Timelord's picture

Rocky Mountain Region

Fanonical? What?

Fanonical posts are a new thing here at Untoldthegame.com, and as far as we know, something new to RPG's in general. We've talked about our Open Campaign Setting from "Day 1" around here, but we've not made much fuss of it so far. Well, that's about to end...

Basically, "fanonical" is a word we've coined based on the term canonical. Something that is canonical, or canon, is something that is accepted as being the truth or the "way that it is". In RPG's, something that is "canon" is something that has been "blessed and sanctioned" by whomever owns the IP. For instance, if you know anything about the Dresden Files RPG, you know that Dresden is a guy, not a girl - stuff like that is "canon".

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The Bastion

Encryption Level: CLASSIFIED
File Series: LOC_BAS_B2A91
Debrief Class: Alpha-2-Tango
Requesting Individual: ō

Location: The Bastion is a North American Union (NAU) frontier base deep within the Swamps of Lanta surrounded by fens, grasping cypress, and boggy uplands. The one access point to the isolated citadel is an ancient asphalt track rising, pitted and decayed, from the swamps, twisting among the ruins of buildings toppled and sundered from the apoc destruction.

Ashy's picture

O'tland

Encryption Level: CLASSIFIED
File Series: LOC_O'TLAND_01
Debrief Class: Alpha-4-Echo
Requesting Individual: §

Recording... Sgt. Kale Edge speaking; Project Horizon Line Field Report #1, Begin.

Ashy's picture

What is the Event?

What is the Event?

No one really knows.

All that is known is that at some point in the distant past, a massive, pan-cosmic event occurred that changed everything forever. Before the Event, life was considered "normal" (at least on Earth); there was only one known universe, humans believed they were the only sentient species (and quite possibly the highest form of life), and they thought that (for the most part) they had a pretty good handle on physics and how things worked.

The Event changed all of that.

Ashy's picture

Fuego

I never dreamed such a thing could even exist...

I've seen alot. I've traveled more of this shattered world than most even realize exists. I guess there's something to be said for being one of the best killers on the planet. Oh, sure, some folks give it a special name: assassin -- but that doesn't mean anything, really. When the chips are down, I'm a killer, plain and simple. Being a killer, though, keeps me fed, keeps my gear in order and takes me places.

Ben's picture

Israeli Defense Force - IDF

Fanonical? What?

Fanonical posts are a new thing here at Untoldthegame.com, and as far as we know, something new to RPG's in general. We've talked about our Open Campaign Setting from "Day 1" around here, but we've not made much fuss of it so far. Well, that's about to end...

The Dreaming

The Event changed the face of Australia – the Flux ripped through the heart of the continent. It brought chaos, but it also brought rain to the heart of the Outback, and the rain brought life. Green and wild, life burst forth and something else awoke with it – something that had been buried deep within the heart of the land.