penemue Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 http://io9.com/5070155/the-opals-that-the-martian-sea-left-in-its-wake Cool... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyrath Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 Re: Opals on Mars And your player characters will be forced by the palace guards to kneel before the green Martian Emperor, seated on the Opal Throne of Syrtis Major... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Re: Opals on Mars I can see an adventure, or even a mini-campaign here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Re: Opals on Mars Dibs on The Cranky Ole Prospector! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Re: Opals on Mars Dibs on the De Beers representative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyrath Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Re: Opals on Mars But the gold rush would really start if these were special opals. Like if they could be used to make high powered lasers, or unbreachable armor, or cured male pattern baldness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Re: Opals on Mars Or provide the Unobtainium for FTL drives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Re: Opals on Mars Or oo! Oo! The Shaving Cream Atom! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaws Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Re: Opals on Mars What if these opals can be used as spell components... uhhh. magic on earth... ups this is star hero forum... oh well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Re: Opals on Mars What if these opals can be used as spell components... uhhh. magic on earth... ups this is star hero forum... oh well... Nothing wrong with genre mixing. Worth remembering as well: there are meteorites on Earth which are known to be of Martian origin. So there could well be a few Martian opals that have made it to Earth over time. If you wanted, you could accept the interstellar origin idea for carbonado (black) diamonds, too, and run with those ideas for your game-world in whatever way you find interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Admiral C Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Re: Opals on Mars Neat. You learn something new everyday. I had this idea once that would fit well with a Champions game where the big bad supervillain planned on hitting earth with an small asteroid but blew it up in orbit and the chunks the upper atmosphere. There would be damage and death for sure but the big angle of it was the core of the asteroid was solid gold. With thousands of tons of gold raining across the earth's surface a gold based/backed economy would be thrown into chaos. Or at least it would make a good story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyrath Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Re: Opals on Mars Or oo! Oo! The Shaving Cream Atom! Or the Rack-and-Pinion molecule: the only substance that can polish yo-yos. However, if you really want a gold rush, postulate that sprinkling powdered Martian opal on your food will let you eat all you want and still loose weight like a fashion model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaws Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 Re: Opals on Mars However' date=' if you really want a gold rush, postulate that sprinkling powdered Martian opal on your food will let you eat all you want and still loose weight like a fashion model.[/quote'] I'll buy stock in that.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maur Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Re: Opals on Mars Neat. You learn something new everyday. I had this idea once that would fit well with a Champions game where the big bad supervillain planned on hitting earth with an small asteroid but blew it up in orbit and the chunks the upper atmosphere. There would be damage and death for sure but the big angle of it was the core of the asteroid was solid gold. With thousands of tons of gold raining across the earth's surface a gold based/backed economy would be thrown into chaos. Or at least it would make a good story. Yep, if there were any gold backed economies. I don't think any 1st or 2nd world nation has had its money backed by gold for quite some time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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