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7+E9O+N4T1 Merges Are Worlds Composed of Elements, Tropes MERGE CHAIN Version 1.0.4 !!/7+E9O+N4T1 Merges are worlds composed of elements, tropes, themes, tones, etc. of the constituent jumps’ canonical settings, blended together in a way that hopefully creates an interesting, original world to explore. Stable Worlds are a sequence of merges that take place in the same world. This means that, while a jumper has been there before, and has a history in a world, subsequent visits may explore different themes. Refraction Clusters are groups of merges with similar themes or ideas. Unlike stable worlds, return visits to the cluster will be to completely different – but familiar – settings. TableTable ofof ContentsContents Merges 9. It’s the End of the World pg 12 17. Space Opera..................pg 20 Vigor Mortis Across the Sands, Thunder 1. Anachronisms...................pg 4 Wastrels Ad Vance Stray Future Zoned Suited to the Task Eon’s End Space Fantasy Red in Tooth and Claw 10. The Long War...............pg 13 Winds of Change Amid the Tumult 18. Treasure Hunter...........pg 21 Long After The End An Evolution of Conflict Yo-Ho Adventure Bitter Means High-Stakes Archaeology 2. Badasses, Inc....................pg 5 Titanomachy Sailing the Black Sea Operation Operate Bitter Ends Rule of Cool 19. Veils & Masquerades....pg 22 Deniable Assets 11. Magical Realms............pg 14 Hidden Things Secret Agent License No Man’s Land Bump in the Night Borderline Adventurous Carpe Noctem 3. Caster Supremacy.............pg 6 Dragon’s Gate Unearthly Threats Towers of Magic Idyll Skies Occult Arcanum Stranger Wakes 20. Xenocide.......................pg 23 The Third Magic Open Season Walking a Path 12. Military Fantasy...........pg 15 They Walk Among Us Inheritors of Steel & Fire Invaders Must Die 4. Chemicals & Circuitry......pg 7 Draco Atlantis Extinction Wars Ethics Waivers Show of Fantastic Force Dreams in Digital Pro Forma Ars Magica Bellum Hands of Steel Grand Chorus Bootstrapped 13. Ochasen........................pg 16 5. Dark Fantasy....................pg 8 Honor’s Edge Ashes, Blood, & Iron Theatre of War Warden’s Road Religious Racket The Swiftly Rising Night Telos 14. Political Extremes.........pg 17 Kingdom of Lost Souls A Softer World Grim Remnants Monument to Ruin Leviathan Manifest 6. Eldritch Enemies..............pg 9 A Madder World 15. Refuge in the Mundanepg 18 Flat Circles Comfy Modern Fantasy Life Cast in Shadow The Ostian Empire Knocks Another Day At The Office 7. Final Frontier.................pg 10 Fairy Punk Free Space Star Kingdoms 16. Silver Bullets.................pg 19 A Bold Peace Mordant Dust and Nightmares 8. Heroes and Villains........pg 11 Extranormal Forces Battle of Wits To War With Hell Appropriate Measures Tarnished Age Capes & Spandex Notes More Worlds Under Consideration Coming Soon Knights’ Code Duello Changelog As Above, So Below............pg 25 Ready? Fight! Remnants Ecumenical Lesbian Gems from Beyond Heaven or Hell, Let’s Rock Terra Eschaton De-Immenatized Higher Learning Inner Limits........................pg 26 Animal Kingdoms Meals on Wheels Liminal Fantasy Quest Trump Arcana Dungeons & Delvers Mahou no Mazoku Quest for Deliverance Endgame.............................pg 27 Fabled Coronation Soft Exit Godbound Maintenance Engineer Climb The Tower Stranded, But Not Alone Jagannath’s Door Restless Spirits Questant Regalia Genetic Algorithm Machine Life C⊕ Si Abyss Beneath ??? MergesMerges 1. Anachronisms Strange combinations of magical, technologies, and societal qualities. Refractions. Stray Future The precursors left clues to their existence in the lost and hidden caves of shining mysteries. They left us the wandering islands, the fish, the birds, the factories on the bottom, and their last wish for us: “be happy”. Aquaria Splatoon CATastrophe Cave Story Endless Ocean (CYOA) Eon’s End The age of adventure is dead. Maybe it’s the new gods, or the advances in magitech, or the more peaceful philosophies being adopted, but things are certainly changing. For the better, perhaps. Perhaps not. Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magic Obscura Bloodstained Ritual of the Night Red in Tooth and Claw Outside the small villages and walled cities, monsters rule. Some slay the creatures: hunters. Others train them: tamers. Scouts, Merchants, and Gatherers mostly try to avoid the various deadly flora and fauna. Monster Hunter Monster Trainer Nausicaa Pokemon Winds of Change Raw magic can have some strange effects on living things. Unpredictable effects. So when the aetherwinds blow, you’d best get yourself inside a shelter. Or you could end up like those things that stalk the wilds. Elona Endless Legend Stormlight Archives Long After The End In this post-history world, civilization has come and gone. The world is now the domain of barbarians, wizards, mutants, and stranger. Remnants of the old world can still be found, proof of a forgotten age. Adventure Time Samurai Jack Generic Post-Apocalypse 2. Badasses, Inc. This world looks very normal, all things considered. But that is not coincidence. The sweat, blood, and lives of many individuals dedicated to keeping the world running are responsible. Stable. Operation Operate When peace is threatened (as it often is), governments turn to small teams of discrete operatives to solve problems, promote the status quo, or remove obstacles. The work is dangerous, secretive, and very lucrative. Call of Duty Rainbow Six Splinter Cell PMC (WIP) Rule of Cool Everything is at least 20% more awesome, badass, and/or likely to explode. You might expect to come across gun-runners, drug-dealing gangs, terrorists, and police firing two guns whilst jumping through windows. 