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==Overview==
This is Andy Raff's page for doing things with links and the like. He can't believe he didn't think of it earlier.
This is Andy Raff's page for doing things with links and the like. He can't believe he didn't think of it earlier.


I suggest you move along, there's nothing to see here :)
I suggest you move along, there's nothing to see here :)


[[Death's Door]], [[Suzerain's Command]], [[Staff of Power]], [[Enfeebling Echo]], [[Shadowbound Donjon]], [[Suzerain's Command]] [[Arms of the Warwitch]], [[Shears of Winter]], [[Children of Thunder]], [[Binding Threads]], [[Jade Hammers]], [[Trodwalker's Readiness]], [[Thorns of the Rose]] [[Brother Blades]], [[Warmage's Belt]], [[Sunfire Pectoral]], [[Gravedigger's Vest]], [[Twilight Pauldrons]], [[Splintering Gorget]] [[Mountainfall Bracers]] [[Wyvernskin Spaulders]]
Oh! I do have a Patreon mind, which you can find [https://www.patreon.com/AndyRafferty here] and a blog where I occasionally write about Empire stuff which is [https://wulfboyraff.wordpress.com/ here].


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==Fast Finder==
==Description==
* [[:Category:Plenipotentiary]]
Basic text
* [[:Category:Appraisal]]
* [[:Category:History]]
==Sidebar Code==
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==Rules==
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* '''Form:''' [[Combat#One-handed Spear|One-handed Spear]].
==Image Codes==
* '''Effect:''' This (item) can be used three time per day. Each time you use the (item) you may make one of the following calls: (CALL 1) or (CALL 2).
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* '''Materials:''' Crafting an ironbrand thorn requires twelve ingots of [[Materials#Green Iron|green iron]], six ingots of [[Materials#Tempest Jade|tempest jade]] and six measures of [[Materials#Dragonbone|dragonbone]]. It takes one month to make one of these items.
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==Anchors==
<ic>Ic Text</ic>
<nowiki>{{anchor|anchorname}}</nowiki>
==Colour Text==
Or just use<nowiki><div style="color: red;"></div></nowiki>


[[Category:Magic Items]]
Set text color by using <nowiki> <span style="color:#009999"> This is an example...</span></nowiki> <span style="color:#009999"> This is an example...</span>
[[Category:One-handed Spears]]
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[[Unseen Encasement]], [[Mundane beasts]] [[Legendary beasts]]
Set background color by using <nowiki><span style="background:#00FF00"> This is an example...</span></nowiki>
http://empire.crew.profounddecisions.co.uk/empire-wiki/Category:IC_Text_Required


[[Matt's Scratchpad]]
Set both by using <span style="color:#FFFFFF; background:#FF69B4"> This is an example...</span>


==Burnished Rampart==
* Red: #ff0000
Not sure about this at all, seems too sneaky and non-Urizen-y. Also feels more like a piece of text for the DISJUNCTION spell; I can see why they need to use it instead of just smashing the shield, but I'm not sure it makes sense.
* Lime: #00ff00
* Yellow: #ffff00
<ic>Even through the haze of an evening's drinking, Eadric could tell something was wrong. The space within his tent was filled with shadows; nonetheless, his eyes warned him that there were just too many of them, and their shapes not right.
* White: #ffffff


The broad space under the canvas served the thane as his personal quarters, but also the army as its command tent. His hand immediately fumbled for his blade-grip, thinking that perhaps assassins had come for him, or spies come to steal the maps and orders.
==Label Formatting==
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As he stepped forwards and blinked, his eyes gaining a fraction more sight in the gloom, he saw something that frightened him far more. A hooded figure wrapped in dark silks stood over the spot where the Owl's Gaze was laid. Magic sparked and danced around the figure's fingers as it chanted spells of unmaking over the enchanted shield.
==Autogenerate Senate Progress==
* Go to: https://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/empire/wiki?11
* Pick "Commission payments" and generate
* Copy the stuff
* Click "wiki page"
* Paste the stuff over what is already there
* '''MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE UNDERSCORES IN!'''


