Toyland
Reboot TORG cosm

        This cosm landed on Reboot Earth with the rest of the invasion on
January 19, 1997. It occupied the Pacific Northwest. It used stelae and
grew in a triangle-wise fashion, with stelae in Vancouver B.C.,
Kennewick, Burns, Newport, and one more to the south. It was forced away
on January 22, 1997.
        The High Lord of Toyland was Sinder Klaus. The darkness device is
a black alphabet block , called The Big Black Block. This cosm is
populated by animated toys, including windups, stuffed, and battery
powered. The windups and Battery powered need to get energy from time to
time, but the stuffed never even need to sleep ( ala Oz).
        Characters managed to inflict enough damage on Sinder Klaus that
The Big Black Block abandoned him. Greatly drained of possibility by the
invasion of Reboot Earth, a failed invasion just previously (similar to
the problem Tharkhold had by invading Kadandra before invading Core
Earth), and the Law of Frivolity made this barely possible. A reality
storm created by a just transcended character nearly destroyed the Big
Black Block so it escaped through to another dimension.
        World Laws
        The Law of Frivolity - Toys are very fickle and will change sides
and allegiances with little or no reason, though "for the fun of it" is
common. Toys are highly gullible and will go along with the most
outrageous plans. They break this law just often enough to make them very
unpredictable.  (A spirit roll of 14 perhaps?)
        The Law of Durability - Wounds do not kill, they just render you
in too many pieces to be able to do anything. Each piece is still alive,
and eyes can see, mouths can speak, etc. Reassembly is easy for natives,
but natives of other cosms may need special techniques. There are no
nerves to reattach in a teddy bear, just restuff them and sew them up.
        Major Influences - Oz, Babes in Toyland.

        TORG list members - I did not expect this cosm to last, but two
characters transformed, so I am stuck with it. I would like another world
law, just to make it stranger, and a good mechanic for The Law of
Frivolity. Also, where did the Big Black Block go? Do you think that
Toyland will re invade? Klaus was pretty shot up, but so what. Are there
any big balance problems?
        When the initial axiom wash happened, many buildings, bridges,
dams, etc turned into legos, tinker toys, erector sets, and so on. When
the Reboot Earth axioms flood back many of these structures collapsed.
There is no power in most of the Pacific NW, the loss to the national
power grid of the hydroelectric dams is causing brownouts in the rest of
the country (a single dam lost will destroy all dams below it). There was
natural flooding in January, so the loss of the dams will exacerbate
this. The rest of the U.S. is not obviously affected by an invasion. What
do you think the national response is?

Jeff Campbell

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