https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/ 2026-05-18T16:17:27+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/ https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/_media/favicon.ico text/html 2019-10-07T20:17:08+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/academy_of_thought?rev=1570479428&do=diff Academy of Thought “I know you're nervous, but just be good, be polite, and do what your teachers tell you.” Overview The Academy of Thought is an authority that doesn’t so much perpetuate ideas as they do control them. One of their key tools is the press, issuing official statements on the goings-on in Dream on a weekly basis. They are hailed as the most impartial and reliable source of news in the Dream, and therefore: their word is fact. text/html 2019-10-07T20:28:49+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/affiliation?rev=1570480129&do=diff Ideal of Affiliation “” The Ideal of Affiliation consists of the aspects of Antagonism and Reconciliation. It deals with the relationships between characters in all their forms. Such Muses delight in bitter rivalries and childhood friendships, kindly mediators and mischievous troublemakers. They favour narratives of trusts betrayed and friendships forged. text/html 2019-10-07T20:24:41+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/censorship?rev=1570479881&do=diff Censorship Some Muses are just too radical or seek to unnecessarily harm and cause mental distress to others. In this case, Muses can be placed under enforced Fading also known as Censorship. This is carried out by a group of Muses disagreeing with a certain Muse's actions. If enough Muses disagree with the ideas, actions or personality of another Muse, that Muse will be Censored. This occurs as a stamp somewhere visible on the Muse's body that spells out the word 'CENSORED' in a capitalised fo… text/html 2019-09-24T18:49:52+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/character_advancement?rev=1569350992&do=diff Character Advancement As Muse activity increases in the efforts to slow the Fading of Dream, Muses will naturally become more adept with their powers as they exercise them. On every odd-numbered turnsheet you will have one Skill point to spend as you wish on the next level of a text/html 2019-10-21T12:35:51+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/character_creation?rev=1571661351&do=diff Character Creation Summary * Come up with a name. * Write a private bio for the GMs to read. We suggest a few paragraphs, though you may write more if you wish. * Write a public bio for other players to read. This should be no more than two paragraphs. text/html 2019-11-04T15:27:58+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/characters?rev=1572881278&do=diff Character Biographies This is a list of all characters currently in the game, and contains information about who they are and how to contact them. <ai@wip.chaosdeathfish.com> OC Pronouns IC Pronouns <bet_wimpole@wip.chaosdeathfish.com> ... OC Pronouns IC Pronouns <blake_skye@wip.chaosdeathfish.com> OC Pronouns IC Pronouns text/html 2019-10-07T20:12:18+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/conduct_and_themes?rev=1570479138&do=diff Conduct and Themes Policy Basic Information This is the Work In Progress Conduct & Themes Policy, and is designed to inform you of acceptable conduct when playing the game, as well as potentially sensitive themes that may occur. Work In Progress will be dealing with a variety of themes and genres, many of which will be lighthearted or comedic, but some of which may be dark or unsettling - particularly as the game draws on. The GM team want to ensure that everyone feels safe and comfortable wh… text/html 2020-03-10T16:11:54+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/contents?rev=1583856714&do=diff Overview Introduction - Start Here! Style and Tone When and Where Glossary Eternity News 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 Vig-Net Series 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 Results 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 Characters GMs & NPCs Playground Info Conduct and Themes Policy Privacy Policy Credits ---------- Setting Muses Dreamscape Spindle Jo The Great Fade Factions * Academy of Thought * Food For Thought * Free Idea Forum * Jommunity * Nightmare Fuel Weather Station * … text/html 2019-10-07T20:29:30+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/control?rev=1570480170&do=diff Ideal of Control “” The Ideal of Control consists of the aspects of Authority and Liberty. It deals with themes of power, hierarchy, and the ties that bind people and groups together. Such Muses enjoy meticulous dominion over their own lives, though many delight in those who break law and order to achieve their own authentic selves, while others still seek to assert themselves whatever the resistance. text/html 2019-10-07T20:29:48+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/courage?rev=1570480188&do=diff Ideal of Courage “” The Ideal of Courage consists of the aspects of Hope and Despair. It deals with motivation, pain, danger and uncertainty - what