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	===Player Races===		===Player Races===
	*Humans - you ~~know humans~~.		*Humans - you, unless society has changed dramatically since this was written.
	*Gremlins - small mechanically-oriented creatures. They sleep in engines: you could have one renting your car during the nights. Like mischief, but it's strictly harmless nowadays		*Gremlins - small mechanically-oriented creatures. They sleep in engines: you could have one renting your car during the nights. Like mischief, but it's strictly harmless nowadays
	*Elves - traditional fantasy elves, they live in houses in large trees, which the typical suburb has a few of (elves are not strange, you grew up around elves, the first lady is an elf). The Drow were only recently integrated into society as a part of the civil rights movement, so racial tension with them is still high		*Elves - traditional fantasy elves, they live in houses in large trees, which the typical suburb has a few of (elves are not strange, you grew up around elves, the first lady is an elf). The Drow were only recently integrated into society as a part of the civil rights movement, so racial tension with them is still high

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	*Mutants		*Mutants
	*The Beatles: The world's most famous cabal of archmages. Disco, metal, Heirs of Rock, or something else? Given the decades on which we're modeling this setting, they should be big for most of it.		*The Beatles: The world's most famous cabal of archmages. Disco, metal, Heirs of Rock, or something else? Given the decades on which we're modeling this setting, they should be big for most of it.
			*Orcs and/or Goblins

	==Failed Treatments==		==Failed Treatments==

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	(Generally rejected for being too dark and overarching.)		(Generally rejected for being too dark and overarching.)



			[[category:Homebrew Settings]]

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	*Metal (strongness, intimidation, melee weapons, toughness)		*Metal (strongness, intimidation, melee weapons, toughness)
	*Working For The Man (investigation, handguns, coverups, perception)		*Working For The Man (investigation, handguns, coverups, perception)


	~~==Celebrities==~~

	===Beatles V1===		===Beatles V1===

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			==Celebrities==

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	# Squash Monster puts the new treatment into the setting or the failed treatment pile, depending on response.		# Squash Monster puts the new treatment into the setting or the failed treatment pile, depending on response.

	Also, just to save you some time: we don't need new parallel structure (nothing needs to be opposing ~~eachother~~ aside from the magics), there's no way new types of magic are getting added to the setting, and reworking anything for historical accuracy is missing the point entirely. On the other hand, things like races, creatures, potential things that all the evil plotters might want people to do, stunts for the various skills, and spells? We need piles of those, go wild.		Also, just to save you some time: we don't need new parallel structure (nothing needs to be opposing each other aside from the magics), there's no way new types of magic are getting added to the setting, and reworking anything for historical accuracy is missing the point entirely. On the other hand, things like races, creatures, potential things that all the evil plotters might want people to do, stunts for the various skills, and spells? We need piles of those, go wild.

	==The Setting==		==The Setting==
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	Blackbelt - you've mastered at least one martial art, which is unlikely to bear any resemblance to the real-world art of the same name. You are the best at melee combat, and have several abilities to help make that work in a world where everyone else has guns. You also can pull information out of your ass from detective training, street smarts, or ancient Chinese secrets.		Blackbelt - you've mastered at least one martial art, which is unlikely to bear any resemblance to the real-world art of the same name. You are the best at melee combat, and have several abilities to help make that work in a world where everyone else has guns. You also can pull information out of your ass from detective training, street smarts, or ancient Chinese secrets.

	Supersoldier - you have the uncanny ability to shoot people and hit them in ways more serious than a nasty graze. And you have lots of guns, and will often find spare guns when you should have to reload. And you're stronger and tougher than the blackbelt (who will still kick you ass in a fistfight, don't get cocky, Rambo). You have crazy survivalist, ~~macguyver~~, or requisitioning skills.		Supersoldier - you have the uncanny ability to shoot people and hit them in ways more serious than a nasty graze. And you have lots of guns, and will often find spare guns when you should have to reload. And you're stronger and tougher than the blackbelt (who will still kick you ass in a fistfight, don't get cocky, Rambo). You have crazy survivalist, MacGyver, or requisitioning skills.

