History TabletopGame / GeniusTheTransgression

*** TheSmartGuy: Scholastics;

* MugglesDoItBetter: Subverted: Geniuses do it better, muggles do it ''reliably''. On the whole, the Inspired are pragmatic about when they want power or reliability.

* NotWearingTights: Most common with the Iridium Sentinels but has an entire section in the part for storytellers.

** Are you forgetting the origin of the term "Beholden"? From a Genius known for shouting "[[AquaTeenHungerForce Gentlemen... BEHOLD!]]"

* ImplacableMan: [[WalkingTechbane Clockstoppers]] can pull a limited version of this trick with their "Natural Body" [[FunctionalMagic Void.]] Wonders and conventional technology like [[ImmuneToBullets firearms]] and [[OutOfTheInferno explosives]] don't do a blasted thing at higher levels, and at its strongest, ''any'' technology attempting to influence the Clockstopper fails. This includes [[BlessedWithSuck medical technology,]] [[AchillesHeel which is a blasted shame,]] because even at that rank, [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu a right hook works just fine.]] [[TabletopGame/ChangelingTheLost And then]] [[VampireTheRequiem there's]] [[WerewolfTheForsaken the matter]] [[TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening of]] [[PrometheanTheCreated magic]][[GeistTheSinEaters ...]]

''[[http://sites.google.com/site/moochava/genius Genius: The Transgression]]'' is a fan Gameline for the NewWorldOfDarkness setting created by the author/artist of webcomic ''TheWaterPhoenixKing'', detailing the adventures of Geniuses, [[MadScientist mad scientists]] who can build impossible machines (called Wonders) thanks to their connection to the mysterious light of Inspiration. Drawing on every sci-fi and horror cliché out there, Genius [[ScienceRelatedMemeticDisorder justifies the setting]], [[{{Reconstruction}} expands the tropes along their logical progression]] and links its themes to the real world. It will be instantly familiar to any fan of the genre. And it is completely awesome!

* BlessedWithSuck: Not as overt as the rest of the [[WorldOfDarkness nWoD]], but still prevalent. Yes, Geniuses can create miraculous gadgets, but they are mad, and nothing they make is completely real. Inspiration is arguably the worst thing that could happen to a dedicated scientist.

* ConspiracyKitchenSink: Genius adds Lemuria and the peerage to the [[WorldOfDarkness WoD's]] already overcrowded shadows.

* GenreSavvy: The Peerage, on the other hand, ''know'' they're mad scientists and, despite their madness, have managed to get a reasonably solid understanding of how Inspiration "works." It helps that unlike most supernatural communities in the WorldOfDarkness, Geniuses are making full use of the internet to talk to ([[{{Flamewar}} or at least at]]) each other.

* ProperlyParanoid: Particularly lucid Neids. While Neids are suspicious by nature, it's mentioned that their paranoia gets directed more often at real than imagined threats. Given the ubiquitousness of shadowy monstrosities in the WorldOfDarkness, this makes sense.

* WorldHalfEmpty: As this is set in the WorldOfDarkness, this trope is present in spades. One bit that stands out is that a massive ''twenty percent'' of all Geniuses will eventually become [[CompleteMonster Illuminated]].

* RobotMe: With enough Axioms and integral Wonders, you could make a reasonable facsimile of many of the other inhabitants of TheWorldOfDarkness...

-->''[[TheJorEl "No, you fools, you'll doom us all!"]]''

* ImplacableMan: [[WalkingTechbane Clockstoppers]] can pull a limited version of this trick with their "Natural Body" [[FunctionalMagic Void.]] Wonders and conventional technology like [[ImmuneToBullets firearms]] and [[OutOfTheInferno explosives]] don't do a blasted thing at higher levels, and at its strongest, ''any'' technology attempting to influence the Clockstopper fails. This includes [[BlessedWithSuck medical technology,]] [[AchillesHeel which is a blasted shame,]] because even at that rank, [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu a right hook works just fine.]] And then there's the matter of [[VampireTheRequiem m]][[WerewolfTheForsaken a]][[TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening g]][[TabletopGame/ChangelingTheLost i]][[PrometheanTheCreated c]][[GeistTheSinEaters ...]]