Eadric gathered his breath to bellow a challenge, only to have it knocked out of him; something slammed into his stomach, then hooked his legs and sent him tumbling to the well-trodden earth of the tent's floor. Even as he tried to twist aside, something else tapped his arm. Cold ice flared there and rushed through his limbs, leaving them leaden and unmoving.
==Nation overview==
* Drop the landing pages that are trying to do the same job as the dropdown menu
* Instead they should contain text and information
* "Play this nation if..."
* [[Dawn groups]] [[The Marches groups]]
==Synod Template==
===Judgement 5===
* '''Assembly:'''
* '''Raised By:'''
* '''Judgement:'''
* '''Outcome:''' 
* '''Notes:'''


“Curse your witchcraft,” he spat, lying there like a trussed animal.
* '''Outcome:'''  {{GM}} (XXX-XX);


Several more silk-swaddled figures loomed over him. He prepared for the end, but no blades descended. Instead, a whispered voice drifted down at him.
==The Wiki==
* What is the wiki
* how truth works - how we establish truth and the nature of reality
* WInds
* "FOIP"
* Don't need to read it all
* Contributions?
* Wiki contributors facebook group
* The important bits
==The Empire==
* Mention the meritocracy a bit
* The Empire calls any nation it is at war with "barbarians" while all other nations are considered "foreigners".


“Thane Eadric himself. You need not fear for your life, not yet. We are here for the Owl's Gaze alone.
===Other Stuff===
* Crime and punishment - don't be a dick
===Retired characters at sanctioned events===
Our rules cover our events. The baseline expectation is that sanctioned events operate to the same rules as PD events - because we think it's better if our players are not surprised if they attend such events. But organizers have used different rules at sanctioned events before now and very successfully (e.g. the hospital events).


And that threat, more than any fear for his own safety, was what brought tears to the Thane's eyes. “You cannot!” he said, cursing his cold-gripped limbs as he lay there helpless. “The Gaze is the heirloom of my hall, the undying symbol of our victory! Without it, my men... You, your tongue is Urizen. Traitors! How dare you do this?”
So if an event organizer wanted to allow to retired characters then I'd expect them to discuss that with us during sanctioning. It's not something we'd always say no to - but we'd want to be happy with the way it was being dealt with - and be confident that they were aware of the potential for abuse at their event. In general I'd recommend against it for high-combat, high-threat events - but be less concerned for relaxed social events.


One of the figures muttered a fresh chant and then, just as the frost-chill began to creep back from his limbs, a wand darted down and bound him in the enchantment again.
===[[The Setting]]===
* Look at the top bar for segment titles
* Fundamentally about the empire and what happens in it - we don't model the external factions in detail. External stuff exists to create interesting interactions in the Empire. This doesn't mean the EMpire is the most important place in the world IC, but it is OOC.
* Ten nations - your character will be a member of one of those ten nations
* Closed world - established setting - game overview
* Six other magical realms - cosmology
* Reincarnation is considered a fact, most religions accept it as true. the Way is the only official religion in the EMpire other nations have their own. Conflict ensues. No gods/no divine authorities.
* People - unlike many fantasy games there are only a few sapient species - humans and orcs by far make up the majority - lineage exists
* Not a medieval world - something about technology and society not being a trad medaevil setting
* Gender/sexuality bias just doesn't exist - resist urge to use word coolthentic


“The Net of Heavens warns us that your skein must not prevail, my good Thane. For the greater good, there is another thread in the tapestry that must be brought to greatness. And, Thane, your skein is so bound up with that shield that, without it, the wider world will see your weakness.
==Mandate Template==
<nowiki>{{Mandate|mandate=Some text with exciting words and how much liao.|assembly=Varushkan National Assembly}}</nowiki>
==Statement Template==
<nowiki>{{SOP|statement=WORDS WORDS WORD.|Assembly=NAME OF ASSEMVLY|when=SEASON AND YEAR|by=PRIEST|vote=WHAT TO WHAT GREATER MAJROTIY}}</nowiki>
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<nowiki><span style="font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: bold;">Up to 5000</span><br></nowiki>
==Transcluding==
<nowiki><onlyinclude> My content </onlyinclude></nowiki>
<nowiki>{{:TARGET PAGE}}</nowiki>


Over by the Owl's Gaze, the spell-song ceased, and Eadric groaned in dismay as he felt his bond to the shield break.
==Audiolink Template==
<nowiki>{{Audio|link=URL}}</nowiki>


“And so it is done. No more will the men of your hall see you stride through the thickest fighting, your shield still shining bright despite the worst of the foe's weapons. No more will you raise up your father's father's shield before battle to show the eternal strength of your line to your soldiers. No more will their spirits swell to know that, no matter how dark grows the night, the Owl's Gaze will see them through it.”
==Replace Text==
<nowiki>[[Special:ReplaceText]]</nowiki>
'''BE REALLY FUCKING CAREFUL RAFF!'''
==Collapsible Table==
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<table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" ><tr><td style="background-color: LightBlue;">Double-sided Blade</td><td style="background-color: LightBlue;">Production</td></tr>
<tr><td>7 crowns</td><td>3 doses of [[Double-sided_Blade#Warming_Armour|Warming Armour]]</td></tr>
</table></nowiki>
==Limited TOC==
<nowiki><div class="toclimit-X">TOC</div></nowiki>
where X is largest number of "=" that appear in the TOC


