Occult Adventures.

Introduced imo the best representation of psychic classes and abilities in a way that was a hoot to play without being overly-complex or game-breaking.

Agreed. The psychic classes were actually interesting, both from fluff and mechanics viewpoints. You can see where some of the mechanics wound up getting rolled into PF2.

Most kids I've seen seem to really like heavily complex but very clear rules.

I wonder if it's because they associate complexity with adulthood? Everything is very simple when you're a kid, after all. It's only when you get older do you start seeing the shades of gray in reality.

That sounds cool. I imagine that if demons exist that angels or something like them might exist too. I have trouble seeing them reproducing with humans enough to create such magical bloodlines, but it happens in the Bible so I guess it's canon

Tying the origin of such bloodlines to deaths of magical creatures or really some other kind of magical event where mystical energy is released could allow for these bloodlines to arise without sex between a human and whatever.

Recall the shenanigans Zeus got up to whenever he went on mortal booty calls.

But yeah, good-aligned celestials (save for azata) might be hesitant about 'doing the deed' with mortals no matter what the situation. This allows for celestial bloodlines to take root.

Azatas get a pass for being chaotic good -- so long as all parties are consenting, they'd happily join in.  Even azatas aren't going to just -abandon- any offspring though, and would certainly look in on them from time to time.

Which leads into another fun story hook: what does a sorcerer do if his still-existing ancestor comes a-calling? An elemental-bloodline sorcerer whose power derives from a fling with a genie might find himself caught up in said genie's machinations and plans. A celestial-bloodline sorcerer might find a ghaele or lilliend on his doorstep one day, encouraging them to help battle the forces of darkness.

Greetings!

Well, slaves are utilized for many different things, in various capacities and tasks. While slaves used for heavy labour is certainly significant, the assertion that "The reality is that 99.99999% of the time slaves will be used for hard labour" is quite ridiculous, and unfounded. The real fact of the matter is that slaves are heavily used for sex. I'm sorry if this makes some people squeamish, but it is the historical reality. In every siege and conquest of many cities--whether from the days of the ancient Roman Empire, to the hordes of Genghis Khan and the Mongols, plundering the enemies' women was always a primary motivation. Even later, for example, when the Jin hordes invaded northern China, as Historian Michael Woods notes in The Story of China, during the siege of the northern capital, the invading barbarians especially demanded thousands and thousands of women be turned over to them, the noble women, the women of the imperial family, the thousands of women dancers and musicians--all were to be handed over to the barbarians. Women were their *first priority*. Don't for a moment ever think that plundering conquered women isn't a primary priority, right next to gold.

Semper Fidelis,

SHARK

Perhaps, but in 99.99999% of cases involving RPGs, it won't be about 'accurate history', it'll be about entering the GM's magical realm.

You might consider the Roman latifundia as a model as well.

That being said: expect good-aligned PCs to take umbrage.

Don't forget that wizards being wizards, said tower does not necessarily need to conform to normal construction guidelines. Or for that matter, even normal geometry.

The Platform

I made it to three minutes before getting tired of the film smacking me in the face with a sledgehammer.

*looks up movie*

Oh, THIS piece of schlock. Yeah, I saw the trailer for this and was like... 'uh huh... that's not pushing a sociopolitical view, no, of course not *snort*'

The other factor may be tech thats in use but either not understood fully as it was gifted by others, or discovered derilect. Or some key knowledge may have been lost. Like in Battletech. Or even 40k.

Jokes aside, misjumps in BT are damned rare. Usually they're the result of:
(a) experimental technology (the Living Legends module)
(b) damage or interference with the K-F drive (Far Country, Fortress Republic)

I'm not even certain if BT has rules for if a misjump occurs. I need to ask.