Gears & Gaslights

Eradicating spirits and manifestations for fame and profit in a Victorian world overrun with a dangerous science that brings both hope and doom.

GEARS & GASLIGHTS

Main setting info.


 

GHOSTS & GERMANY

A short look at Germany in Gears & Gaslights


 SPIRITS & SPAIN

A short look at Spain in Gears & Gaslights


 NETHERIUM

What it is, where it came from, and the horrors it created.


Origin & Inspiration

In 2012, the online Risus community conducted a One Page Challenge: Create an entire setting for Risus that will fit on one page, and is a Non-Victorian Steampunk. I was in a D&D campaign at the time, and as I recall, I had just watched Ghostbusters again recently. Thus was born Gears & Gaslights, a mixture of those two influences. It was alright, but I always felt this particular one page setting deserved more examination.

And here I am, 11 years later, finally giving it the full setting treatment. The only real change was to make it clearly Victorian in nature. Otherwise, I just expanded on the idea already put forth.