	Discomancer - you look damned sharp and can dance like Pan himself. Also, you got someone to teach you disco magic (which requires great style and rhythm, congrats). Disco magic starts with anything a good ~~lightshow~~ or fireworks show can do (dazzle, misdirect, and fascinate) and so long as you can get someone to look at the wrong place, you can do anything a stage magician can do, except for real. If you don't understand how powerful this is, watch an ~~Oldspice~~ commercial. Disco has basically no direct attack spells, ~~althrough~~ Disco Inferno is one of the best.		Discomancer - you look damned sharp and can dance like Pan himself. Also, you got someone to teach you disco magic (which requires great style and rhythm, congrats). Disco magic starts with anything a good light show or fireworks show can do (dazzle, misdirect, and fascinate) and so long as you can get someone to look at the wrong place, you can do anything a stage magician can do, except for real. If you don't understand how powerful this is, watch an Old Spice commercial. Disco has basically no direct attack spells, although Disco Inferno is one of the best.

	Metalhead - it starts with an electric guitar, leather clothes with spikes, and a crazy hairdo. It ends with everything around you looking like a metal album cover. Metal effects include summoning oversized weapons (metalheads are the second best at melee), elemental blasts, and necromancy. All metal spells slowly make things around them look more metal, that's just how metal works. Like disco, you need inherent gifts and a teacher to learn metal magic.		Metalhead - it starts with an electric guitar, leather clothes with spikes, and a crazy hairdo. It ends with everything around you looking like a metal album cover. Metal effects include summoning oversized weapons (metalheads are the second best at melee), elemental blasts, and necromancy. All metal spells slowly make things around them look more metal, that's just how metal works. Like disco, you need inherent gifts and a teacher to learn metal magic.

	Hippie - unlike disco and metal, hippie magic requires no innate gift: you just have to visit a guru with a open mind. Hippies get their powers from sharing, communing with nature, and lots and lots of drugs. Be careful because the better drugs can let supernatural forces into your head. A hippie might coat all your ~~weaons~~ in flowers so thick you can't use them, ask a passing squirrel to run an errand for him, or send a foe on trips to horrifying alternate planes of ~~existance~~.		Hippie - unlike disco and metal, hippie magic requires no innate gift: you just have to visit a guru with a open mind. Hippies get their powers from sharing, communing with nature, and lots and lots of drugs. Be careful because the better drugs can let supernatural forces into your head. A hippie might coat all your weapons in flowers so thick you can't use them, ask a passing squirrel to run an errand for him, or send a foe on trips to horrifying alternate planes of existence.

	Agent - The Man is the personification of the establishment, and its powers can only be accessed through contract. The obvious agent powers are telekinesis and ESP. The more dangerous agent powers are subtle: agents are always where they need to be, when they need to be there, with the equipment they need, and often with backup ready at a moment's notice. That is, supernatural preparedness, punctuality, and training.		Agent - The Man is the personification of the establishment, and its powers can only be accessed through contract. The obvious agent powers are telekinesis and ESP. The more dangerous agent powers are subtle: agents are always where they need to be, when they need to be there, with the equipment they need, and often with backup ready at a moment's notice. That is, supernatural preparedness, punctuality, and training.
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	Greys - various completely inscrutable plots. Always straightforward, though: they might try to remove all mercury from a 3 mile radius, for example. They like to delegate away the obvious stuff using bribes or mind control. The Man is especially sensitive about not letting people know these guys are around, for some reason		Greys - various completely inscrutable plots. Always straightforward, though: they might try to remove all mercury from a 3 mile radius, for example. They like to delegate away the obvious stuff using bribes or mind control. The Man is especially sensitive about not letting people know these guys are around, for some reason

	Deep Ones - inscrutable plots again, but these guys seem to want plots as complex as possible. The term "Xanatos gambit" comes to mind. They're clearly just doing ~~oldschool~~ cultist stuff about waking up evil gods, hardly original. Encountering them can result in damage to your sanity, though.		Deep Ones - inscrutable plots again, but these guys seem to want plots as complex as possible. The term "Xanatos gambit" comes to mind. They're clearly just doing old-school cultist stuff about waking up evil gods, hardly original. Encountering them can result in damage to your sanity, though.