drives the soul to great feats of heroism, or plunges us into the paralysis of existential horror. Such text/html 2019-09-24T18:40:28+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/creative_juices?rev=1569350428&do=diff Creative Juices Creative Juices, colloquially known as 'Juice', is the main form of energy that powers the Dreamscape. It represents Jo's raw creative activity and effort. It appears as a viscous glowing yellow-pinkish glowing liquid, and when left to pool it forms mildly dangerous vibrating puddles with occasional sparks. text/html 2020-03-11T13:04:55+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/credits?rev=1583931895&do=diff Credits GMs Work In Progress has only been possible thanks to the work of its GMs: * Andrew K-R * Conor W * Cynthia Z * Ed N * Jaycee C * Nic L * Rowan M The game wouldn't have been what it is without all of your tireless contributions, (very) late nights, prolific writing skills and – above all – your ridiculous imaginations. text/html 2019-10-07T20:37:36+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/downtime_emails_and_turnsheets?rev=1570480656&do=diff Downtime, Emails and Turnsheets Between each session of Work In Progress, Jo will experience two weeks of their life, and time will pass within the Dreamscape. However, the amount of time that your character experiences may change drastically depending on what they've been up to (and where they've managed to get themselves stuck in the meantime). During this time, players can communicate via email and take actions as conveyed to the GM team through turnsheets. text/html 2019-10-07T20:13:25+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/dreamscape?rev=1570479205&do=diff Dreamscape Dream, or the Dreamscape, is a manifestation of Jo's subconscious. Powered by Creative Juices, the centre as we know it is Spindle, where Muses live. The wider geography of Dream is accessed through Hub, where doors lead to various Vignettes along the Dream Connectome. Beyond the point of constructed Vignettes - at the edges of the Connectome - lies Far Dream, where lesser known and less well-formed Vignettes lie. These are often explored by adventurous Muses and text/html 2020-03-11T01:53:16+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/eternity?rev=1583891596&do=diff Eternity Immediate Aftermath Though things have calmed down a little after the great battle of the Pit and the completion of the Magnum Opus, life in Spindle goes on. Here are a few things that happened shortly after the final Brainstorm – in no particular order. text/html 2019-10-07T20:16:30+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/factions?rev=1570479390&do=diff Factions Several organised (and somewhat less organised) groups exist in Spindle. Some perform functions necessary to the maintenance of Spindle and Dream, while others help to keep Muse society in order. Others still simply act as discussion groups for like-minded Muses. They are summarised below, with more information available on their respective pages. text/html 2019-10-07T20:24:21+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/fading?rev=1570479861&do=diff Fading [ Feeling fade up.] If a Muse’s ideas and stories cease to be used by Jo for a prolonged amount of time, they gradually lose the Creative Juices they are made from and start to Fade away. Fading is the only way a Muse can cease to exist, and is accompanied by physical symptoms such as chipping away of human skin and clothes to the primordial Creative Juice beneath. As a result, these Muses start to look more and more like pure Juice, rather than their humanised personification. Muses th… text/html 2019-10-07T20:18:18+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/food_for_thought?rev=1570479498&do=diff Food For Thought “” “” “” “” “”“” “” Overview [Food For Thought, though it actually tends to specialise in drinks.] Food For Thought, or just “the Café”, is the best café in the whole of the Dreamscape, if not also one of the weirdest. It is famous for providing food that tastes like literal thoughts, and thoughts that are as delicious as the best delicacy one can find. text/html 2019-10-07T20:18:50+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/free_idea_forum?rev=1570479530&do=diff Free Idea Forum Overview [ Sleeping with one eye open is not guaranteed to protect against Censorship.] The rebellious Muses of the Free Idea Forum are free spirits; artistic individualists who chafe at the restraints placed on their creativity by society. They believe that Censorship poses a greater danger to Muses than any idea, no matter how radical. The FIF struggles endlessly to liberate the hearts and minds of Muses everywhere, fighting for a Dream where text/html 2019-10-15T15:26:07+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/glossary?rev=1571153167&do=diff Glossary Roleplaying - especially live-action roleplaying - comes with a bunch of shorthands and slang terms that you might come across over the course of the game. Some of these are terms that your character will be familiar with, and are listed in the In Character Glossary, while others are those that apply