[[start|Back to start page]] ====== Outline ====== This guide is designed as an aid for players of my third age campaigns. It presents a series of articles on important aspects of my world in a consistent format. Each topic is divided into three sections: Common Knowledge, Expert Knowledge, and Hidden Knowledge. These categories contain (respectively) information that a common man would know, what a skilled expert would know, and what a skilled expert //could// know if he had access to all pertinent works on the subject. A fourth category, The Truth, exists but is not mentioned in the articles as it is a fleeting and hard-to-establish beast. Below, the topics contained in the handbook are listed in outline form. Each article covers a topic with a roman numeral and all numbered sub-topics under it. Note: Lines //in italics// indicate subjects that are not part of common knowledge. ===== I. The World ===== Full Article: [[world]] While the common man assumes the world to be flat, scholars are in agreement that it is, in fact, slightly convex. On the outer edge is [[wall|"The Wall"]], an endless waterfall that stands (by most accounts) 1,000 feet tall. The oceans then flow generally toward the center of the world's disc, where they drain down a massive whirlpool known as [[well|"The Well"]]. Why the seas flow "uphill" toward the center is cause for much debate, however, most who have studied the issue believe it has something to do with the flow of [[Mana]], the energy that powers [[magic]]. ==== A. Places ==== Full Article: [[places]] There are three continents, known popularly as the [[thentao|Main]], [[n'Galt|Eastern]], and [[immenri|Northern]] continents -- though their ancient names are //Thentao//, //N'Galt//, and //Immenri//. [[Immenri|The Northern continent]] is primarily tundra and contains no population centers. [[N'galt|The Eastern continent]] has on its western shore the great kingdom of [[Rota]] -- which remains relatively unscathed from the recent world wars. [[Thentao|The main continent]] has numerous population centers -- though the northern shore kingdoms were either abandoned or destroyed during the wars. - Places - [[immenri|The Northern Continent]] - //Pre-explosion// - //Tundra// - //Dark Bay// - [[n'galt|Eastern Continent]] - West Shore - Plains - East Shore - [[thentao|Main Continent]] - North Shore - The Border Mountains - The Southlands - The West Shore - The Dry River Basin - The South Shore - [[sea of sand|The Great Desert (The Sea of Sand)]] - The Mountains (South and East) - East Shore - Miscellany - [[spindrift|The Spindrift Islands]] - [[Lendore]] - [[Midore]] - [[Aldore]] - [[Marshard]] - [[Sabit]] - The [[Island of Fire]] - [[well|The Well]] - The [[Lone Island]] - //The Grugach Islands// - //[[wall islands|The Paradise Islands aka "The Wall Islands"]]// - //The Northern Ice// ==== B. People ==== Full Article: [[people]] - People - Humans - "Civilization" - [[Backbone]] - [[Rota]] - [[Spindrift]] - [[Lowland]] - [[Resh]] - [[teleme|The Southlands]] - "Savages" - [[baka|Plains Barbarians]] - [[etenaî|Plains Indians]] - [[Sabit]] - Spindrift Islands - Desert Nomads - [[ourai|South Indians]] - //Dry River Nomads// - //[[arela|Marsh People]]// - //[[dumaka|Asians]]// - Dwarves - [[Blanan]] - [[Clangdun]] - //The remnants of [[Glekdin]]// - Elves - [[Pleven]] (High) - [[Larinday]] (Grey) - [[Wisewood]] (Sylvan) - [[Farflen]] (East) - //[[Aglarlad]] (Aquatic)// - //The Underdark (Dark)// - Orcs and Goblins - Northern Continent - //Before// - //After the Massacre// - Spindrift Tribes - Eastern Continent - Mountain Tribes - Plains Tribes - Main Continent - The Border Mountains: Twelve Tribes - The Southlands Tribes - //The Desert Tribes// - Other Races - Gnomes - [[Riprap]] - [[flandjil|Eastern Continent]] - //[[Gnome Valley]]// - //[[Glimmerland]]// - Hobbits - [[Taurdin]] - [[shalrock|Eastern Continent]] - //Mermen// - //Northern Continent// - //Spindrift Islands// - //Giants// - //Frost - Northern Continent// - //Hill/Mountain - Border Mountains// - //Fire - Underworld// === 1. Languages === Full Article: [[languages]] === 2. Economy === Full Article: [[economy]] ==== C. History ==== Full Article: [[history]] - [[History]] - [[history#era_0|Pre-history]] - The Tale of Time - The Tale of the Heaven Spire - The Tale of the Transgression - [[history#era_i_ca._i1_-_i864|The First Age]] - //The Calendar// - //The Spire Kingdoms// - //The Dark Mage and World War I// - //The wizard Bar and the Great Map// - //The Great Transgression// - [[history#era_v_i2902_-_i3902|The Dark Age]] - //Elves & Orcs: The gems of Corellon and Gruumsh// - //Dragons: The orbs of Dragonkind// - //The Immortal Wanderers// - //The Barbarians// - [[history#era_vi_ii1_-_ii112|The Second Age]] - //Repair of the Heaven Spire and the Dark Mage// - //Demonwraiths and Kelva// - //Arral and Mana// - //Auren Ilay, the Dark Mage, and World War II// - //[[end_of_the_world|The End of the World]]// - [[history#era_ix_iii1_-_iii356|The Third Age]] - Scardore, Lord and Backbone - Rota and Lowland - Colonization - Trouble Brewing (my early campaign) - [[history#era_xi_iii1105_-_present|Recent History]] - [[recent|World War III]] (The [[Good Party]] campaign) - //[[shadowlord|Shadow]] and [[lords of chaos|Chaos]] (The [[Voyager]] campaign)// ==== D. Religion ==== Full Article: [[religion]] - [[pharaonic|Egyptian]] - //Backbone/Edric// - //Desert/Dry River Nomads// - [[asgardian|Norse]] - Rota - [[Celtic]] - Spindrift - [[olympian|Greek]] - Lowland - Other Human Religions - Babylonian/Sumerian - Resh - American Indian - Plains, Eastern Continent - Central American Indians - Southlands - //Plains Barbarians - ?// - //Marsh People - ?// - //Asian(Chinese) Gods// - Non-human religions - Elf gods - Dwarf gods - Orc gods - //Gnome belief// - //Hobbit belief// - //Unworshipped deities// - //The Elemental Lords// - //Demon Lords// - //The [[Lords of Chaos]]// - //[[Parádoxa]], the Time Lord// ==== E. Artifacts & Legends ==== Full Article: [[artifacts]] - Artifacts in possession of important people - [[racial weapons|The Three Racial Weapons]] - [[Norwood]], [[Tarialaî|"Tari"]], & [[Wacarnelian|"Wak"]] - [[good trio|The Trio of Might]] - [[Rathwyn]] - [[disks of odin|The Three Disks and The eye of Odin]] - [[Cale & Strachan]] - //The Artifacts of Auren Ilay - [[Pelham]]// - //[[Manabane]] - [[Karelia]]// - Artifacts not owned - The [[Heaven Spire]] (destroyed) - //The Goblet of Knowledge// - //The Gems of Corellon and Gruumsh// - Legendary people and places - [[wall|The Wall]], [[well|The Well]], and [[ferryman|The Ferryman]] - [[kragnor|The Dragon Kragnor]] - //[[twenty_portals|The Portals]]// - //[[arral|The Dragon Arral]]// ===== II. The Cosmos ===== Full Article: [[cosmos]] ==== A. The Planes ==== ==== B. Magic ==== - [[Magic]] - [[magic#spell_magic|Spell Magic]] - //[[magic#rune_magic|Rune Magic]]// - //[[magic#voice_magic|Voice Magic]]// - //[[magic#psionic_magic|Psionic Magic]]// - [[magic#common_invocations|Common invocations]] - //[[magic#the_mana_flow|The Mana Flow]]// - [[magic#current_state|Current State]] ===== III. The Game ===== Full Article: [[game]] ==== A. Campaigns ==== * [[Good Party]] (1981-1987, AD&D & Fantasy Hero) * [[Evil Party]] (1981, AD&D) * [[Summer Campaign]] (1982, AD&D) * [[Micronauts]] (1983-1985, AD&D) * [[Pioneers]] (First Age) (1984-1985, AD&D) * [[King's Island Campaign]] (1986-1990) (Fantasy Hero) * [["Pelham Campaign"]] (Fantasy Hero) * [[D'Hari Campaign]] (First Age) (Fantasy Hero) * [[Voyager]] (2002-2007, D&D 3rd edition & 3.5) * [["V2"]] (2007-2009, D&D 3.5) * [[V3|"V3", aka "The Agents of Fortune"]] (2009-2012, D&D 4th edition) * The [[Backbone Campaign]], aka [["The Great Retcon"]] (2015--2016, D&D 5th edition) In addition to the campaign pages (above), I have a (partial) [[adventures|summary of many of my old AD&D adventures]]. ==== B. Characters ==== Full article: [[player characters]] - The Characters - Player Characters - The Good Party (aka "The Chosen") - //[[Sorgul]]// - //[[ozzie|Lord Ozzie]]// - //[[Sly]]// - //[[Rana]]// - //[[Karelia]]// - //[[wizard_pc|"Wizard"]]// - Non-player characters - Associated people - Queen [[Rathwyn]] - King [[Norwood]] - [[Edric]] and [[Tacey]] (deceased) - [[Cale & Strachan]] - [[Tarialaî|Tarialaî Thoranna]] - [[Wacarnelian|Wacarnelian Medibeard]] - //[[claira|Claira/Mary, the Master Summoner]]// - Casual acquaintances - King [[Galin]] of Rota - [[council|The Council of Wizards]] - //[[Pelham]], the Quiet Wizard// - //[[Aladar]] and his family// - //[[Sandra Middleham]]// [[start|Back to start page]]