	Dragons - yes, there are ancient firebreathing lizards pulling the strings behind some of the stuff going on. All the dumb dragons died out back in the ~~rennaisance~~ so expect their plans to be highly competent ones. Generally they're just amassing wealth and influence, and to that end they've all got major corporations and state governments to run, so any crazy schemes one dips into must be very lucrative indeed. A draconic plot looks benign, runs smoothly, and is finished as quickly as possible without cutting corners (which paradoxically can be very slow: human plots cut corners). Even if you thwart a draconic plot you're unlikely to know there was a dragon behind it.		Dragons - yes, there are ancient firebreathing lizards pulling the strings behind some of the stuff going on. All the dumb dragons died out back in the Renaissance so expect their plans to be highly competent ones. Generally they're just amassing wealth and influence, and to that end they've all got major corporations and state governments to run, so any crazy schemes one dips into must be very lucrative indeed. A draconic plot looks benign, runs smoothly, and is finished as quickly as possible without cutting corners (which paradoxically can be very slow: human plots cut corners). Even if you thwart a draconic plot you're unlikely to know there was a dragon behind it.

	The Man - just because some of the party are agents doesn't mean they sometimes don't go up against The Man. The establishment is huge and sometimes there are things going on that one branch or another doesn't like. It's not really infighting exactly, it's that The Man is an anthropomorphic personification of all big government and big corporations (both of which exist independently of The Man), and those sometimes fight. Agents are generally seen covering stuff up, keeping the peace, and testing evil government brainwashy stuff. They're rough to try to stop, since they have magical organizational/logistical powers where other groups have plans.		The Man - just because some of the party are agents doesn't mean they sometimes don't go up against The Man. The establishment is huge and sometimes there are things going on that one branch or another doesn't like. It's not really infighting exactly, it's that The Man is an anthropomorphic personification of all big government and big corporations (both of which exist independently of The Man), and those sometimes fight. Agents are generally seen covering stuff up, keeping the peace, and testing evil government brainwashy stuff. They're rough to try to stop, since they have magical organizational/logistical powers where other groups have plans.
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	In general, historic periods take vastly longer than they did in the real world, because that's how things work in fantasy settings. The medieval fantasy period took several thousand years, for example. World War 2 took a hundred years. Even though Fantastic America takes place in a wildly inaccurate interpretation of a 30 year period of real-world history, this setting will last at least a few hundred years.		In general, historic periods take vastly longer than they did in the real world, because that's how things work in fantasy settings. The medieval fantasy period took several thousand years, for example. World War 2 took a hundred years. Even though Fantastic America takes place in a wildly inaccurate interpretation of a 30 year period of real-world history, this setting will last at least a few hundred years.

	Humans have been around forever. Elves and Dwarves have been around since at least the dark ages, which were several thousand years ago and would have been your typical ~~Tolkein~~-ripoff setting had you been there. Gremlins showed up in the Victorian/steampunk era, and robots showed near the end of that era, but are much more common now.		Humans have been around forever. Elves and Dwarves have been around since at least the dark ages, which were several thousand years ago and would have been your typical Tolkien-ripoff setting had you been there. Gremlins showed up in the Victorian/steampunk era, and robots showed near the end of that era, but are much more common now.

	The civil rights movement was about 40 years ago, but racial tensions are as high as the early 70s because things are slow. In addition to integrating African ~~Ameriacans~~, it also integrated the Drow and Duergar, who are just black elves and dwarves despite all the magic stereotypes. Yes, discriminating against people because they were black despite having wildly bigger differences all over the place is meant to lampoon how silly racism is in the first place.		The civil rights movement was about 40 years ago, but racial tensions are as high as the early 70s because things are slow. In addition to integrating African-Americans, it also integrated the Drow and Duergar, who are just black elves and dwarves despite all the magic stereotypes. Yes, discriminating against people because they were black despite having wildly bigger differences all over the place is meant to lampoon how silly racism is in the first place.

	Elvis, the Archwizard of Rock, died about 80 years ago. With Elvis's death, the power of Rock and Roll is sealed and cannot be used anymore. Disco and Metal have brought music magic back to near its former glory, but only the true master of the one true style can inherit the mantle of Elvis and unseal the greater powers of music. It's all very serious if you're a musician, that's why the discomancers and metalheads are always so uneasy around ~~eachother~~ (and why both groups will try to kill you if they find out you've been practicing both).		Elvis, the Archwizard of Rock, died about 80 years ago. With Elvis's death, the power of Rock and Roll is sealed and cannot be used anymore. Disco and Metal have brought music magic back to near its former glory, but only the true master of the one true style can inherit the mantle of Elvis and unseal the greater powers of music. It's all very serious if you're a musician, that's why the discomancers and metalheads are always so uneasy around each other (and why both groups will try to kill you if they find out you've been practicing both).