The figures disappeared from sight as they swept from the tent like the midnight breeze, a last few parting words left in their wake.
See also: [[Help:Table_of_Contents]]


“Your time is over, Thane Eadric. Now the Net shall raise up another in your place, and their skein shall ascend over yours.”
==Item Table Template==
<nowiki><tr><td>[[NAME]]</td><td>POWER TEXT FROM ITEM PAGE</td><td style="text-align: center;">TIME</td><td style="text-align: center;">OR</td><td style="text-align: center;">TJ</td><td style="text-align: center;">GI</td><td style="text-align: center;">WS</td><td style="text-align: center;">AG</td><td style="text-align: center;">BL</td><td style="text-align: center;">DB</td><td style="text-align: center;">IG</td></tr></nowiki>
==Redicrect==
<nowiki>#REDIRECT [[pagename]]</nowiki>


As the icy spell finally washed away, leaving only a patina of rime across his skin, Eadric dragged himself to his knees and crawled to where the shield lay, weeping. He took it and cradled it against his chest, hating the void he felt within it; no longer would the undying shield respond to his touch with that warm surge of reassurance. The shield of his father's father, its rim threaded with precious ilium that was now lustreless and dead, victim to a scheming mage's disjunction. The engraved owl upon its expanse, bound within a cage of runes, stared at him with lifeless eyes.
==Cosmology==
* How creation is put together
* Where the Realms are
* The theory that the closer you get to the center of a realm the purer it gets - the Eternals live on the outsides because they are not pure. Pure eternals would be so one-note they couldn't really communicate with PCs very well etc etc
==Links==
* [[Broken Shore]]


Sudden rage flared within him, and the thane howled his despair as he flung the shield aside to crash and clatter as it struck one of the stout tent-poles. There it fell, a great crack marring its now-brittle face, and Eadric knew that this time its enchantment would offer no solace.
==Templates==
* [[Empress Vesna]]
* [[Heliopticon]]
* [[Template:Conjunction Link]]
* [[Template:Vallorn links]]
* [[Template:regain power]], [[Template:regain heroics]] - all the "restore uses if you use powers that give you all your points back" rituals should be here
* [[Template:shroud]] - is the "removing the shroud" rules that should go on every shroud
* [[Template:Assembly]]
* [[Template:Prominent Overview]]
* [[Template:Dawn Links]] [[Template:Highguard Links]] [[Template:Imperial Orcs Links]] [[Template:The League Links]] [[Template:The Marches Links]] [[Template:Navarr Links]] [[Template:Urizen Links]] [[Template:Wintermark Links]] [[Template: Varushka Links]]
* [[greater majority]]
* [[Template:Imperial Addresses]]
* [[Template:Timey Wimey]]; [[Template:Mass Ref-effect]]
* [[Template:Season Duration]]; [[Template:Day Duration]]; [[Template:Year Duration]];<br>
* [[Template:Ten Minute Power]]; [[Template:Coven Bond]]; [[Matt on Empire]]<br>
* [[Template:Ritual Substitution]]; [[Template:Magnitude Reduction]];
* [[Template:Curse]];
* [[Template:Regio]];
* [[Template:Area Aura]];
* [[Template:Warding an Area]]
* [[Template:Target Resource]]; [[Template:Target Character]]; [[Template:Target Territory]]; [[Template:Target Empire]]; [[Template:Target Group]];  [[Template:Target Object]]; [[Template:Fortification]];
* [[Template:Senate Motion]]
* [[Template:Army Strength Ritual]]
* [[Template:Responsibilities Expectation]]
* [[Template:Offensive Spell]]
* [[Template:Daggers]]; [[Template:One-Handed Weapons]]; [[Template:Great Weapons]]; [[Template:One-Handed Spears]]; [[Template:Paired Weapons]]; [[Template:Polearms]]; [[Template:Bows]]; [[Template:Wands]]; [[Template:Rods]]; [[Template:Staffs]]; [[Template:Ritual Staves]]; [[Template:Icons]]; [[Template:Musical Instruments]]; [[Template:Instrument Effect]]; [[Template:Light Armour]]; [[Template:Medium Armour]];[[Template:Heavy Armour]];[[Template:Mage Armour]]: [[Template:Mage Robes]]; [[Template:Vestments]]; [[Template:Paraphernalia]]; [[Template:Reliquary]]; [[Template:Shields]]; [[Template:Jewellery]]; [[Template:Foci]]; [[Template:Tool]]; [[Template:Regalia]] [[Template:Magical Standards]]
* [[Template:Druj Links]]
* [[Template:Musical Use]]
* [[Template:Ceremonial skills further reading]]
* [[Template:Ritual Raiment]]
* [[Template:Senate Elections]]
* [[Template:Steph]]
* [[Template:Army Page]]
* [[Template:Lineage Links]]
* [[Spring rituals]], [[Summer rituals]], [[Autumn rituals]], [[Winter rituals]], [[Day rituals]], [[Night rituals]]
* [[Template:Costume Advice]]
* [[Mana crystals]], [[Ritual]], [[Urizen lore]], [[tenure]]
* [[Talking to eternals]]
* [[Template:Strategic Considerations]]
: [[Mirror of Perfection]], [[Flame and the Flood]], [[An Echo of Songs]], and [[The Stargazer's Astrolabe]]
* [[Hall of Worlds]]
* [[Amity and enmity]]
* [[Template:Imperial Reduction]]
* [[Template:Runesmith's Law]]
* [[Administrative motion]]
* [[385YE Autumn Equinox Synod judgements]]