to roleplaying in general, and are listed in the Out of Character Glossary. text/html 2019-09-24T18:27:06+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/gms_and_npcs?rev=1569349626&do=diff GMs and NPCs This page lets you know who the GMs are and, as the game progresses, which NPCs they've played. Contacting or Requesting an NPC If you wish to contact a specific NPC via email, please email the relevant GM and state which NPC you're trying to contact in the subject line. If you're not sure, just email text/html 2019-10-07T20:14:54+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/great_fade?rev=1570479294&do=diff The Great Fade [The Dreamscape is becoming warped.] A frightening report from NFWS reads that Creative Juices are at an all-time low, combined with a production rate at the lowest it’s ever been in Jo’s lifetime. As a result, Dream itself is beginning to Fade - at such low levels, key operations are beginning to shut down. From Juice outages to frequent text/html 2019-10-07T20:30:14+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/history?rev=1570480214&do=diff Ideal of History “” The Ideal of History consists of the aspects of Nostalgia and Progress. It deals with themes of past and future - what is keenly awaited, what is wistfully remembered and what is fearfully dreaded. Such Muses appreciate nuanced development and refinement, as well as absurd futurity; supercharged beyond all sensibility. text/html 2019-10-07T20:28:21+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/ideals?rev=1570480101&do=diff Ideals Each Muse has one Ideal that they subscribe to - it shapes their core beliefs and what sort of person they are. But beyond that, it dictates what influence they have over the Dreamscape. Their Ideals are their powers, and if they want to make changes to the text/html 2019-09-24T18:51:45+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/intro_to_the_wiki_system?rev=1569351105&do=diff Intro to the Wiki System For those of you who are new to OURPGsoc Society Games, this page is here to serve as a primer to the wiki and how we use it for the game. As always, if you have any questions regarding any of this, please don't hesitate to text/html 2019-10-07T20:06:04+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/introduction?rev=1570478764&do=diff Introduction - New Players, Read This First Welcome to the wiki for Work In Progress, which is the Michaelmas Term 2019/Hilary Term 2020 society game of the Oxford University Role Playing Game Society. If you've never played any sort of roleplaying game before then please don't worry! Here's a quick introduction. If you're a seasoned roleplayer, feel free to check out the quick guide to sections of the site at the bottom of this page. text/html 2019-10-07T20:15:11+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/jo?rev=1570479311&do=diff Jo Born to an average family, Jo Hawley-Norris was educated in a sleepy university town until their late teens - whereupon they moved out to the big city for university. One English degree and lots of rejected job offers later, they pursued a long and arduous PhD, enabling them to finally land a job as an assistant English professor in their hometown. In the present day, Jo is in their forties, living alone in a small cottage not far from the town centre. As it stands, many unfinished manuscrip… text/html 2019-10-07T20:19:42+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/jommunity?rev=1570479582&do=diff Jommunity “...” [This is no Joke.] Overview A viewing society and fandom dedicated to the hot, old reality TV show that is Jo’s life! Young or old, rich or poor - every Muse has a stake in their choices. The Jodom see Jo not only as the entity in which they live, but as a character in themselves. They cry over their relationships, celebrate their victories and cheer them on through hard times. Jo’s slump has struck them all particularly hard since not only their livelihood but their idol'… text/html 2019-10-07T20:30:30+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/justice?rev=1570480230&do=diff Ideal of Justice “” The Ideal of Justice consists of the aspects of Mercy and Ruthlessness. It deals with questions of morality, fairness and ideas of right and wrong - what is, what should be and what must be done. Such Muses will make the punishment fit the crime, and will be the first to grant a hero (or villain) an apt reward for their service - though not without a new lesson to be learnt. text/html 2019-10-07T20:30:44+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/life?rev=1570480244&do=diff Ideal of Life “” The Ideal of Life encompasses the aspects of Growth and Decay. It deals with natural (and unnatural) cycles in the natural world and beyond. Such Muses are particularly in tune with the landscape and the world, as well as the systems that allow life, and civilisation, to thrive (or fail). text/html 2020-03-10T12:47:15+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/metaphysics?rev=1583844435&do=diff Metaphysics This is an OC summary of how the world of Work In Progress works. It was gradually refined over the course of the game. Planes of Existence The world of Work In Progress is composed of 3 planes: the Mundane, the Dreamscape(s), and the Transcendental. The Mundane and Transcendental are simpler, being entirely one thing or the other, while Dream is connected to both, and is sort of a hybrid. text/html 2019-10-07T19:57:31+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/muses?rev=1570478251&do=diff Muses Muses arise from one of the 7 Ideals, which flavour the Creative Juices they are made from. When a Muse is conceptualised, they are centred around one particular Ideal, though at first this will be very generic. Muses then use that Ideal as a guiding principle to literally define who they are; this will be very apparent in a Muse's younger stages. As they grow and mature, their identity becomes more complex - shaped by their experiences with other Muses and the text/html 2020-03-03T03:44:59+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/news?rev=1583207099&do=diff News News takes many forms in the Dreamscape of Jo, which has been collated here and is freely available for anyone to view. * Just The Facts – The Primary Source of News in Spindle * Edition 117.1 | Edition 117.2 | Edition 117.3 | Edition 117.4 | Edition 117.5 | — | — * Just What You Saw... – Prominent Changes Around Spindle Which Would be Hard to Miss text/html 2019-10-07T20:20:18+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/nfws?rev=1570479618&do=diff Nightmare Fuel Weather Station “” “” [Raining cats and dogs is a common occurrence in Dream.] Overview The Nightmare Fuel Weather Station (NFWS) are a research institute whose existence centres around maintenance of the Juice Battery. They monitor its power distribution through Dream and how changes affect its landscape. They were the first text/html 2019-10-07T20:31:09+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/pattern?rev=1570480269&do=diff Ideal of Pattern “” The Ideal of Pattern consists of the aspects of Order and Chaos. It deals with adherence to and deviation from consistent rules. Such Muses are particularly curious, seeking to decipher method and order wherever they can find it, or disguising their own methods as they require. text/html 2020-03-07T18:20:12+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/privacy_policy?rev=1583605212&do=diff Privacy Policy Basic Information This is the Work In Progress Privacy Policy, and is designed to inform you as to how the GM team looks after your personal information before, during and after the game takes place. This includes information of any kind provided through any medium. text/html 2019-10-07T20:20:56+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/pure_inspiration?rev=1570479656&do=diff Pure Inspiration “” “” “” “” Overview ["What an outstanding piece in the middle." "That's a Muse, not a statue!"] Pure Inspiration is an exclusive social club for Muses of the highest creative calibre. The members, often referred to as the Inspired (at least by themselves) are the social elite of Spindle. As well as being accomplished Muses themselves, they are also critics and curators to the collective output of all Muses. They guide the trends of Muse creation, sifting the wheat fr… text/html 2019-09-24T18:51:27+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/pve_and_pvp?rev=1569351087&do=diff PvE and PvP Many games include some degree of conflict, and Work In Progress is no different. Whether between players and non-player characters, players and the World of Dream or between players as groups or individuals, it is likely that you will want something that someone else doesn't, and that you won't be able to negotiate a solution. In this case, you'll engage in Player versus Environment (PvE) or Player versus Player (PvP) activity. text/html 2019-10-24T09:44:20+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/quirks_and_flaws?rev=1571910260&do=diff Quirks and Flaws Quirks and Flaws are the icing on the cake when it comes to character creation, and are interesting features about your character that can't easily be represented through Skills. Quirks are advantages that your character has and may be actively employed, whereas Flaws hinder your character and will tend to strike without warning. text/html 2019-10-07T20:34:17+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/sample_characters?rev=1570480457&do=diff Sample Characters To give you more of an idea of how Character Creation works, here are some examples of the sort of thing we're expecting. Example 1 - Earl Grey Character Name: Earl Grey Character Pronouns: They/Them Faction: Food For Thought Ideal: Affiliation text/html 2019-10-07T20:36:47+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/sample_turnsheet?rev=1570480607&do=diff Sample Turnsheet To give you more of an idea of how Turnsheets work, here are some examples of the sort of thing we're expecting for actions. We've written these in three different styles, so that you get an idea of the different ways you can write them. Action 1 text/html 2019-10-07T20:31:52+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/skills?rev=1570480312&do=diff Skills Skills describe what your character