Molecules as star maps
Molecules as star maps posted in Gamemasters Corner, Adventures & Plots forum comment posted by derek_hollandhttp://goodberrymonthly.blogspot.com/2018/...-molecules.htmlI recently got Theodore Grey's elements trilogy for a song and the book Molecules reminded me of that post and its follow up. Thinking more about it, I came to the realization that molecules could be used for other oddball maps, including star systems that are, for whatever reason, cut off from everywhere else. Maybe tiny tangents, lost hyperspace maps, or a minicluster on the fringe of a galaxy.
Using them as star maps, the definitions of the elements has to change. Carbon could be M stars (red dwarfs), oxygen could be O stars (blue giants) or G stars (Sol type dwarfs), and nitrogen could be class A stars.
Or they could ignore the stars and represent the main planets of each system. Carbon being colonized, oxygen being mined gas giants, and nitrogen being living worlds that are of a different chemical series. Or they could be all colonized the the elements could represent species.
As for actual molecules, I find sucrose, cocaine and tartrazine to be lovely shapes and mixtures of elements. I would avoid the long polymers or very complex molecules like DNA as they defeat the purpose of making simple, easy to use maps.
Also, one can make their own molecule-inspired maps without using actual molecules, or modified molecules to make it more interesting.
What do you think?
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