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Scrapyard Station: The Book of Builders
Oct. 1st, 2022 04:02 pmYes, there are a few Builders who understand theoretical physics. It’s like how there are a few humans who understand Hegel.
Builders tend to do better at more grounded thinking, particularly engineering. They’ve made some improvements on Tinker tech.
Builders are the only major allied faction that has sexism. Pregnant Builders can’t curl up, and since they’re eating for two, they quickly run out of energy for their telekinesis. Protecting pregnant folks is a big deal in Builder culture, and this leads towards a broader division between folks who can get pregnant and folks who can’t. They’ve had a bit of a culture shock dealing with genderless factions like Nomads and Scholars.
Most Builders practice ancestor worship. “Honor your family” is a big thing in their culture.
Some Builder actors and comedians play up their reputation for stupidity. To put it bluntly, it’s minstrelsy.
Builders often exceed weight limits for things built by Tinkers and Nomads, and they have trouble fitting through narrow spaces. They benefit from the same accommodations that support Scholars’ mobility devices.
Builders have very different biochemistry from their major allies. They can’t eat most food their allies eat, most medicines are ineffective at best, and they’re immune to a lot of recreational drugs (including Scholar venom.)
Builder telekinesis feels like a solid object pushing up against the target. The object can be reshaped and resized to some extent, but it needs a reasonable amount of empty space in order to manifest at full strength. It can manifest on the other side of an object and be “reeled in” to push it towards the Builder. However, it’s not very good for creating hook or ring shapes, so most Builders have difficulty with conventional “pulling” motions.
Since telekinesis is tiring, Builders still rely on their hands in most circumstances, and they can be surprisingly dexterous.
Builders tend to do better at more grounded thinking, particularly engineering. They’ve made some improvements on Tinker tech.
Builders are the only major allied faction that has sexism. Pregnant Builders can’t curl up, and since they’re eating for two, they quickly run out of energy for their telekinesis. Protecting pregnant folks is a big deal in Builder culture, and this leads towards a broader division between folks who can get pregnant and folks who can’t. They’ve had a bit of a culture shock dealing with genderless factions like Nomads and Scholars.
Most Builders practice ancestor worship. “Honor your family” is a big thing in their culture.
Some Builder actors and comedians play up their reputation for stupidity. To put it bluntly, it’s minstrelsy.
Builders often exceed weight limits for things built by Tinkers and Nomads, and they have trouble fitting through narrow spaces. They benefit from the same accommodations that support Scholars’ mobility devices.
Builders have very different biochemistry from their major allies. They can’t eat most food their allies eat, most medicines are ineffective at best, and they’re immune to a lot of recreational drugs (including Scholar venom.)
Builder telekinesis feels like a solid object pushing up against the target. The object can be reshaped and resized to some extent, but it needs a reasonable amount of empty space in order to manifest at full strength. It can manifest on the other side of an object and be “reeled in” to push it towards the Builder. However, it’s not very good for creating hook or ring shapes, so most Builders have difficulty with conventional “pulling” motions.
Since telekinesis is tiring, Builders still rely on their hands in most circumstances, and they can be surprisingly dexterous.