80s Action Movies Modern Action Movies Black Lagoon Jormungand Deniable Assets Much like the real world, intelligence agencies get involved in shady business they probably shouldn’t. And when agents get caught assassinating a dictator or buying drugs, they become retroactively rogue agents. True Lies Burn Notice Matthew Reilly Universe Bourne Trilogy (DNE) Secret Agent License When all else fails. When the enemy is extraordinary. When the stakes are too high. That’s when certain individuals, surprisingly well-known names to those who matter, come to set things right. 007 Archer Kingsmen 3. Caster Supremacy It’s all about the magic, baby! Gotta dig those pointed hats! Have you seen this season’s robes, and the new broomstick designs? Anyway, if you can’t do magic, you probably don’t matter. Refractions. Towers of Magic From all over the realm, children with the gift come to a Tower to learn the magic of the four elements. Spoiled noble brats and awe-stuck country bumpkins alike come to master the fundamental natural forces. Circle of Magic Avatar The Last Airbender / LoK Familiar of Zero Codex Alera Occult Arcanum There are lots of rules in magic. Some of them cannot be broken. Some of them can, but really shouldn’t be. Mostly, they’re suggestions: with enough cleverness and desire, they can be bent to one’s own advantage. Dresden Files Harry Potter Pact The Third Magic There are two kinds of magic commonly practiced: Mystic Arts and Summoning. The first grants abilities to the magus. The second magic summons servants compelled by a seal. The third magic is not discussed. Bartimaeus Dishonored Type Moon Walking a Path In this world, there are two kinds of people. The first are mortals. The second are those on the Sublime Path. More than mortal, the Sublime defend life and take it, living above the common man, seeking more than life. Xianxia Wuxia Anima: Beyond Fantasy 4. Chemicals & Circuitry Moving forward will always mean some people get left behind, stepped on, or lost. Nobody thinks they’ll be the unfortunate sacrifice ground beneath the ever-turning wheel of progress. Refractions. Ethics Waivers If a person is Augmented, that means they’ve agreed to the terms and conditions. If they’d read the fine print, they’d know that means their asses belong to the corporations. Nobody ever reads the fine print. Katawa Shoujo Repo: The Genetic Opera Deus Ex: Human Revolution Dreams in Digital The overcast sky is lit from below by flickering hologram ads. You stink of pollution, greasy thai noodles, and vape juice. You’re jobless, your augs are malfunctioning, and your premium apartment subscription is due. Va11 HALL-A Blade Runner+2049 Deus Ex Ghost in the Shell Cyber Punk (WIP, Worm) Hands of Steel We don’t know why the robots turned on us. There are theories, but anyone who knows for sure was probably killed in the alpha strike. We’re lucky not all of them went nuts. But it’s hard to tell, you know? Robocop Terminator Megaman Classic (Protomen Drawback) Bootstrapped Looking too deeply into the mind has lead to the birth of new threats to humanity: digital intelligences. Already, one colony is gone, and more are soon to follow, regardless of ideology or politics. Battlestar Galactica Eclipse Phase Eve Online Starsector (DNE) 5. Dark Fantasy No, the local star works fine, it’s just that things generally suck in these worlds. Refractions. Ashes, Blood, & Iron Immortal wizard-kings rule over walled cities, ancient civilizations’ ruins dot the land, danger lurks behind every sun-blasted rock, and remnants of the displaced cannibal elf empire still practice their dark sorceries. Dark Sun Sword & Sorcery Elric (WIP, Stormbringer) Bronze-Age Collapse? (WIP) Warden’s Road Monsters, both human and other, often seek to prey on the weak and vulnerable. To keep safe the roads, to mete out justice, to slay monsters, to protect the innocent – such is a Warden of the Old Kingdom’s duty. Lone Wolf Old Kingdom Witcher The Swiftly Rising Night The monsters have come out from their lairs, madness in the back of mankind’s mind comes to the fore, and dark forces make monsters of men, to combat against the things emerging more eldritch than monsters. Bloodbourne Innistrad Ravenloft Darkest Dungeon Telos Anyone, at any time, can be thrust into violence, faced with corruption, or tempted by a promise of power.
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