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Neat.

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Nice little creatures. Go to Comment

You could grab a key from one of these and blackmail it into doing something for you. Go to Comment

I really like this. I think it captures the essence of clockwork magic nicely. Not all magic in steampunk requires thaumatech, just as not all magic requires a spell or wizard.

Short, simple, sweet. I like it a lot. Go to Comment

I think at that point you would then get the 'undead' clockfolk that Kassil suggested. Go to Comment

Wow. Good stuff there, Grey! Go to Comment

Now this one is short, but complete. Have a couple of questions - not too important, but would like to know:

Just how miniature are you envisioning them?
Could a wound-down clockwork be 'refurbished' - completely dissassembled and reassembled? Perhaps a different personality would arise in this case. Go to Comment

It depends on how long its been inactive for. A few minutes, it might just be some memory loss. A couple hours, and they would be severely mentally impaired. But after a day or two, they would be little more than amusing toy soldiers. They might even make good toys in such a case, though you may have trouble getting the "relatives" (it's builder, and others built by the same) to give up the shell. Go to Comment

The first challenge to even try that would be to get one of the inanimate shells. If they can recover them, they will bury them, often in small cast off containers, such as a large matchbox. There is, in fact, one notable Clockfolk tomb, which is actually an abandoned wine cellar with a few empty racks. In each rack, a small, inanimate, yet still perfect looking Clockfolk lies in gentle repose. Should someone desecrate one of their shells, there will generally be a reaction. Limited in actual striking power, the offender will have to suffer virtually every mechanical thing they own being sabotaged until they return the shell, a stubborn man may well find that not a ticking, boiling or clanking thing in his house is worth a penny more than the metal it's made of. Go to Comment

Very easily, assuming you could get the key away in the first place. Might be tricky, they won't willingly surrender such a thing! Go to Comment

By all means, if you can use them then go right ahead! Go to Comment

Awesome.

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I happen to enjoy this, and want to see if I can translate it over to the setting I am working on (Gaslight & Aether). The clockfolk will definitely be part of the setting, if I have permission. Go to Comment

This is really fine!! A wonderful sub. I have got to think of a way to make it work in my world!

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Weird, I was just reading this a day or so ago, while just browsing through things, but I forgot the name of it, and couldn't find it again (using wrong search terms, I guess), and now it's right up front as a highlight.

These creatures are definitely something I would use if I could convince my gaming group to play in a steampunk setting.

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I think this is a really cute look a clockworks, typically I think of them as something alien rather than human which leads to a sort of prometheous effect on the creator. Forbidden knowledge, Frankenstein, tragedy, all that. 

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But by observing the score, you alter it. hmmm Go to Comment

Aside from the mention of the strange items scattered around the field, I'm not too sure how steampunk this sub is, but it's certainly an amusing idea for a sport for mad scientists. Go to Comment

Fair enough, I suppose.

It could also serve in a sci-fi setting, I expect, where quantum mechanics are well-known. Go to Comment