So many battles in which it had saved him, so many foes who had sundered it only to see it whole and ablaze in the sunlight at the end of the fight. So many hearts of allies lifted to see him bearing it; so many enemies dismayed to see it at the fore of the shield-wall.
==Dealing with Curses==
{|
|'''Curse'''
|'''Removal'''
|-
|[[All the World in a Grain of Sand]] (Mag 30?)
|[[Transmogrification of the Soul's Echo]] (Mag 60)
|-
|[[Unfettered Anarchy]] (Mag 10)
|[[Transmogrification of the Soul's Echo]] (Mag 60)
|-
|[[Curse of Gangrenous Flesh]] (Mag 50)
|[[Amalgamation_of_Silver_and_Gold]] (Mag 70)
|-
|[[Curse of Decrepitude]] (Mag 50)
|[[Amalgamation_of_Silver_and_Gold]] (Mag 70)
|-
|[[Gnawing, Endless Hunger]] (Mag 20)
|"powerful rituals that remove hunger"
|-
|[[Dreamscape of the Endless Hunt]] (Mag 30)
|"powerful rituals that remove fear"
|-
|[[Wither the Seed]] (Mag 150)
|"a powerful ritual to restore fertility of around mag 200"
|-
|[[Like Water Through Your Fingers]] (Mag 30)
|"a powerful ritual to correct the vagaries of fate and chance"


All that, undone.
|}
</ic>
 
{|
|'''Removal'''
|'''Effects'''
|-
|[[Transmogrification of the Soul's Echo]] (Mag 60)?)
|[[All the World in a Grain of Sand]] (Mag 30?), [[Unfettered Anarchy]] (Mag 10)
|-
|[[Amalgamation_of_Silver_and_Gold]] (Mag 70)
|[[Curse of Decrepitude]] (Mag 50), [[Curse of Gangrenous Flesh]] (Mag 50)
|}
 
==Introduction to spellcasting==
As a regular spell, it takes ten seconds to cast detect magic on a target. You should make it very clear what the target is, by touching it or by waving or holding your hands over the target throughout. You may want to close your eyes, the better to focus your "magical sight", or examine the target from several angles. While many magicians perceive magical auras visually, you might want to roleplay that you perceive them using a different sense. You don't need to be a practitioner of the [[music of the spheres]] to "hear" magical auras as complex chords, for example. You might run your fingers over an item, or through the air above a character, "felling" the "shape" of the magic and speak in terms of a "texture" rather than a realm. A [[naga]] character in particular might enjoy demonstrating that [[lineage|lineage's]] [[Naga#Roleplaying_naga|discerning senses]] by "tasting" or "smelling" the aura in the air around the target (within the bounds of propriety, of course).
 
The use of a simple prop can make the casting of this easy spell especially memorable, especially when time is not of the essence. A [[Mystic]] might burn a herb or a stick of incense and inhale pungent smoke, while a [[Highguard|Highborn]] [[magister]] might dab pure water on either eyelid or a [[the League|League]] magician might study the target closely with a mirror to try and reveal it's true nature. Don't be afraid to interact with the target - turn the item over and over and study it carefully, or ask a character questions about how they feel or seemingly inconsequential details about their life.
 
It should be obvious you are casting a spell, and the easiest way to do this is through your spellcasting vocals. An easy way to do this is to vocalise what you are doing with phrases such as "''Let my inner eye be opened,''" or "''I seek answers from beyond the mundane world,''" or the like.
 
