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| ====== Welcome to Onwards! ====== | ====== Welcome to Onwards! ====== |
| It is the 1st of January, 1700. During the New Year's revelry, the imperial family disappeared. In the [[cities:Shandarsher|capital]], rumours abound: some speak of poison, others of [[Magic|fell magic]]. Others still think it divine retribution for a life of iniquity and sin. However it happened, the fact remains the [[Eternal Emperor]] is gone along with their family. There is no heir. The [[Imperial Senate]] convened in the early hours of the morning and devolved into a drunken brawl killing five [[Senator|senators]] and wounding dozens. News is spreading up and down the [[Sinhogi]]. Unrest brews across the [[Onwards|continent]]. | It is the 1st of January, 1700. During the New Year's revelry, the imperial family disappeared. In the [[cities:Shandarsher|capital]], rumours abound: some speak of poison, others of [[Magic|fell magic]]. Others still think it divine retribution for a life of iniquity and sin. However it happened, the fact remains the [[Eternal Emperor]] is gone along with their family. There is no heir. The [[org:Imperial Senate]] convened in the early hours of the morning and devolved into a drunken brawl killing five [[Senator|senators]] and wounding dozens. News is spreading up and down the [[Sinhogi]]. Unrest brews across the [[continents:Onwards|continent]]. |
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| You, though, are something like an ambitious noble, maybe a merchant, or perhaps even a particularly charismatic commoner and you see //opportunity//. | You, though, are something like an ambitious noble, maybe a merchant, or perhaps even a particularly charismatic commoner and you see //opportunity//. |
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| ===== What's the big idea? ===== | ===== What's the big idea? ===== |
| Onwards! is a play-by-poast multiplayer role-playing war game that takes place across the continent of [[Onwards]] "in real time". You play a [[character]] in charge of an army/warband/fleet during a civil war in the [[Eternal Empire]], and so do the other players. Because the smartphone hasn't been invented yet, unless you are in the same room as another player, you will have to send your messages/orders/insults by [[Game Master|horse]], and that means they will take time to arrive (there is [[Sinhogi|one exception]], though). By the same token, you can't be in two places at once, and if you need to split your forces, that means another player needs to control that force. | Onwards! is a play-by-poast multiplayer role-playing war game that takes place across the continent of [[continents:onwards|Onwards]] "in real time". You play a [[characters|character]] in charge of an army/warband/fleet during a civil war in the [[countries:Eternal Empire]], and so do the other players. Because the smartphone hasn't been invented yet, unless you are in the same room as another player, you will have to send your messages/orders/insults by [[Game Master|horse]], and that means they will take time to arrive (there is [[Sinhogi|one exception]], though). By the same token, you can't be in two places at once, and if you need to split your forces, that means another player needs to control that force. |
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| Think Mount & Blade or Heroes of Might & Magic III, but played //very slowly.// | Think Mount & Blade or Heroes of Might & Magic III, but played //very slowly.// |
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| ==== I need an example ==== | ==== I need an example ==== |
| So as an example, Sir [[Generic Example, Duke of Exemplia]], is currently camped at [[forts:Fort Example]] with their Example Corps, when they are reached by rumours that large enemy forces (curse the Countess of Counterexample!) have been sighted outside both the city of [[cities:Nearby]] and the town of [[towns:Negrava]]. They know the local garrison in Nearby is too small to handle the size of the enemy force, but [[Commandant d'Imaginaire]] should be in the area. So the player playing Sir Generic decides to write a message to the effect that the Commandant needs to decamp for Nearby and, if possible, engage with the Countess of Counterexample's forces. Moreover, Generic decides to march themselves towards Negrava. The messenger leaves immediately, but will take a few days to arrive. Likewise, it is a three day march to Negrava from Fort Example. Two real-life days later, the messenger rides up to the Commandant, handing them their new orders, and the player playing the Commandant now needs to decide whether to follow the orders, or, given the state of their forces, write back to inform the good Duke of their folly, and go off to do their own thing. | So as an example, Sir [[people:Generic Example, Duke of Exemplia]], is currently camped at [[forts:Fort Example]] with their Example Corps, when they are reached by rumours that large enemy forces (curse the Countess of Counterexample!) have been sighted outside both the city of [[cities:Nearby]] and the town of [[towns:Negrava]]. They know the local garrison in Nearby is too small to handle the size of the enemy force, but [[people:Commandant d'Imaginaire]] should be in the area. So the player playing Sir Generic decides to write a message to the effect that the Commandant needs to decamp for Nearby and, if possible, engage with the Countess of Counterexample's forces. Moreover, Generic decides to march themselves towards Negrava. The messenger leaves immediately, but will take a few days to arrive. Likewise, it is a three day march to Negrava from Fort Example. Two real-life days later, the messenger rides up to the Commandant, handing them their new orders, and the player playing the Commandant now needs to decide whether to follow the orders, or, given the state of their forces, write back to inform the good Duke of their folly, and go off to do their own thing. |
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| ==== Commitment ==== | ==== Commitment ==== |
| If you’re ambitious enough to want to start your own faction, just let me know and I’ll figure out how to best integrate you. | If you’re ambitious enough to want to start your own faction, just let me know and I’ll figure out how to best integrate you. |
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| If you’d like to join an existing faction all you really need to do is talk to people in that faction to see whose retinue you’re getting split off from and what forces you get. | If you’d like to join an existing faction all you really need to do is talk to people in that faction to see whose retinue you’re getting split off from and what forces you get. |
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| | ===== How do I use the wiki? ===== |
| | Create an account and use the categories below to start creating pages. |
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| | ===== Categorically Important Links ===== |
| | DokuWiki likes properly parented pages and doesn't natively build category (namespace) indices, so I'm building a [[namespaces|namespace]] index here: |
| | * [[Characters]] |
| | * [[People]] |
| | * [[Military Units]] |
| | * [[Continents]] |
| | * [[Countries]] |
| | * [[Regions]] |
| | * [[Provinces]] |
| | * [[Cities]] |
| | * [[Towns]] |
| | * [[Forts]] |
| | * [[poi|Points of Interest]] |
| | * [[Factions]] |
| | * [[org|Organizations]] |
| | * [[Gods]] |
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| ===== On ”AI” ===== | ===== On ”AI” ===== |
