Ever dreamed of a technique to see the story of your world with out having to scroll by way of numerous textual content partitions when you’re operating a session? Or possibly a technique to visually present the progress of your RPG or D&D get together? Effectively, cease dreaming, as a result of Chronicles is the answer you might want to plan and file your marketing campaign!
Plan and file your marketing campaign villains’ actions
As Sport Masters, we wish to simplify every little thing we’re doing behind the display as a lot as attainable. Reducing down complexity lets us give attention to what issues most: conserving the plot shifting, roleplaying our NPCs, or doing no matter is enjoyable for you and your group. Nonetheless, operating a marketing campaign typically implies that you not solely must have a ton of lore helpful but additionally know what the villains or antagonists are as much as at any given level. You may have a hundred-page lengthy article on World Anvil about that, and frantically scroll up and down, determined to search out that small element concerning the villains. Or, to make issues a thousand instances simpler, you could possibly have a Chronicle!
As a result of Chronicles are visible (primarily based on a map) and interactive (you’ll be able to click on round to get additional info), you’ll solely get the data you want once you want it. So, earlier than your subsequent sport, spend a while including occasions to a Chronicle and hyperlink them to map pins so you may also shortly know the place every little thing occurred. For those who’re brief on time, give precedence to the occasions that may have an effect on (or have affected) the get together instantly. And, after all, make certain the timeline is personal so your gamers can’t see it!
I can simply click on the occasions and pins as an alternative of getting to learn loooong paragraphs!
Including occasions is as straightforward as right-clicking on the timeline place you wish to add the occasion in and filling within the pop-up with the occasion’s title and outline! If you wish to hyperlink it to a map pin, create the pin first. Good-click anyplace on the map to create it at that place.
Show the historical past of your world
I discussed lore within the earlier part—properly, you are able to do that with Chronicles too! Create a brand new timeline on the Chronicle you have already got, and make this one public in order for you your gamers to see it. Now this can have a double goal! On one hand, you’ll be capable of shortly consult with your world’s whole historical past. However alternatively, your gamers will be capable of view it too! And whereas many gamers don’t actually wish to learn an extended textual content wall about your world’s historical past, enjoying with an interactive timeline is one other factor! You may even flip particular occasions public or personal primarily based on the get together’s data of the world’s historical past.
By having each the historical past and the villains’ timelines in the identical place, you’ll be able to see how their plans match inside the world’s historical past!
To make an occasion personal, edit it (click on it on a timeline and click on the pencil button on the occasion card), and go to the Privateness tab. You too can make pins personal (with the identical technique), and even entire maps, utilizing the map supervisor, which you’ll entry on the precise aspect menu.
Present the get together’s progress
There’s nothing extra satisfying for a participant than seeing how their choices and actions have modified the world. With Chronicles, that’s tremendous straightforward to point out off! Create a public Chronicle with a map of the setting you’re enjoying in and fill it together with your get together’s actions. It would seem like a ton of labor, however in case you do it after each session, it is going to be tremendous fast and also you’ll get a full Chronicle to point out to your folks by the tip of the marketing campaign! And since a timeline in Chronicles has 4 lanes, you should utilize completely different lanes for various characters in the event that they resolve to separate the get together!
Now you’ll be able to see the get together’s actions inside the context of the broader world!
You may need realized that the three screenshots are literally the identical Chronicle. I strongly recommend you do it this fashion too! You don’t have to fret about your gamers seeing secrets and techniques, as you’ll be able to flip particular person timelines and occasions personal. And the upside is that you simply’ll be capable of see how occasions affect one another! For instance, possibly a historic occasion kickstarted a celebration motion, which then modified what the villains have been doing. When you’ve got all of this info in a single place, your world’s historical past will really feel extra constant and reasonable!
To create a brand new timeline, go to the precise aspect menu and click on on the timelines supervisor button (second from the highest). There, you’ll be capable of edit timeline settings in addition to create new ones. If you wish to study extra about how Chronicles work, take a look at the YouTube tutorial:
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