While the spell takes only ten seconds to cast, it can be very satisfying to continue the roleplaying even after the referee has delivered the result "uncovering" that information over the course of several seconds of revelation. Describing the spell in evocative terms - rather than simply describing it as a "magnitude such and such, of such and such realm" - can help make the experience of casting the spell more powerful. "''This magic is warm, it's like it's alive, it almost has a heart beat - I think it is an enchantment drawn from the realm of Spring''" or "''This spear thirsts for blood, it's hungry, I think it wants to cut me ... I think it has the power to strike deadly, fatal blows but after it does so it's sated and has to sleep for an entire day''" or "''The tulpa of the spider seems to think that this ritual is Winter magic, and it's quite powerful - it's a little scared, to be honest with you ... and so am I.''"
 
==No Return WOF==
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Howell yawned and leant back against the tree. He was tired, and out of sorts. His throat had been tickling and his nose running all day, and he was worried he was coming down with a cold. Or something worse. They had been traveling close by the edge of the miasma, and it did not do to breathe too much of that foul air in without protection.
 
Rees paused up ahead, looked back, and made a furious gesture "''Catch up, lazy!''"
 
Howell muttered something uncharitable under his breath and forced himself forward, joining the other two hunters. It would be dark soon, and without the stars it would be ''very'' dark indeed here in the deep woods.
 
Rees signed quickly "''Leanne saw something''"
 
Howell felt his heart start to beat faster, all thought of colds and green lung driven from his head by sudden. cold worry. Leanne had her back to him, crouched, watching the woods to the south.
 
"What was it?" he asked - his voice loud. Rees made sharp gestures "''Quiet! Sign!''"
 
Leanne beckoned, turned slightly, signed quickly "''Something. Small. Child?''"
 
The three hunters watched the woods. "''See nothing,''" signed Howell. Rees agreed with a quick hand movement.
 
They all saw it at the same time, in the gathering gloom. A tinge in the air, something unwholesome. The stench of rotting, fecund vegetation washed over them. Miasma. A cloud of it, advancing like slow mist out of the trees.
 
And in the mist, shapes. One, then another, then another few. A dozen or more husks, poor dead souls inhabited by the malignant power of the vallorn. Three Navarr might be able to hold off a small group for a few minutes, if their aim was true and their spears envenomed ... but not this many. Not at night.
 
"We ... we better get the fuck out of here," said Howell, his voice steadier than he felt.
 
Rees was watching the gathering mist, oblivious. Howell grabbed his shoulder, got his attention, signed quickly.
 
Leanne shook her head. "''What about the child?''"
 
Rees and Howell looked at her sadly for just a moment, signing nothing. She bowed her head once in agreement, and then the three of them turned as one and began to run north through the twilight, without a backward glance.</ic>
 
==Overview==
The largest [[steading]] in the  [[Therunin#Upper Tarn Valley|Upper Tarn Valley]] is Return, and a few months ago, it fell silent. Old and well fortified, it kept a close watch on [[Therunin#Sweetglades|Sweetglades]] and [[Therunin#Greenheart|Greenheart]] to the south - on the [[Vallorn]] of [[Therunin]]. Oh, there are other steadings in Therunin watching over the vallorn and protecting the lush Tarn valley and the people of [[Therunin#Peakedge Song|Peakedge Song]] but Return was one of the oldest.
 
It would take something significant to silence such a place.
 
As a band of Imperial citizens gathers in [[Reikos#Chalcis Mount|Chalcis Mount]] and Peakedge Stead to head down into the southern valleys to investigate, further unsettling rumours begin to emerge. The vallorn [[Vallorn#Vallorn_Miasma|miasma]] is blowing north out of Greenheart and Sweetglades, lapping around the nearest steadings in Upper Tarn Valley. The [[Lonely, dark, and deep|last time this happened was when the miasma spilled out into [[Casinea]], [[Astolat]], and [[Semmerholm]] from out of [[Brocéliande]]. That time, however, there seemed to be a clear cause - a combination of [[Druj]] malfeasance and the desperate rush of the Navarr army to prevent the most powerful vallorn in the Empire from claiming [[Brocéliande#Elerael|Elerael]]. Before that? Decades at least, and each time some clear indication of meddling to explain why the miasma spreads.
 
This time, there seems to be nothing to indicate what has triggered this unexpected outpouring of miasma. It is definitely thickest near Return, although a striding that passed near the place a week ago said they did not think the buildings there had been engulfed. Although, with other stories claiming there are [[vallornspawn husks]] moving in the forests not far from there... it can only be a matter of time.
 
Sometimes the vallorn shifts in its slumbering chains. Sometimes, it rouses and reaches out and seeks to swallow what has been reclaimed from it. Perhaps this is the equivalent of a great beast rolling over, half-asleep. Perhaps it is the first sign of something rising in the heart of Therunin...
 
Hopefully Return holds the answer.
 
==Significance==
In addition to the reported disappearance of the people of Return, there are growing reports of vallorn activity in the area. Normally the deadly vallornspawn husks do not leave Therunin - but they often move with the miasma as it spreads - and spreading it is.
 
It's too early to tell if this is a major incursion, but it seems too much of a coincidence that the people of a major steading have disappeared shortly before the vallorn they watch becomes restive. Citizens travelling to Return may be in a position to head off a major incursion of the vallorn, or at least determine if there is any greater threat. Losing the Upper Tarn Valley to the vegetative menace would be a significant blow to the people of Therunin, especially with the large population of Great Forest [[orc|orcs]] agitating for control of the Lower Tarn Valley...
 
===OOC Note===
The vallorn of Therunin occupies two of the seven regions; the empire controls the other five. If the vallorn were to expand into a third region, then the Navarr would still control the territory - but if they lost a fourth region (say, to the orcs of [[the Barrens]], they would lose control of the territory entirely.
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==Initial Temples Opportunity==
 
<table>
<tr><th>Event</th><th>Date</th><th>Outcome</th></tr>
<tr>
  <td>[[Seven_lords_of_virtue|Opportunity]] to build temple to Balo and the Black Bull in the Empire in return for a temple to the "Seven Lords of Virtue" in Asavea</td>
  <td>Spring 380YE</td>
  <td>Temples built - eventually</td>
</tr>
</table>
 
 
==Temple of Balo and the Black Bull==
<table>
<tr><th>Event</th><th>Date</th><th>Outcome</th></tr>
<tr>
  <td>Attempt to [[380YE_Spring_Equinox_Synod_judgements|veto]] the building of the temple</td>
  <td>Spring 380YE</td>
  <td>Judgement 58 failed</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td>[[Temple_of_the_bull|Temple commissioned]]</td>
  <td>Summer 380YE</td>
  <td>[[380YE_Summer_Solstice_Synod_judgements|Various synod judgements]] (14 and 46 passed) delayed completion of the temple until Spring 381YE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td>[[Those_who_worship|Issues arising during construction]]</td>
  <td>Winter 380YE</td>
  <td>Eventually completed</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td>[[Distant_deeps||Issues arising once it was complete]]</td>
  <td>Spring 381YE</td>
  <td>[[381YE_Spring_Equinox_Synod_judgements|Various synod judgements]] (52, 75 and 91 passed)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td>When Grendel invaded Feroz, Imperial citizens [[383YE_Spring_Equinox_winds_of_war#Sand|took shelter]] in the temple</td>
  <td>Spring 383YE</td>
  <td>Citizens apparently smuggled out</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td>Loss of Feroz to Grendel</td>
  <td>Winter 383YE</td>
  <td>Benefits of temple lost</td>
</tr>
</table>
 
