Template: templates/frame.premise.md

# {{title}}

_What this world is about. This page and Tone decide what belongs: a place, a faction, or an arc that serves nothing here is one to question, however good the idea._

## The World in a Breath

_A few sentences: what kind of world this is, what is happening in it, and what the stories set here are about. If it needs a list, it is not a premise yet._

## Why It Exists

_The story, the game, or the feeling you could not get from a setting off the shelf. The itch this world scratches._

## The Shape of It

_How the whole thing hangs together: the scale (a city, a continent, a cosmos), the age it is in, the one tension every region feels. Not a gazetteer; the logic behind one._

## Not This World

_The world next door that you are deliberately not building: the genre you are avoiding, the trope you refuse. Writing it down here is what keeps the setting from sprawling._

Template: templates/frame.tone.md

# {{title}}

_How the world feels, and the lines the table and the prose keep so that it goes on feeling that way._

## The Feel

_Grim or bright, epic or intimate, funny or never. The two or three words a player would use, and the one they never would._

## Touchstones

_The books, films, games, and places it draws on, and what each one gives it. Name the thing you are borrowing, not just the title._

## Lines the Table Keeps

_What is always allowed, what never happens on screen, what gets a fade to black. The lines and veils, and the promises about death, betrayal, and consequence._

## How It Reads

_Names, spellings, tense, and voice for anything written for players: the handout, the recap, the description read aloud._

Template: templates/frame.laws.md

# {{title}}

_How the world works. Every place, faction, and character obeys what is here; anything that breaks it is either a plot or a mistake._

## What the World Is Made Of

_Gods, planes, the nature of the dead, what is beyond the sky. What is known and what is only believed._

## Magic and Technology

_What power exists, who can use it, what it costs, and what it can never do. The limits matter more than the powers._

## Peoples and Tongues

_Who lives here and how they differ; the languages, and who speaks which. Enough that a new character fits without a footnote._

## What Can Never Happen

_The hard limits: no coming back from the dead, no crossing the sea in a day, nobody has ever seen a dragon. The list a co-writer checks first._

Template: templates/frame.table.md

# {{title}}

_Who plays in this world and how a session runs. What the party knows is decided here, and `revealed` on each page keeps the score._

## The Table

_The players, the system, how often you play, and where (in person, online, play by post). What a session is like._

## The Party

_Who the player characters are, in a paragraph, and what they know at the start. Link their sheets from Files._

## What the Players Know

_The public version of the world: the handout a new player reads. Anything a player may read without a spoiler is either here or marked `revealed` on its own page._

## How a Session Runs

_Prep, the recap, safety tools, downtime, how a session ends and how the next one starts. The habits the game master keeps for the table._

Template: templates/place.full.md

# {{title}}

## Why It Exists

_What this place does for the stories set here that no other place does. A short paragraph. If this changes a lot, it is probably a different place._

### Taking for Granted

_What you are assuming and have not written down anywhere else: which law it leans on, which region it sits in, who has been here already._

## Still to Decide

_What you do not know yet. Kept near the top so nothing gets buried; when something is settled, it moves down into the list below._

## What Is True

_The facts, as short numbered statements a co-writer can rely on: where it is, who runs it, what it is known for, what is hidden. If it is not written here, it is not canon yet._

1. <!-- the first thing that is true of this place -->

## What the Party Sees

_The place as a player meets it: the description you read aloud, the sounds, the first person they talk to. The part of this page the Player role may read once it is `revealed`._

## Not This Place

_What this place deliberately is not, and which place holds that instead. This is the list that keeps a region from blurring; a place without it grows into its neighbors._

## Ties

_The factions that hold it, the people found here, the arcs that pass through, the places it borders. Link the pages rather than naming them._

## Notes and Decisions

_Notes: the map, where the name came from, the reference art, the thing to remember at the table. Decisions: one line each, dated, never deleted, so a retcon is a decision and not an accident._

<!-- 2026-03-09: The harbor is silted now; the fleet in session 4 needed a reason to be stranded. (GM) -->

Template: templates/place.sketch.md

# {{title}}

## Why It Exists

_What this place is for, in a short paragraph. Grow it into the full page once it matters at the table._

## Still to Decide

_What you do not know yet._

## What Is True

_The few facts already settled, numbered._

1. <!-- the first thing that is true -->

## Not This Place

_What this place is not, and which place holds that instead. Write this first, not last._

Template: templates/faction.full.md

# {{title}}

## Why It Exists

_What this faction wants, and what it does for the stories set here that no other faction does. A short paragraph. If this changes a lot, it is probably a different faction._

### Taking for Granted

_What you are assuming and have not written down anywhere else: which law it lives under, which places it holds, who has met it._

