Building Up Local Technology

There may be times when you need
to improve the local TL. A group of
castaways might have high-tech
knowledge, but little or no equipment
to work with. In that case, they need to
“build the tools to build the tools” to
use their technological knowledge. In
extreme cases, your castaways might
have to go all the way back to primi-
tive mining to get the ore to refine to
metal to build the tools to build the
tools . . . ! Or a single traveler might
want to impart his high-tech knowl-
edge to the people he is visiting. (We
assume that he has the cooperation of
his hosts, or he doesn’t have a chance.)
Any such situation is largely at the
GM’s discretion. But it can be done.
Some of the best adventure stories of
all time have revolved around one of
Swiss
Family
these
premises:
Robinson, Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen,