Friday, March 25, 2011

The State of Superior and the Other Lake States: Encounter Tables

Setting info via The Zak Method.

After The Night of Blood and Tears human remnants in the Great Lakes regions of the US and Canada huddled into medium cities that survived. Eventually these settlements evolved into the Lake States, dominated by Superior. They are human purists and virulently anti-magic and nearly as anti-psionic.

In the Lake States there are three basic types of areas in The Lake States: urban, farmland, and fringe (originally wastes).



Lake States Encounter Tables

Lake States Urban Encounters
2Escaped Extra-dimensional Being
3Rouge magic user or psychic
4Lone wolf patrol
5Military convoy
6Full wolf patrol
7Common public services bot
8Party officials
9Off Duty Regular soldiers
10Police patrol
11Common workers going to or from work
12Drunks
13Skinhead Gang
14Prostitute
15Slave laborer
16Adventuring Party
17Black market dealer of some kind
18Stoners
19Escaped slave laborer
20Minor mutant
Lake States Farmland Encounters
2Extra-dimensional Being
3Rouge magic user or psychic
4Lone wolf patrol
5Slave laborer
6Full wolf patrol
7Farming bot
8Adventuring Party
9Farm products convoy
10Military Convoy
11Military Patrol
12Farm Workers
13Farm products convoy
14Drunks
15Farming bot
16Escaped slave laborer
17Smuggler
18Industrial resources convoy
19Minor mutant
20Major mutant
Lake States Fringe Encounters
2Lone wolf patrol
3Smuggler
4Full wolf patrol
5Military Patrol
6Extra-dimensional Being
7Malfunctioning bot
8Magic-user and apprentices
9Refugees
10Adventuring Party
11Wild animals
12Giant Ants
13Giant Deer
14Mammoth
15Giant Bear
16Dragon
17Demon
18Escaped slave laborer
19Minor mutant
20Major mutant 

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2 comments:

  1. Pretty cool. I live in Upper Michigan and could totally see this stuff appearing in "Superior."

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  2. Glad it rings true to a resident. Do you have your MREs for the nuclear fueled magical holocaust (Night of Blood and Tears) and are you ready for me to seek refugee with you?

    I learned about the whole State of Superior movement from a friend in the Navy from the LP. I always thought it was just perfect for any weirdness or gonzo idea. Plus, it rings truer to me than a rebuilt Chicago being the center of human survival in a world gone mad. Now, Detroit, given the last census numbers, I can see refugees moving into after it isn't destroyed because it's abandoned.

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