrovision is an enchantment that allows a TV to watch any show that isn't currently airing on broadcast television, and TV producers and studios are suing Necrotech over it. [[note]][[HilariousInHindsight This book was written well before the rise of filesharing and video streaming.]][[/note]]streaming,]] though small-scale digital piracy had been known for over a decade on BBSes and the like, which had some overlap with the GURPS audience. More mainstream-relevant would have been the debates over the legality of home taping and VCRs.[[/note]]
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* OurLichesAreDifferent: After a CIA project to artificially create mages with radioactive potions failed when all the subjects died, a few of them returned to unlife as angry glowing skeletons. These atomic liches are stronger and tougher than normal humans, leak radiation, and have high-level spellcasting abilities. One of the most prominent is Elrond Carver, the Dark Lord of Chicago, who runs the crime syndicates in the Midwest.
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* {{Anaphora}}: The tagline on the cover, using "High" to tie things together: "High Magic. High Tech. High Adventure."
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I Love Nuclear Power is dewicked
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* ILoveNuclearPower: Magery and chimera births are largely a result of nuclear fallout. On the dark side, so are vampirism and toxic zombie syndrome.
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* NuclearMutant: Magery and chimera births are largely a result of nuclear fallout. On the dark side, so are vampirism and toxic zombie syndrome.
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* AliensInCardiff: One of the top thaumaturgical universities the University of Texas at [[UsefulNotes/OtherCitiesInTexas El Paso]].
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* AliensInCardiff: AliensInCardiff:
** One of the top thaumaturgical universities is the University of Texas at [[UsefulNotes/OtherCitiesInTexas ElPaso]].Paso]].
** The Hellstorm, the source of mana that made magic come roaring back, is located in New Mexico.
** One of the top thaumaturgical universities is the University of Texas at [[UsefulNotes/OtherCitiesInTexas El
** The Hellstorm, the source of mana that made magic come roaring back, is located in New Mexico.
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* ObviousRulePatch: Players of previous ''GURPS'' settings had theorycrafted an "Infinite Mana Battery"; a construction made from a glass-walled cylinder of hard vacuum, a pair of permanent Gates, and a stone pebble falling through it indefinitely to build up velocity forever. However, it would only actually be possible in settings containing magic, modern science, and a spell that could actually convert that velocity into mana. ''Technomancer'' would've been the first to qualify... but in this one setting, Gate doesn't exist.
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* AliensInCardiff: One of the top thaumaturgical universities the University of Texas at [[UsefulNotes/OtherCitiesInTexas El Paso]].
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** Being under MindManipulation is obviously an absolute defense in a criminal trial.
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** Being under MindManipulation is obviously an absolute defense in a criminal trial. The manipulator is guilty of the crime instead.
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* RightWingMilitiaFanatic: The Knights of the Apocalypse are a Christian militant movement dedicated to (as their name implies) preparing to fight for Jesus in the Apocalypse. They [[FantasticRacism consider chimeras the soldiers of the Antichrist]], hoard guns and wands in preparation for the Apocalypse (and don't take kindly when Big Government tells them to knock it off), and otherwise support a standard American right-wing agenda (by 1997 standards).
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* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: In one of the vignettes, we get this gem from out of a laboratory:
-->Daphne put the phone down. “Eric, you ever dealt with a mutant toxic zombie walking cactus with strange powers over killer bee swarms?”
-->Daphne put the phone down. “Eric, you ever dealt with a mutant toxic zombie walking cactus with strange powers over killer bee swarms?”
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* {{Retcon}}: Between Merlin-1 making its first appearance in the ''Time Travel Adventures'' scenario "Soulburner" and becoming a setting in its own right, ''GURPS Wizards'' featured a Merlin-1 mage-spy, who had been magically transported to Homeline to find out who these interlopers on her world were. However, ''Technomancer'' specifically states that the entire Gate college is unknown (not just classified) on Merlin-1, presumably to keep the game in one reality and stop it from becoming "Magic Infinite Worlds".
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* {{Retcon}}: SchizoContinuity: One-sided. Between Merlin-1 making its first appearance in the ''Time Travel Adventures'' scenario "Soulburner" and becoming a setting in its own right, ''GURPS Wizards'' featured a Merlin-1 mage-spy, who had been magically transported to Homeline to find out who these interlopers on her world were. However, ''Technomancer'' specifically states that the entire Gate college is unknown (not just classified) on Merlin-1, presumably to keep the game in one reality and stop it from becoming "Magic Infinite Worlds". This was then counter-retconned in ''Infinite Worlds'' for 4e, which has Merlin as an active player in the timelines. Essentially, ''Technomancer'' can be played either as an independent world or as a world within the greater infinity.
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* FlyingCarpet: A favored replacement for the automobile (though those are still in use too).
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* FlyingCarpet: A favored replacement for the automobile (though those are still in use too). They are also popular for military use, providing portable mobility without logistical dependencies on fuel.
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** The Right Path are an activist group and think-tank who believe that [[MagicVsScience magic is inherently irrational and unscientific]] and push for more mundane R&D.
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** [[FantasticCatholicism The Vatican]] is rumored to have a demon-hunting force, the "Hounds of God." The Congregation for Thaumaturgical Investigation's official job is more prosaic; mostly organizational details, as well as divination and security for the Pope.
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* AntimagicalFaction:
** God's Own Army and the Army of God are anti-magical terrorist groups. The former are Christian (specifically, a splinter group who were [[EveryoneHasStandards too extreme]] for [[FantasticRacism the Knights of the Apocalypse]]), while the latter are an Islamic terrorist organization.
** The Right Path are an activist group and think-tank who believe that [[MagicVsScience magic is inherently irrational and unscientific]] and push for more mundane R&D.
** God's Own Army and the Army of God are anti-magical terrorist groups. The former are Christian (specifically, a splinter group who were [[EveryoneHasStandards too extreme]] for [[FantasticRacism the Knights of the Apocalypse]]), while the latter are an Islamic terrorist organization.
** The Right Path are an activist group and think-tank who believe that [[MagicVsScience magic is inherently irrational and unscientific]] and push for more mundane R&D.
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Has been integrated into the ''TabletopGame/InfiniteWorlds'' meta-setting, under the designation of 'Merlin-1' (in fact, it first appeared as part of the original "Infinite Worlds" setting in 3rd edition ''GURPS Time Travel''). It's mostly used as an example of a high-mana world and a world you want to tread lightly in. ''No one'' wants these guys figuring out crossworld tech.
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Has been integrated into the ''TabletopGame/InfiniteWorlds'' meta-setting, under the designation of 'Merlin-1' (in fact, it first appeared as part of the original "Infinite Worlds" setting in 3rd edition ''GURPS Time Travel''). It's mostly used as an example of a high-mana world and a world you want to tread lightly in. ''No one'' wants these guys figuring out crossworld tech.
tech. [[spoiler: Except that they already have.]]
