Originally Posted by unkated
Children of Gaia: This cult (under a charismatic leader), believes that the worlds current woes are basically a curse on mankind brought on by our excessive despoliation of the Earth, with the limited nuclear combat being the last straw.
Or perhaps Gaia/God/force of your choice* manipulated human leaders into as a first step of scourging; after all, the targets of strikes were either cities or industrial targets (both heavy densities of humans and their technology).
At any rate, the Cult hides itself in a remote low-tech settlement (mountain valley far from city or main travel routes) (Northern California, Oregon, Washinton, Idaho, Montana, Colorado, Wyoming, Alberta, BC, northern (or coastal island) Maine, Vermont, upstate NY, Pennsylvania, WV, Tennessee, Kentucky, western N Carolina, New Hampshire, the Ozarks (Missouri or Arkansas), southern Poland, Romania, Yugoslavia, Norway could be suitable base locations; equally in an isolated plain well-away form a city (Montana, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, North or South Dakota, Nebraska, Ukraine, Russia.
They purposely destroy technology dating later than the early 19th century; anything not built by hand. You can meet the cult as a set of warriors who are bent on destroying vehicles, weapons, machines, factories, power systems, etc. They would armed with primitive weaponry: Bows, crossbows, spears, swords, knives, etc, all hand made by the Blacksmith, of course. (as if in a Primitives encounter).
"Gaia asks us to remove these things that men make and cause her such pain, poisoning the water and the air. If we remove enough of them, she will restore her bounty to those that have helped to heal her."
* Could be extra-dimensional beings if you want this to be a pre-cursor to a Dark Conspiracy game...
Uncle Ted
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