Setting Details

Society composed of politically autonomous geographical regions ranging in size from cities to continents or entire planets. "I am a citizen of Great Britain"

The society is in the midst of a complete overthrow of existing structures. Ex.: French Revolution, Chinese Cultural Revolution

Faster-than-light star travel, sentient computers, mature genetic engineering, nanotechology, longevity, particle-beam blaster, cold fusion, panimmunity, brain-tapes, complex implants, suspended animation, automedic; similar to Babylon 5 or Star Trek's Enterprise era

Exotic locations, foreign peoples, strange creatures, unknown histories

Sin-tainted characters in a decadent and decaying world

Magic which can be used to produce new effects improvizatinally. Mage and Ars Magica both have this sort of system.

Creation of permanent magical devices.

Creation of potions and other single-use magic items.

Psionics are an outgrowth of the processes of life, and variables such as species, emotions and states of consciousness can affect psychic powers.

Psionics can only be induced artificially through surgery, drugs, etc.

All people are psychic, though only a few are powerful enough to use it consciously or to great effect. Psychics may seem strange to most people, and high-powered attacks may affect bystanders.