 
==Temple of the "Seven Lords of Virtue"==
<table>
<tr><th>Event</th><th>Date</th><th>Outcome</th></tr>
<tr>
  <td>Synod [[380YE_Winter_Solstice_Synod_judgements|grudgingly endorsed]] construction </td>
  <td>Winter 380YE</td>
  <td>Judgement 3 (supporting it) passed, judgement 32 (condeming it) failed</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td>Construction [[Construct_Temple_of_the_Way_in_Nemoria|commissioned]]</td>
  <td>Winter 380YE</td>
  <td>Not completed to Winter 381YE, due to delays in construction of  the Temple of Balo and the Black Bull</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td>[[Judged_by_their_company|Opportunity]] to train Asavean priests</td>
  <td>Summer 382YE</td>
  <td>With [[382YE_Summer_Solstice_Synod_judgements#Judgement_20|synod approval]], training began</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td>[[Through_my_sails#Ruined_Buildings|Temple]] damaged</td>
  <td>Summer 383YE</td>
  <td>Wisdom assembly [[383YE_Autumn_Equinox_Synod_judgements#Judgement_104|voted]] to destroy both temples; [[383YE_Autumn_Equinox_Synod_judgements#Judgement_33|Judgement of Rewarding]] passed for the cost of repairs passed, but a Senate Commission is still needed before construction can begin</td>
</tr>
</table>
==Sarcombe==
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[[EmpireWiki:Mournwold#Southmoor|Southmoor page]]<br/>
[[EmpireWiki:Emperor James]] was from Sarcombe, 257-281YE. He's on the white granite wainleaves, I think?
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<tr><th>Event</th><th>Date</th><th>Outcome</th></tr>
<tr><td>[[EmpireWiki:379YE_Winter_Solstice_winds_of_war#The_Mourning_Wind|Hillstop fortification completed by the Jotun]]</td><td>379, pre-Winter</td><td>
<tr><td>[[EmpireWiki:Fortify_Southmoor|Senate attempt to fortify Southmoor before the Empire controls it]]</td><td>381YE, Autumn</td><td>Fails, perhaps unsurprisingly</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[EmpireWiki:381YE_Winter_Solstice_winds_of_war#The_Memories_Scarred|Final part of campaign; Hillstop razed]]</td><td>381YE, pre-Winter</td><td>Southmoor liberated</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[EmpireWiki:This_land_is_your_land#The_Third_Pie|Asking for a third fortification on Hillstop's ruins]]</td><td>381YE, pre-Winter</td><td>Opportunity not pursued</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[EmpireWiki:Mournwold_spoils_of_war#The_Old_Oak.2C_Sarcombe|Spoil of war: 'The Old Oak' in Sarcombe]]</td><td>381YE Winter</td><td>Presumably assigned? Is it still assigned to someone?</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[EmpireWiki:Mournwold_spoils_of_war#The_Black_Hill|Spoil of war: 'The Black Hill', not far from Sarcombe]]</td><td>381YE Winter</td><td>Was controlled by the "Circle of the Steel King, a group of peculiar Jotun thralls led by Casta the Black". Was this assigned to a Marcher, or are the orcs still in control?</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[EmpireWiki:Charter Sarcombe market town]]</td><td>381YE, Winter</td><td>Passed</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[EmpireWiki:United_in_law|Imperial Address talking about how great the charter is]]</td><td>382YE, Spring</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>[[EmpireWiki:Think_of_the_children#The_Sarcombe_Register|The Sarcombe Register is proposed]]</td><td>382YE, pre-Autumn</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>[[EmpireWiki:Starting_at_the_end#The_Grand_Western_Highway|Proposed extension of the Blood Red Roads into Sarcombe]] or [[EmpireWiki:Starting_at_the_end#The_Great_Westward_Canal|maybe a big canal from Meade to Sarcombe]]?</td><td>382YE, pre-Autumn</td><td>Neither opportunity pursued</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[EmpireWiki:Construct Sarcombe Metal Market]]</td><td>382YE, Autumn</td><td>Passed - [[EmpireWiki:Master of Sarcombe Metal Market]] is up for appointment by Marcher Senators this coming event</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[EmpireWiki:Construct Sarcombe Register]]</td><td>382YE, Autumn</td><td>Failed. This has, as ever, caused bad feelings</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[EmpireWiki:Construct Sarcombe Register II]]</td><td>382YE, Winter</td><td>Passed at folly level (so doesn't really do v much)</td></tr>
</table>
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The portrait was part of the Tannhauser Collection, stolen by bandits in 342YE as it was being transported through Dawn towards Sarvos by the Tannhauser guild. It was said to have been imbued with magical powers by the eternal himself.
Sadogua, portrait by third century artist Umkehrkopf di Holberg.

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  • how truth works - how we establish truth and the nature of reality
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  • Don't need to read it all
  • Contributions?
  • Wiki contributors facebook group
  • The important bits

The Empire

  • Mention the meritocracy a bit
  • The Empire calls any nation it is at war with "barbarians" while all other nations are considered "foreigners".

Other Stuff

  • Crime and punishment - don't be a dick

Retired characters at sanctioned events

Our rules cover our events. The baseline expectation is that sanctioned events operate to the same rules as PD events - because we think it's better if our players are not surprised if they attend such events. But organizers have used different rules at sanctioned events before now and very successfully (e.g. the hospital events).

So if an event organizer wanted to allow to retired characters then I'd expect them to discuss that with us during sanctioning. It's not something we'd always say no to - but we'd want to be happy with the way it was being dealt with - and be confident that they were aware of the potential for abuse at their event. In general I'd recommend against it for high-combat, high-threat events - but be less concerned for relaxed social events.

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  • Ten nations - your character will be a member of one of those ten nations
  • Closed world - established setting - game overview
  • Six other magical realms - cosmology
  • Reincarnation is considered a fact, most religions accept it as true. the Way is the only official religion in the EMpire other nations have their own. Conflict ensues. No gods/no divine authorities.
  • People - unlike many fantasy games there are only a few sapient species - humans and orcs by far make up the majority - lineage exists
  • Not a medieval world - something about technology and society not being a trad medaevil setting
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Cosmology

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  • Where the Realms are
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Templates

Mirror of Perfection, Flame and the Flood, An Echo of Songs, and The Stargazer's Astrolabe