is personally capable of doing. In Dream, the more “mundane” skills that a human may conceive of simply don't apply; every Muse is just as capable as any other to carry out basic physical tasks, in as much as that even makes any sense for beings as borderline un-physical as Muses are in the ever-shifting text/html 2019-10-08T08:36:22+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/spindle?rev=1570523782&do=diff Spindle Spindle resides in the centre of the Dreamscape as we know it, populated by the Muses. It is a quaint, sleepy town with buildings inspired by the general aesthetic of the '80s in the western part of the world. In its centre is the Juice Battery, with the grey and copper buildings of the text/html 2020-03-11T03:12:04+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/start?rev=1583896324&do=diff Work In Progress The sleepy suburbs of Spindle glisten under buffeted clouds of pure thought. In the distance, the hills lazily shift, while flashes of light and roars betray two fantastical beasts duking it out on the horizon – the bustling Muses below barely paying attention as they go about their daily lives in the town; most headed in a singular direction. Things aren’t as wild as they once were. text/html 2019-10-07T20:06:33+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/style_and_tone?rev=1570478793&do=diff Style and Tone Work In Progress is a game about magic, hope and creativity. Players are Muses: narrative entities that exist in the mind of a struggling author, Jo, seeking to rekindle their literary career and break through encroaching Writer's Block. Muses will trek out across the surreal text/html 2019-10-07T20:21:25+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/syndicate?rev=1570479685&do=diff Sell-Out Syndicate “” “” Overview Some Muses aspire to create something truly novel and sincerely felt, and leave their mark on the world, but for the Sell-Out Syndicate, creativity is a means to an end, and the highest artform is whichever one market analytics forecast will be most popular in the upcoming quarter. Some members focus on helping text/html 2019-10-27T00:19:28+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/tropes?rev=1572135568&do=diff Tropes Plucky HeroineSmall but Trusty HoundSupreme Arch-Dark-Lord “Hour of DestinyA Total EclipsenothingHour of AscensionThe Stars Are RightWise MentorDown-At-Heel Noble FamilyOld Family EstateStrike Me Down!” “Slavering CultistWorking For Me All Along text/html 2019-10-07T20:37:03+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/uptime_and_sessions?rev=1570480623&do=diff Uptime and Sessions Sessions of Work In Progress will be held Tuesday evenings in the Daubeny Laboratory opposite Magdalen College. Players are free to arrive from 7pm onwards for a 7:30pm start, and there will be a briefing before time in. During sessions you will be live-action roleplaying your character in real time. What this means is that, for the most part, everything that you act out is something that your character is actually doing - that could be chatting, dancing, plotting in a cor… text/html 2019-10-07T20:24:05+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/vig-net?rev=1570479845&do=diff Vig-Net [A vast array of drama.] Though the Dreamscape - and the number of Vignettes within it - is vast, a recent introduction by NFWS and the Academy of Thought allows Vignettes to be monitored by special Dream-tracking stations in order to broadcast what happens inside them on Vig-Net. Not so much as a channel as a network in its own right, the latest and greatest in Dream technology gives an overview of how a Vignette plays out, and is watched by most Muses to keep track of the most exciti… text/html 2019-10-20T18:56:46+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/vig-net_series?rev=1571597806&do=diff Vig-Net Series Each series of Vig-Net will be listed here. The advertisements for each Vignette of that series will be shown, followed by the results once they've concluded. Note: you can replay Vignettes from older series if you want! * Series 1 text/html 2019-10-07T20:23:32+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/vignettes?rev=1570479812&do=diff Vignettes “” “” Here Be Dragons “A Narrow Escape” Vignettes are the representation in Dream of stories that Jo ​has written, planned ​or drafted. Muses can enter them and see the scenes acted out by Jo's Impressions of the characters, while using their powers to reshape the narratives around them. When participating in Vignettes, Muses can also take the part of characters in a Vignette, to act it out as they think it should be. Once playing a part, most Muses are stuck in that role until … text/html 2020-03-13T00:32:51+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/when_and_where?rev=1584059571&do=diff When and Where Work In Progress will be held over 8 sessions from 7:30pm until 10:30pm on Tuesday evenings in the Daubeny Laboratory opposite Magdalen College. Players are free to arrive from 7pm onwards, though due to access being restricted there will be a friendly GM on hand on Rose Lane who will be happy to let you in and direct you the right way.