	The Hippies and Agents don't trust ~~eachother~~ either, and won't allow ~~eachother~~ to learn their magics, but unlike the music magicians their conflict is just a vague ideological thing and not something critically important like a struggle to fill a huge power vacuum.		The Hippies and Agents don't trust each other either, and won't allow each other to learn their magics, but unlike the music magicians their conflict is just a vague ideological thing and not something critically important like a struggle to fill a huge power vacuum.

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	*Kung Fu (skill in hurting people with fists, weapons, and chairs)		*Kung Fu (skill in hurting people with fists, weapons, and chairs)
	*Pluck (endurance and resolve)		*Pluck (endurance and resolve)
	*Rapport (leadership, intimidation, ~~congames~~: the only stat ~~Farris~~ Bueller needs)		*Rapport (leadership, intimidation, con games: the only stat Ferris Bueller needs)
	*Science! (Science, engineering, academics)		*Science! (Science, engineering, academics)
	*Survival (wilderness survival, outdoor stealth, and Macguyvering)		*Survival (wilderness survival, outdoor stealth, and Macguyvering)
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	==Proposed Additions==		==Proposed Additions==
	*"Grifter" style class for Farris ~~Bueler~~ and other moxie-based heroes.		*"Grifter" style class for Farris Bueller and other moxie-based heroes.
	*Something for super spies like James Bond		*Something for super spies like James Bond
	*Something invoking Science!		*Something invoking Science!
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	*Whatever Macguyver does		*Whatever Macguyver does
	*Someone should be able to play a street version of Indiana Jones		*Someone should be able to play a street version of Indiana Jones
	*Cryptids: Ahool, Loveland Frog, ~~wikipedia~~ "List_of_cryptids", mothman		*Cryptids: Ahool, Loveland Frog, Wikipedia "List_of_cryptids", mothman
	*Conspiracy theories: MKULTRA, monarch mind control, project blue beam, sleeper agents		*Conspiracy theories: MKULTRA, monarch mind control, project blue beam, sleeper agents
	*A D&D-style inaccurate list of guns would be nice		*A D&D-style inaccurate list of guns would be nice
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	Reptilian aliens secretly control the world's religions, governments, and authority figures.		Reptilian aliens secretly control the world's religions, governments, and authority figures.

	Elvis knew about this and was starting to organize the resistance before he died. He hid the knowledge in song, where the aliens can't reach it, and whoever picks up his mantle as Archwizard of Rock will inherit this responsibility along with his powers. The discomancers and metalheads know the master of the one true style will inherit his title and powers - that's what they're always at ~~eachother~~'s throats for - but have no idea about the secrets. Their entire struggle is protected from reptilian intervention by one of Elvis's spells, at least.		Elvis knew about this and was starting to organize the resistance before he died. He hid the knowledge in song, where the aliens can't reach it, and whoever picks up his mantle as Archwizard of Rock will inherit this responsibility along with his powers. The discomancers and metalheads know the master of the one true style will inherit his title and powers - that's what they're always at each other's throats for - but have no idea about the secrets. Their entire struggle is protected from reptilian intervention by one of Elvis's spells, at least.

	The Man knows about the reptilians but has to keep up the pretense that he's their pawn so they let him keep up what he's doing. In addition to hiding a lot of stuff the aliens don't want you to know about, The Man is hiding things he doesn't want the aliens to know about. The frequent cooperation between the Greys and The Man is due to the Greys being the only sane source of trade and partnership that is very definitely not under reptilian control. Agents on the ground have never actually met The Man and certainly don't know about any of this, they just have assignments.		The Man knows about the reptilians but has to keep up the pretense that he's their pawn so they let him keep up what he's doing. In addition to hiding a lot of stuff the aliens don't want you to know about, The Man is hiding things he doesn't want the aliens to know about. The frequent cooperation between the Greys and The Man is due to the Greys being the only sane source of trade and partnership that is very definitely not under reptilian control. Agents on the ground have never actually met The Man and certainly don't know about any of this, they just have assignments.

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