Much like the core rules for the Strange the character options book, In Translation, has a number of Foci that are also easily adaptable to Numenera.
The most directly translatable remain those generated by Weird Science, with some like Controls Nanomachines or Is a Cyborg fitting very clearly with the flavor and feel of existing Numenera Foci. Many Standard Physics and Magic Foci remain easily adaptable. While some Standard Physics Foci are obviously transferable, such as a character who Collects Bounties, and a character who Is Idolized by Millions might be translated into a wealthy aristocrat or noble while even the broken civilizations of the Ninth World still have those among them that Interprets the Law. From the Magic settings, only Manipulates Strange Energy is clearly inappropriate, with its deep ties to The Strange's setting.
When translating a Focus, if it comes with small to moderate a debt value (such as Wears an Iron Suit) reduce your starting Shins appropriately. If the debit is more Shins than you have to start with, very likely the case with Pilots a Starship, work with your GM to determine how to best represent the debit before taking the Focus. In that particular case; perhaps the Focus will provide a key ingredient to the game and thus can be accepted as a shared and necessary resource or maybe the Focus is unsuitable to play because it will disrupt the game. It is possible the GM may simply deny the ship which imposes the debt until one is obtained through play- though, GMs taking this last route should understand the implications of doing this as a substantial portion of one of the characters is rendered unplayable by taking this option. In these cases, it is often better for the player to take a different initial focus which they can later shift to their desired focus if and when the game develops to the point it's available.
The most directly translatable remain those generated by Weird Science, with some like Controls Nanomachines or Is a Cyborg fitting very clearly with the flavor and feel of existing Numenera Foci. Many Standard Physics and Magic Foci remain easily adaptable. While some Standard Physics Foci are obviously transferable, such as a character who Collects Bounties, and a character who Is Idolized by Millions might be translated into a wealthy aristocrat or noble while even the broken civilizations of the Ninth World still have those among them that Interprets the Law. From the Magic settings, only Manipulates Strange Energy is clearly inappropriate, with its deep ties to The Strange's setting.
When translating a Focus, if it comes with small to moderate a debt value (such as Wears an Iron Suit) reduce your starting Shins appropriately. If the debit is more Shins than you have to start with, very likely the case with Pilots a Starship, work with your GM to determine how to best represent the debit before taking the Focus. In that particular case; perhaps the Focus will provide a key ingredient to the game and thus can be accepted as a shared and necessary resource or maybe the Focus is unsuitable to play because it will disrupt the game. It is possible the GM may simply deny the ship which imposes the debt until one is obtained through play- though, GMs taking this last route should understand the implications of doing this as a substantial portion of one of the characters is rendered unplayable by taking this option. In these cases, it is often better for the player to take a different initial focus which they can later shift to their desired focus if and when the game develops to the point it's available.
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