Quote from: Warthur;216003What the? College at the end of time? I've not encountered any of this stuff, although admittedly my Tekumel reading has been very, very limited. Care to enlighten me as to what the Barker "party line" is on this?

It all ties in with why Tekumel 1) is still around 2) vanished into a pocket dimension. Whatever Happened(tm) split Tekumel into multiple possibilities.

From what I gather, Tekumel's better off where it is, and would get destroyed if it returns to realtime/space. Likely eaten up by one or more of the Pariah Deities*. So all these boffins and Dr. Strange types from all over the various planes and times of Tekumel hover around this College at the End of Time, located in Avanthar but at the End of Time, doing scholarly type things then swoop in and save Tekumel from time to time. Bastards.

While I like the related Heroes of the Age bit (gives room to PCs for doing Heroic Deeds!) and The Egg of the World (another focus for Heroic Deeds!), the College at the End of Time has the potential to pull a Forgotten Realms on the PCs adventures.

Main sources:
Mysteries of Tekumel
The Blue Room

Keep in mind this is Tekumel 401 stuff and mainly from and for Barker's "Ur-Tekumel" campaigns. While I don't want Barker's own answers to all of Tekumel's secrets, it would be better if more of Tekumel's mysteries were (better) presented in the core materials, but as hooks for gaming, with short bits on possible answers for GMs to spark campaigns.

Since it took me a while to respond (real life + 4E) I can start a thread along the lines of setting creators campaigns and how they affect (or don't) campaigns.


* take a look at what happened to end the kingdom of the Priestkings...

Thanks, that's helpful and interesting.

Quote from: gleichman;215458I tend to burn them to the ground and build up something with only the elements of the setting that I like.

This sounds about right to me.

I homebrew mostly and steal from other settings with wild abandon.   In the last few years, I have been translating video game setting through my own filters and that's been fun.  

The only time I run games within a defined published setting is because I greatly enjoy the fluff and then I run 90% to canon, aka Warhammer, Planescape and Fading Suns.

Hi!
  I try to use the setting "as is" so that the players know what to expect.
  I will add a character (which is usually consistent with the setting), plot or village/town/city. But I will not change the setting wholesale. I mean what's the point if you do that?