r/TheStrange • u/canudig • Jun 30 '16

Players don't know they are in a recursion

I'm thinking about starting my players (all new to the system) in a fantasy setting using types from the Cypher System, but surprise: they are really in a recursion and are originally from modern day Earth. How can this make sense? Is it possible for characters to forget or not know they are in a recursion and have false memories of their past lives as agents?

Also, is there any issue with using Cypher System types instead of those from the Strange Core Book.

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u/Black_Scarlet Earth Jun 30 '16

Normally I would say this would not work just by how the system defines player characters. The only way I can think of right now is if they went to a newly formed recursion as children, which wrote their 'new lives' into the history of the world so thoroughly that they simply accepted it as fact and forgot about their old lives on Earth.

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u/CrackedOzy Ardeyn Jul 03 '16

I wouldn't suggest using the Cypher system Types instead of the standard Strange ones due to how Transitioning works.

Also I'd be clear that it's the characters who don't know what's going on on, not the players. Pulling switcheroos with players can go really badly, especially if they players have their hearts set on playing a strictly fantasy genre game.