The Chronicles

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===Stories===
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| colspan=3 | This is a ''pulsed'' saga, which means that a story might cover a mere week, which might then be followed by, for example, twelve seasons of game time prior to the start of the next story.  The intense bursts of activity give companions and grogs ample opportunities for play, while the long periods of downtime allow characters to study, and magi can advance to high levels of power.
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This is one of the game's play areas. As it will be regularly edited, hopefully by everyone, this page will be kept as a very basic text document, with few tags, to make it easier to post.
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What follows is a list of the stories created thus far.
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| align=center width=15% |<big>Spring, 1220AD</big>
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* <big>[[Story : The Three Lions Inn|The Three Lions Inn.]]</big>
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**[[Story : Supper in the West Room|Supper in the West Room.]]
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**<small>[[Story : The Poacher and the Long Mynd|The Poacher and the Long Mynd.]]</small>
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**[[Story : The first morning|The first morning.]]
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***[[Story : Marcus and the manor|Marcus and the manor.]]
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****[[Story : After the service|After the service.]]
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***[[Story : Climbing Caer Caradoc|Climbing Caer Caradoc.]]
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***[[Story : Atop the Long Mynd|Atop the Long Mynd.]]
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****[[Story : Within the Barrow.|Within the Barrow.]]
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****[[Story : Under a perfect blue sky.|Under a perfect blue sky.]]
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***[[Story : The road to Hockstow Forest|The road to Hockstow Forest.]]
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****[[Story : In the deep forest|In the deep forest.]]
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| In response to [[The Library|letters]] regarding the formation of a new covenant, a number of young magi gather their chattels, and travel to the Three Lions Inn, in the little manor of Church Stretton.
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There is nothing really to see here now, as we are still in the process of creating our characters.
 
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===Mailing List===
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| width=20% align=center | [[The Library|Diaries and Letters]]
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| The Letters in the library are pieces of correspondance between characters that are exchanged during a pulse in the saga, rather than during a story.  Letters sent during a story are detailed as part of the story. 
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The group has a Yahoo! Group called Arcanum Magica.  
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In addition to the stories and letters, the players also keep diaries in which they record their mage character's downtime activities, and if they wish, the private thoughts and aspirations of that character.
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http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/ArcanumMagica/
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While the diaries do exist as physical objects in the game's environment, as a game mechanic they are utterly inaccessible to other characters within the game.  This enables their use to be broadened from simply containing activity records, if the player wishes, without the risk associated with anyone else reading them.
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If the players want to meet in chat/messaging rooms for a bit of rapid interaction, then that is fine, though they will have to organise, run, and collate it themselves.  The results of a good chat can then be incorporated into a post.
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|We have a Yahoo! Group called "Arcanum Magica" where we discuss the game. The contents of this discussion group are purely out-of-character, and a second list will be set up if we start playing by email, for in-character posts.
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In addition to this, and the mailing list, there are also diaries, where the players can record the mage's activities, and possibly more interestingly, their private thoughts and aspirations.
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While the diaries do exist, as a game mechanic, they are utterly inaccessible to other characters within the game.  I think they will add more to the game if their use is risk free.
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Current revision as of 17:45, 30 April 2006

Stories

This is a pulsed saga, which means that a story might cover a mere week, which might then be followed by, for example, twelve seasons of game time prior to the start of the next story. The intense bursts of activity give companions and grogs ample opportunities for play, while the long periods of downtime allow characters to study, and magi can advance to high levels of power.

What follows is a list of the stories created thus far.

Spring, 1220AD In response to letters regarding the formation of a new covenant, a number of young magi gather their chattels, and travel to the Three Lions Inn, in the little manor of Church Stretton.


Other Documents

Diaries and Letters The Letters in the library are pieces of correspondance between characters that are exchanged during a pulse in the saga, rather than during a story. Letters sent during a story are detailed as part of the story.

In addition to the stories and letters, the players also keep diaries in which they record their mage character's downtime activities, and if they wish, the private thoughts and aspirations of that character.

While the diaries do exist as physical objects in the game's environment, as a game mechanic they are utterly inaccessible to other characters within the game. This enables their use to be broadened from simply containing activity records, if the player wishes, without the risk associated with anyone else reading them.

Mailing List We have a Yahoo! Group called "Arcanum Magica" where we discuss the game. The contents of this discussion group are purely out-of-character, and a second list will be set up if we start playing by email, for in-character posts.
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