Quadrophenia

Seriously? damnation, man, Scadrial's got it made in the shade. No wonder the Lord Ruler was terrified of a technological uprising, the sheer potential for advancement is incredible. Fun fact, we could have had fuel-efficient electric cars as early as the 1890s... oh, how history would have altered if we had gone that route.

Holy crap, now that's a series of unfortunate events, eh?

Does buying an audiobook count?

Well, they already have trains and they've only recently created automobiles- hey, do they run on fossil fuel in Scadrial or...? I do suppose they could try to start constructing railways and highways that extend far beyond the Basin.

It also helps Harmony deliberately remade the world, or at least the Basin, to be exceedingly human-friendly and rich and plentiful in all manner of resources. Already that's a step up in the right direction, eh?

I wasn't sure if it would be more appropriate to pitch this topic here or on the Roleplaying forum, but I noticed the forum's mainly for posting for anyone interested playing this or that game. Hence, I've decided to post this here~ Where I would like to share with you, the good people of the 17th Shard fansite, some of my crazy freaking roleplaying stories as a seasoned Game Master and, occasionally, player. Lo, from games as far as Dungeons & Dragons to Pathfinder, from Call of Cthulhu to homebrews of Avatar: The Last Airbender... and yes, why, even a few stories set in the world of Mistborn (thank you, official Mistborn RPG!). And more importantly, if there's anyone here with their own cool stories about their roleplaying experiences, please! Feel free to share! "What qualifies as a cool or crazy story?" All up to you. Opening the floor... now!

So what other technologies and sciences have not touched on? Open to all ideas.

Does the admin relocate it or...?

Ha, indeed!

Heh heh, I feel we're getting off track from the main topic a little. Although, in fairness, Star Trek did inspire real life science and technological advancement, so we're still technically on theme XD

There should be one Koloss. He'd be like the team Worf (if we go by Next Gen rules).

Wait, in this scenario, is everyone in the crew native to Scadrial or is it like Star Trek proper and you have the one token "Alien" on the bridge? (Like, say, some guy from Roshar or Sol)

We shall not go to Threnody. Tis a silly place.

"Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.” New headcanon: Either Paul or Leto Atreides is a Sliver, like the Lord Ruler.

... Did you just make a Dune reference? Can I hug you?

I. Cannot. Up. Vote. This. Enough.

... Actually, you know what? A sort of Babylon 5-esque (or Mass Effect-esque set up for you millennials) set up where a Federation-esque organization monitors and explores the Cosmere, combining space opera with several flavours of high fantasy? That would be amazing!

And suddenly, it seems more than possible that worldhopping will no longer be relegated to secretive thousand-year-old organizations with multidimensional-expanding agendas (or merely the one thousand-year-old man with a multidimensional-expanding agenda). Imagine a Star Trek-y universe, complete with a Federation, that links all the major Cosmere worlds together so that any man, woman or child could visit these worlds and learn and experience the wonders on each planet we the audience have grown to love.

... Oh crap. It occurs to me I may have posted this thread in the wrong place. This should have been under Entertainment Discussion. GAH!

Also, just for fun, Molly Carpenter gets mainly a team of psychic Pokémon, Thomas gets the prettiest but deadliest Pokémon on his team... Hell, Mouse probably counts as a Pokémon in his own right. Calling it, he's Normal/Fairy.

Hm. I'm not sure about Delphox. As Fire-Starters go it might be a little too effeminate. ... Why not Rapidash? There's boatloads of horse motifs surrounding Harry (see: Ebenezer's affectionate nickname for him).

God, there should be a mini-Mistborn novella entirely devoted what sort of crazy school system a Metallic Arts-influenced college would have.

He does more or less manipulate Wax to kill people for the greater good... which, even by his own admission, is a moral quandary he has to wrestle with every second of his existence. Which is to say nothing of his tight control on the kandra population to prevent the means by which they might reproduce and replenish their rapidly dwindling numbers. So, yeah, I'd say Fairy/Dark sounds about right.

They'd really have to throw a few academic curveballs just to keep things fair.

Huh. It occurs to me- ... Would coppermind medallions count as cheating on school tests? Or exams of any kind?