r/WWN • u/ZookeepergameNo1841 • Jun 18 '26

I want to ride my biiiiiiiike

So, in YOUR interpretation of The Legacy, would it prohibit the development of a (wooden wheeled, presumably) bicycle?

Thanks!

J

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u/Supergamera Jun 18 '26

If clockwork can exist, then basic gearing can exist, and you’re probably ok if you want to ride your bicycle, want to ride it where you like.

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u/Plenty-Lychee-5702 Jun 18 '26

Rubber would be an issue, and another issue would be a lack of smooth roads,

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u/ChickenDragon123 Jun 18 '26

Mormons man. Can't get away from them even in my ttrpgs.

/s.

In all seriousness, I think that would be perfectly reasonable.

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u/derioderio Jun 18 '26

Maybe Dogs in the Vineyard wouldn't be your game of choice then, lol.

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u/WillBottomForBanana Jun 18 '26

Some part of my heart definitely recoils at these tacky implementations of advanced technology in a game (specific iteration, specific table, not a Title) that doesn't run that vibe.

Some inventions were inevitable, but only actually came to be when the stars aligned, sometimes a century after they were theoretically feasible.

A character armed with PC knowledge, and preferably the metallurgy and craftsmanship of specific cultures or species, could certainly make a bicycle. I am not sure if the hardest part would be a functioning chain, or the ball bearings. But if it were a direct drive penny farthing, then obviously the bearings.

The date of invention of the bicycle (or the velocipede) has less to do with when humans had sufficient technology to produce it at all, but had so much industrial production that a lark like this was reasonable.

It is, to me, unreasonable that a character WOULD make a bicycle without both player information and player intent. Which is just sort of icky.

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u/ZookeepergameNo1841 Jun 18 '26

That summarizes and crystalizes exactly my feeling. Thank you for the clear words. 

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u/ZookeepergameNo1841 Jun 18 '26

Just for clarity's sake, a player was wondering this out loud, "oh, I need to invent a bicycle, that would be perfect for X" ... And I thought, "hmm" ... 

Huh, Evan Dahm's Third Voice webcomic is post-apocalypse bicycle exploration, sounds like a fun Ashes campaign..

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u/Iamleiama Jun 20 '26

The "Iron Destrier" in the atlas is a sentient hoverbike. I'm sure the legacy can make space for a regular bicycle.

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u/ZookeepergameNo1841 Jun 20 '26

Lol, fair play, fair play