Dealing with Curses

Curse Removal
All the World in a Grain of Sand (Mag 30?) Transmogrification of the Soul's Echo (Mag 60)
Unfettered Anarchy (Mag 10) Transmogrification of the Soul's Echo (Mag 60)
Curse of Gangrenous Flesh (Mag 50) Amalgamation_of_Silver_and_Gold (Mag 70)
Curse of Decrepitude (Mag 50) Amalgamation_of_Silver_and_Gold (Mag 70)
Gnawing, Endless Hunger (Mag 20) "powerful rituals that remove hunger"
Dreamscape of the Endless Hunt (Mag 30) "powerful rituals that remove fear"
Wither the Seed (Mag 150) "a powerful ritual to restore fertility of around mag 200"
Like Water Through Your Fingers (Mag 30) "a powerful ritual to correct the vagaries of fate and chance"
Removal Effects
Transmogrification of the Soul's Echo (Mag 60)?) All the World in a Grain of Sand (Mag 30?), Unfettered Anarchy (Mag 10)
Amalgamation_of_Silver_and_Gold (Mag 70) Curse of Decrepitude (Mag 50), Curse of Gangrenous Flesh (Mag 50)

Introduction to spellcasting

As a regular spell, it takes ten seconds to cast detect magic on a target. You should make it very clear what the target is, by touching it or by waving or holding your hands over the target throughout. You may want to close your eyes, the better to focus your "magical sight", or examine the target from several angles. While many magicians perceive magical auras visually, you might want to roleplay that you perceive them using a different sense. You don't need to be a practitioner of the music of the spheres to "hear" magical auras as complex chords, for example. You might run your fingers over an item, or through the air above a character, "felling" the "shape" of the magic and speak in terms of a "texture" rather than a realm. A naga character in particular might enjoy demonstrating that lineage's discerning senses by "tasting" or "smelling" the aura in the air around the target (within the bounds of propriety, of course).

The use of a simple prop can make the casting of this easy spell especially memorable, especially when time is not of the essence. A Mystic might burn a herb or a stick of incense and inhale pungent smoke, while a Highborn magister might dab pure water on either eyelid or a League magician might study the target closely with a mirror to try and reveal it's true nature. Don't be afraid to interact with the target - turn the item over and over and study it carefully, or ask a character questions about how they feel or seemingly inconsequential details about their life.

It should be obvious you are casting a spell, and the easiest way to do this is through your spellcasting vocals. An easy way to do this is to vocalise what you are doing with phrases such as "Let my inner eye be opened," or "I seek answers from beyond the mundane world," or the like.

While the spell takes only ten seconds to cast, it can be very satisfying to continue the roleplaying even after the referee has delivered the result "uncovering" that information over the course of several seconds of revelation. Describing the spell in evocative terms - rather than simply describing it as a "magnitude such and such, of such and such realm" - can help make the experience of casting the spell more powerful. "This magic is warm, it's like it's alive, it almost has a heart beat - I think it is an enchantment drawn from the realm of Spring" or "This spear thirsts for blood, it's hungry, I think it wants to cut me ... I think it has the power to strike deadly, fatal blows but after it does so it's sated and has to sleep for an entire day" or "The tulpa of the spider seems to think that this ritual is Winter magic, and it's quite powerful - it's a little scared, to be honest with you ... and so am I."

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Initial Temples Opportunity

EventDateOutcome
Opportunity to build temple to Balo and the Black Bull in the Empire in return for a temple to the "Seven Lords of Virtue" in Asavea Spring 380YE Temples built - eventually


Temple of Balo and the Black Bull

EventDateOutcome
Attempt to veto the building of the temple Spring 380YE Judgement 58 failed
Temple commissioned Summer 380YE Various synod judgements (14 and 46 passed) delayed completion of the temple until Spring 381YE
Issues arising during construction Winter 380YE Eventually completed
|Issues arising once it was complete Spring 381YE Various synod judgements (52, 75 and 91 passed)
When Grendel invaded Feroz, Imperial citizens took shelter in the temple Spring 383YE Citizens apparently smuggled out
Loss of Feroz to Grendel Winter 383YE Benefits of temple lost


Temple of the "Seven Lords of Virtue"

EventDateOutcome
Synod grudgingly endorsed construction Winter 380YE Judgement 3 (supporting it) passed, judgement 32 (condeming it) failed
Construction commissioned Winter 380YE Not completed to Winter 381YE, due to delays in construction of the Temple of Balo and the Black Bull
Opportunity to train Asavean priests Summer 382YE With synod approval, training began
Temple damaged Summer 383YE Wisdom assembly voted to destroy both temples; Judgement of Rewarding passed for the cost of repairs passed, but a Senate Commission is still needed before construction can begin

Sarcombe