Merge Chain Version 0.9.3 !!/7+E9O+N4T1
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Merge Chain Version 0.9.3 !!/7+E9O+N4T1 Each merge is composed of elements, tropes, themes, tones, etc. of the constituent jumps’ original settings, blended together in a way that hopefully creates an interesting world for a jumper to explore. I plan on using these in an alt-chain of my own, but I encourage others to make use of, or adapt these to their needs. Table of Contents Refraction 5 Fantasy 12 1. Veiled Threats...................................................5 36. Abyss Beneath..............................................12 2. Badasses, Inc.....................................................5 37. Ashes, Blood, & Iron.....................................12 3. Deniable Assets................................................5 38. Court of War.................................................12 4. Secret Agents, Man...........................................5 39. Falling Scales.................................................12 5. Amidst the Tumult and Ruin...........................5 40. Dungeons & Delvers....................................12 6. SSDD...................................................................6 41. Fabled Coronation........................................13 7. Operate..............................................................6 42. Idyll Skies.......................................................13 8. Life of Crime......................................................6 43. The Art to Craft.............................................13 9. High-Stakes Archeology...................................6 44. Worlds Apart.................................................13 10. Yo-Ho Adventure............................................6 45. Third Magic...................................................13 11. Invaders Must Die..........................................6 46. Fantasy Quest...............................................13 12. They Walk Among Us.....................................7 47. Grand Chorus...............................................14 13. Appropriate Measures...................................7 48. Inheritors of Steel & Fire.............................14 14. Bump in the Night..........................................7 49. Kingdom of Lost Souls.................................14 15. Extranormal Forces........................................7 50. To Fight Monsters.........................................14 16. Flat Circles.......................................................7 51. Mordant.........................................................14 17. Hidden Things.................................................7 52. Stranger Wakes............................................15 18. Leviathan Manifest.........................................8 53. Telos...............................................................15 19. Monument of Ruin.........................................8 54. Warden’s Road..............................................15 20. Occult Arcanum..............................................8 55. Tower of Magic.............................................15 21. Waste Riders...................................................8 56. No Man’s Land..............................................15 22. Zoned...............................................................8 57. Animal Kingdoms.........................................15 23. Mahou no Mazoku.........................................8 58. Quest for Deliverance..................................16 24. Major Arcana...................................................9 59. Small Gods....................................................16 25. Restless Spirits................................................9 26. A Madder World.............................................9 27. Comfy Modern Fantasy Life..........................9 28. Capes & Spandex............................................9 29. Knights’ Code Duello....................................10 30. Vigor Mortis...................................................10 31. Liminalities....................................................10 32. Ready? Fight!.................................................10 33. In The Shadow of Giants.............................10 34. Remnants of Divinity....................................10 35. Tone: Death...................................................11 Sci-Fi17 Anachronism 21 60. Ad Vance........................................................17 79. Across the Sands, Thunder.........................21 61. Bitter Means for Bitter Ends.......................17 80. Eschaton De-Immenatized..........................21 62. Distant Fires..................................................17 81. Install/Daemon.............................................21 63. Escape Velocity.............................................17 82. Fairy Punk......................................................21 64. Extinction Wars.............................................17 83. War of Ending Sides.....................................21 65. War With Hell................................................18 84. Long After The End.......................................22 66. Free Space.....................................................18 85. Open Season.................................................22 67. Hands of Steel...............................................18 86. Red in Tooth and Claw.................................22 68. A Softer World..............................................18 87. Stray Future..................................................22 69. Maintenance Engineer.................................18 88. Rise the Tower..............................................22 70. Post Cyber Punk...........................................18 89. Questant Regalia..........................................22 71. Ethics Waivers...............................................19 90. Lesbian Gems from Beyond Terra.............23 72. Dreams in Digital..........................................19 91. Pro Forma Ars Magica Bellum....................23 73. Space Fantasy...............................................19 92. Realms of Reckoning....................................23 74. Titanomachy.................................................19 93. Soft Exit..........................................................23 75. Bootstrapped................................................19 94. Grim Shadows..............................................23 76. C⊕Si...............................................................20 95. Higher Learning............................................23 77. Welcome to the Future................................20 96. Winds of Change..........................................24 78. Xenomate......................................................20 97. Free Choice...................................................24 Notes25 Key........................................................................25 Under Consideration..........................................25 Jumps I’d Like to Use..........................................25 Changelog............................................................25 Refraction 1. Veiled Threats Behind the veil, monsters wait in lonely corners of the world. They crawl from civilization’s cracks, and strike from the shadows. Most survivors misremember events. But not all. Some recall. A rare few hunt. Blade Buffy Constantine World of Darkness (Mortal) 2. Badasses, Inc. Everything is at least 20% cooler, and/or more likely to explode. You might expect to come across gun- runners, drug-dealing gangs, terrorists, and police firing two guns whilst jumping through windows. Black Lagoon Jormungand Action Movies 80s/Modern 3. 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. Matthew Reilly Universe? True Lies Burn Notice 4. Secret Agents, Man Numerous agencies deploy suave covert agents loaded with cool gadgets, to foil the dastardly plans of wealthy, often ideologically-motivated, super-villains with cats, volcano lairs, and super lasers. 007 Kingsmen Archer 5. Amidst the Tumult and Ruin Artillery pounds the trenches, infantry slogs through corpse-strewn mud, planes roar overhead, and rear command wants another charge at the enemy lines, through the hell of the battlefield. Generation Kill Inglourius Basterds Platoon WW2 (WIP, ?) 6. SSDD Everyday life here is just a little more interesting, comedic, and whimsical. It's Always Sunny Nine to Five Sitcom/Comedy 7. Operate Can’t go a block without tripping over terrorists, sectarian violence, a military coup, and a black ops team. Call of Duty Rainbow Six Splinter Cell PMC (WIP, ?) 8. Life of Crime Crime, the organized sort, is much more common here. Mafioso and bratva run the world, from influencing politicians to selling drugs to kids. It’s a complex web of criminal activity, and you’re caught in it. Breaking Bad Mob GTA 9. High-Stakes Archeology There’s always an adventure, if you’re willing to look for one. Treasure, monsters, even magic – out there, waiting for the right kind of person, one who scoffs at ordinary life, and seeks grandeur over the horizon. Indiana Jones Tomb Raider Mummy Trilogy 10. Yo-Ho Adventure Before the universe was mapped, in the age of sail and compass, the world was bigger than it is today. In the corners where civilization hadn’t yet reached, anything could be found. If one looked hard enough. Road to El Dorado Pirates of the