The rules are remarkably blood-thirsty the demons and devils of Te'kumel are real the politics are treacherous slavery, human sacrifices and assassination are commonplace. The clarify of the rule books, however, is outstanding. This may create more work for the poor referee, who must master the background information on politics, zoology and religion before letting the players loose in the world. Playing fantasy adventures in Te'kumel has the appeal of exploring a world which, although human, is totally alien. Construction of maps for all these aspects of the adventure is left to the hard working referee. The "dungeon" aspect of the fantasy game is preserved. Here the treasure of the older, lost civilization may yet be found, and also monsters and traps encountered.
There is an underworld to T ékumel, a maze of buried passageways beneath most of the large cities. It is the quest of such power-giving items, as well as golden treasure (Kaitars) which motivates most of the players in the World of Petal Throne. Players discovering one of these magical devices may be able to call up a faceless army, or raise the dead, knock down doors, freeze opponents or charm the opposite sex. Chief among these are the "eyes," small round gem-like objects, usually with one or more control buttons on their sides. Most of the creatures and non-human races of T ékumel are unique, being either original inhabitants (mostly hostile) or remnants of extra-terrestrial races who had colonized the world with the original human settlers.īecause T ékumel was once a world of complex technology, there are "magical" artifacts still available which perform remarkable feats. The game takes place in the Empire of Tsolyani, and the players usually enter the game at the capital city of Jakalla. The catastrophe destroyed the human civilization and most of its technology and now, after 25,000 years or more, mankind has risen again to something one step ahead of barbarism. Here magic is possible and demons from other dimensions can enter T ékumel and influence the course of human events. The world then suffered some cosmic catastrophe, was dislocated in space and time, and is now isolated completely from the rest of the universe, alone with its sun and two moons in a continuum where the ordinary rules of physics no longer hold. T ékumel has been colonized, in the distant past, by humans and other races from far parts of the galaxy, suppressing the original inhabitants.
Empire of the Petal Throne is a fantasy game in which the players take the role of adventurers in a completely unique world, and a very dangerous and exciting world it is, too.
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