* SoYouWantToLiveForever: Dr. Jonas Cliver does!
** So do his intellectual heirs; they're looking for true immortality, not a Mania-fueled longevity, nor a Wondrous immortal body. [[spoiler: Their quest ends horribly for all of them.]]

*** Others have resemblance to ''StarWars'', ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'' and ''FlashGordon''.

* TeenGenius: Uncommon, but the casual term for them is [[StarTrek Wesleys.]] [[TheWesley Try not to hold it against them.]]

''[[http://sites.google.com/site/moochava/genius Genius: The Transgression]]'' is a fan Gameline for the NewWorldOfDarkness setting created by the author/artist of webcomic ''TheWaterPhoenixKing'', detailing the adventures of Geniuses, [[MadScientist mad scientists]] who can build impossible machines (called Wonders) thanks to their connection to the mysterious light of Inspiration. Drawing on every sci-fi and horror cliché out there, Genius [[ScienceRelatedMemeticDisorder justifies the setting]], [[{{Reconstruction}} expands the tropes along their logical progression]] and links its themes to the real world.

''[[http://sites.google.com/site/moochava/genius Genius: The Transgression]]'' is a fan Gameline for the NewWorldOfDarkness setting created by the author/artist of webcomic ''TheWaterPhoenixKing'', detailing the adventures of Geniuses, [[MadScientist mad scientists]] who can build impossible machines (called Wonders) thanks to their connection to the mysterious light of Inspiration. Drawing on every sci-fi and horror cliché out there, Genius [[ScienceRelatedMemeticDisorder justifies the setting]], [[{{Reconstruction}} expands the tropes along their logical progression]] and links its themes to the real world. It will be instantly familiar to any fan of the genre. And it is completely awesome!

* UnfazedEveryman: Fortunate Beholden can turn out like this. For example, Erwin Tycho's Beholden are two guys from Central District who think exploring underground ruins with a crazy [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot mad scientist cowboy]] is way cooler than fixing cars and playing X-Box.

* {{Understatement}}: The sourcebook is full of very well-done examples.

* TheCompanion: Fortunate Beholden can turn out like this. For example, Erwin Tycho's Beholden are two guys from Central District who think exploring underground ruins with a crazy [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot mad scientist cowboy]] is way cooler than fixing cars and playing X-Box.

* MadDoctor: Quite a few Geniuses ([[ItNeverGetsAnyEasier particularly those who Catalyzed in sorrow]]) were or are medical doctors.

* RecycledINSPACE: Sometimes, Genius can look a lot like MageTheAscension WITH (PSEUDO)SCIENCE! Not that it detracts from the awesomeness any.

* TimeTravelForFunAndProfit: Obviously.

*** Of course if you do that, you'll have to spend a ton of cash getting the materials, figure out how to track a blue whale, and then find a way to summon the thing where you need it to be... [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Oh, and PETA will probably be really pissed at you for dropping an endangered species onto someone]]

** Of course without Physical stats you're not going to do too well in a mad scientist fight, or even survive the next time one of your Wonders goes rogue, breaks, or [[ItGotWorse starts rapidly summoning up zombies]]. And the proper social charms can go a LONG way towards getting materials or getting the local Meter Reader to overlook exactly WHY you're using four times the electricity your neighbors are.

** Technically you could just shoot the berserk Wonder or smash it with a Hammer or a Beluga Whale before it does too much damage, but its just more...Fun to scream at it and pump it full of Mania while bemoaning the fate of your perfect creation

** Usually no matter how badly you fuck up, its limited by the fact that anything you make can't be touched by humans. For Example: You can screw up a Nanomachine swarm and have it eat your entire laboratory...but the second it touches a mere mortal, they'll explode (The Nanomachines, not the Human...usually). Add that with the aforementioned Time Police and the resources involved, its vaguely POSSIBLE to destroy the world, but highly impractical.

** Of course this only works until one of them gets touched by a normal human (Although even then, it just kills the one clone), but nothings stopping you from siccing the army on a particularly annoying Bardo or a rival Genius

** HatePlague