## Still to Decide

_What you do not know yet. Kept near the top so nothing gets buried._

## What Is True

_The facts, as short numbered statements: who leads it, what it holds, what it wants, what it will not do, who it hates. If it is not written here, it is not canon yet._

1. <!-- the first thing that is true of this faction -->

## What It Does Next

_What it does when the party is not looking: its methods, its pace, what happens if nobody stops it. The engine you run between sessions._

## What the Party Sees

_The faction as players meet it: its face, its symbols, what it says about itself. The part the Player role may read once it is `revealed`._

## Not This Faction

_What this faction deliberately is not, and which faction holds that instead. This is the list that keeps the politics sharp; a faction without it becomes every villain at once._

## Ties

_The places it holds, the people in it, the arcs it drives, the factions it fights. Link the pages rather than naming them._

## Notes and Decisions

_Notes: the sigil, the naming pattern, the reference. Decisions: one line each, dated, never deleted._

<!-- 2026-03-09: Split the guild from the crown; one faction was doing both jobs. (GM) -->

Template: templates/faction.sketch.md

# {{title}}

## Why It Exists

_What this faction wants, in a short paragraph. Grow it into the full page once it matters at the table._

## Still to Decide

_What you do not know yet._

## What Is True

_The few facts already settled, numbered._

1. <!-- the first thing that is true -->

## Not This Faction

_What this faction is not, and which faction holds that instead. Write this first, not last._

Template: templates/character.full.md

# {{title}}

## Why They Exist

_What this person wants, and what they do for the stories set here that no one else does. A short paragraph. If this changes a lot, it is probably a different character._

### Taking for Granted

_What you are assuming and have not written down anywhere else: their faction, their place, whether the party has met them._

## Still to Decide

_What you do not know yet. Kept near the top so nothing gets buried._

## What Is True

_The facts, as short numbered statements: who they are, what they want, what they fear, what they know, what they will never do. If it is not written here, it is not canon yet._

1. <!-- the first thing that is true of this character -->

## At the Table

_How to play them: the voice, the bearing, a habit, the line they always say. What they want out of this conversation. The part you read mid-session._

## What the Party Sees

_The person as players meet them: the name they give, their face, the first impression. The part the Player role may read once it is `revealed`._

## Not This Character

_What this person deliberately is not, and who holds that instead. A character without it drifts into whoever the scene needs._

## Ties

_Their faction, their places, the arcs they turn up in, the people they love and hate. Link the pages rather than naming them._

## Notes and Decisions

_Notes: the reference art, where the stat block lives, the voice you are borrowing. Decisions: one line each, dated, never deleted._

<!-- 2026-03-09: She survived the ambush; the players liked her too much to lose her. (GM) -->

Template: templates/character.sketch.md

# {{title}}

## Why They Exist

_What this person wants, in a short paragraph. Grow it into the full page once they matter at the table._

## Still to Decide

_What you do not know yet._

## What Is True

_The few facts already settled, numbered._

1. <!-- the first thing that is true -->

## Not This Character

_What this person is not, and who holds that instead. Write this first, not last._

Template: templates/arc.full.md

# {{title}}

## Why It Exists

_The question this arc asks of the party, and the change it makes to the world. A short paragraph. If this changes a lot, it is probably a different arc._

### Taking for Granted

_What you are assuming about where the party starts: what they know, who they trust, what the last arc left behind._

## Still to Decide

_What you do not know yet. Kept near the top so nothing gets buried; when something is settled, it becomes a beat or a decision._

## The Beats

_What happens, in the order it probably will, as beats a session can hit or skip. Numbered so you can point at one. Keep each short; put a set piece in its own section below. Beats are a plan, not a script: the party decides the order._

1. <!-- the hook, and how it reaches the party -->

## What Changes

_What is different in the world, in the party, or in what the players know by the end. If it is not written here, the arc is not promising it._

## Not This Arc

_What this arc deliberately does not resolve, and which arc does. This is the list that keeps a campaign in shape; an arc without it swallows the campaign._

## Ties

_The places it passes through, the factions it moves, the people it needs. Link the pages rather than naming them._

## Notes and Decisions

_Notes: the sessions it ran across, the handouts, the music. Decisions: one line each, dated, never deleted._

<!-- 2026-03-09: Dropped the siege; the players took the deal instead. (GM) -->

Template: templates/arc.sketch.md

# {{title}}

## Why It Exists

_The question this arc asks of the party, in a short paragraph. Grow it into the full page once it is next up._

## Still to Decide

_What you do not know yet._

## The Beats

_The few beats already settled, in order, numbered._

1. <!-- the hook -->

## Not This Arc

_What this arc does not resolve, and which arc does. Write this first, not last._