P.L.A.T.E.

Untouched by the Godbomb, the abilities of magic have only grown increasingly powerful along with technology in the nation of Zerelunce. To keep the populace in check, and to ensure that it would be difficult and dangerous to rise up against G.A.T.E., the virtually-intelligent P.L.A.T.E. (Population Limiting Augmentation Title Entity) system was designed and implemented. Not a true AI, P.L.A.T.E. is part of a system to control and limit all kinds of weapons, magic, and combat skills. Traditional spellbooks are nonexistent in Zerelunce. Instead, governmentally-sanctioned would-be wizards use primitive tablets with P.L.A.T.E. preinstalled, severely limiting their potential spell access to a list of pre-allowed 'powers'. Moreover, every weapon manufactured in Zerelunce has a P.L.A.T.E. chip installed inside it, limiting them nigh-exclusively to Zerelunce officials.
However, it is possible, through a dangerous practice known as platecracking, to circumvent the limitations of the P.L.A.T.E. VI. As it is not a true artificial intelligence, and instead a virtual intelligence, it is not truly sentient and thus can only gauge whether a user is authorized or not via algorithms. A platecracked weapon or spelltablet is capable of being used by anyone, and is extremely sought after among Zerelunce's black market. However, such items have a cost associated with them -- too much abuse of a platecracked object risks activating the VI's failsafes, potentially destroying the item or causing severe harm to the wielder.
Category:Zerelunce
Category:Gatecrash Gamble