Willing Converts

Willing converts (from James Knevitt) Wouldn't there be a not-so-small number of people who would be willing converts to a new reality? For example, I imagine a lot of Ren Faire types would jump at the chance to be an Aysle convert -- you get to use magic, live and work with 'fantasy' races, etc. Likewise for Cyberpapacy -- if you're a big cyberpunk fan and are willing to put up with the oppressive nature of the Church (or want to go and be some kind of street tough), then it would be a fine place to go. What about Nile Empire? It's the 1930s, with exotic Egyptian magic and weird science. It's basically like living in the world of Indiana Jones or The Mummy. So on, so forth.

Of course, the realms are the way they are because they were written to mirror common tropes and genres that people find exciting and entertaining. Wouldn't a certain number of Core Earth inhabitants find the idea of living in some of these realities (particularly AY, CP and NE) equally exciting and entertaining?

Sure, that's where some of the converts came from. There's even a character out of the Character Collection who is a roleplayer-turned-barbarian. I could see some of the conversions being "voluntary", but I think that converting to a "friendly" reality is quite likely to create a Possibility-rated individual.

> Wouldn't there be a not-so-small number of people who would be willing > converts to a new reality? For example, I imagine a lot of Ren Faire

There would be, in fact the High Lords encourage it to happen; the more people in an area willing to believe in/support a reality the easier it is for them to establish their stelae zones. While some of the HLs go for the blunt approach (ie, invading armies) others use advance agents to encourage natives to viewpoints suitable towards supporting the invading reality, going after people with pre- conceived notions already favorable towards the invading reality would be an obvious tactic.