Merge Chain Version 1.0 !!/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. Amid the Tumult and Ruin..............................5 36. Abyss Beneath..............................................12 2. Appropriate Measures.....................................5 37. Animal Kingdoms.........................................12 3. Badasses, Inc.....................................................5 38. Arts & Crafts..................................................12 4. Bump in the Night............................................5 39. Ashes, Blood, & Iron.....................................12 5. Capes & Spandex..............................................5 40. Borderline Adventure..................................12 6. Comfy Modern Fantasy Life............................6 41. Court of War.................................................13 7. Deniable Assets................................................6 42. Dragon’s Gate...............................................13 8. Dust and Nightmares.......................................6 43. Dungeons & Delvers....................................13 9. Extranormal Forces..........................................6 44. Eon’s End.......................................................13 10. Flat Circles.......................................................6 45. Fabled Coronation........................................13 11. Hidden Things.................................................7 46. Fantasy Quest...............................................13 12. High-Stakes Archeology.................................7 47. Grand Chorus...............................................14 13. Invaders Must Die..........................................7 48. Idyll Skies.......................................................14 14. Knights’ Code Duello......................................7 49. Inheritors of Steel & Fire.............................14 15. Leviathan Manifest.........................................7 50. Kingdom of Lost Souls.................................14 16. Life of Crime....................................................7 51. Mordant.........................................................14 17. Liminalities......................................................8 52. No Man’s Land..............................................15 18. A Madder World.............................................8 53. Quest for Deliverance..................................15 19. Mahou no Mazoku.........................................8 54. Small Gods....................................................15 20. Major Arcana...................................................8 55. Stranger Wakes............................................15 21. Monument to Ruin.........................................8 56. Telos...............................................................15 22. New New World..............................................8 57. The Third Magic............................................16 23. Operation: Operate........................................9 58. Tower of Magic.............................................16 24. Occult Arcanum..............................................9 59. Warden’s Road..............................................16 25. Remnants of Divinity......................................9 60. Worlds Apart.................................................16 26. Restless Spirits................................................9 27. Soft Exit............................................................9 28. Secret Agent Liscence....................................9 29. SSDD..............................................................10 30. Tarnished Age...............................................10 31. They Walk Among Us...................................10 32. Veiled Threats...............................................10 33. Vigor Mortis...................................................10 34. Yo-Ho Adventure..........................................10 35. Zoned.............................................................11 Sci-Fi17 Anachronism 21 61. Ad Vance........................................................17 81. Across the Sands, Thunder.........................21 62. Bitter Means for Bitter Ends.......................17 82. Eschaton De-Immenatized..........................21 63. Bold Peace.....................................................17 83. Fairy Punk......................................................21 64. Bootstrapped................................................17 84. Grim Remnants............................................21 65. C⊕Si...............................................................17 85. Higher Learning............................................21 66. Dreams in Digital..........................................18 86. In The Shadow of Giants.............................22 67. Ethics Waivers...............................................18 87. Lesbian Gems from Beyond Terra.............22 68. Extinction Wars.............................................18 88. Long After The End.......................................22 69. Free Space.....................................................18 89. Open Season.................................................22 70. Feudal Space.................................................18 90. Pro Forma Ars Magica Bellum....................22 71. Hands of Steel...............................................18 91. Questant Regalia..........................................22 72. Maintenance Engineer.................................19 92. Red in Tooth and Claw.................................23 73. Post Cyber Punk...........................................19 93. Rise the Tower..............................................23 74. Sailing Black Seas.........................................19 94. Realms of Reckoning....................................23 75. A Softer World..............................................19 95. Stray Future..................................................23 76. Suited to the Task.........................................19 96. War With Hell................................................23 77. Space Fantasy...............................................20 97. Wastrels.........................................................24 78. Titanomachy.................................................20 98. War at Long Last...........................................24 79. Welcome to the Future................................20 99. Winds of Change..........................................24 80. Xenomate......................................................20 100. Free Choice.................................................24 Notes25 Key........................................................................25 Under Consideration..........................................25 Jumps I’d Like to Use..........................................25 Changelog............................................................26 Refraction 1. Amid 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, ?) 2. Appropriate Measures In early 19XX, a man walked into a diner and exploded. He continued to explode, and was unable to stop. Perhaps with a gentler introduction to those with special abilities, things would be different. Perhaps not. Aberrant Infamous Push Shadow Ops 3. 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. Action Movies 80s/Modern Black Lagoon Jormungand 4. Bump in the Night There is Good, and there is Evil, and long have they been at war. Every man chooses, every day, with every action, which side he’s fighting for. It’s unfortunate that Evil has so many more champions than Good. Evil Dead Dead By Daylight Horror Movies 5. Capes & Spandex Anyone can be a hero, but it turns out more people want to be villains. Either way, most just play cops and robbers, with pranks and minor heists. But some crises prompt even bitter nemeses to team up. DC Marvel The Free Universe 6. Comfy Modern Fantasy Life When a more advanced society encounters a less advanced one, the same thing happens throughout history. The Breach would have been another example, had several governments not preemptively granted blanket provisional refugee status to any inhabitants who decided to cross over peacefully, and start a new life. Koboyashi’s Dragon Maid Gate: Thus the JSDF was Wanked Senko-San Oh, My Sweet Alien! Monstergirl Refugee Crisis CYOA 7. 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 8. Dust and Nightmares West of the Mississippi is a land of tall-tales and possibility. Maybe it’s the curse laid down during the Indian Wars, but things are a bit queer. You might see goat-suckers,