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This high fantasy setting is called | This high fantasy setting is called The Apparatus. It has been a creative effort since 1987, with many revisions and collaborations throughout the years. | ||
If you are | If you are looking for something then you probably want to start with the [[Compendia]], which is a list of different areas of the setting. Otherwise, if you are just browsing the wiki, then the information below is a good entry point. | ||
==Origins== | |||
The Apparatus is organized around four [[Origins of Power]]. | |||
==Integral Origin== | |||
[[The Integrum]] is the natural world as experienced by its inhabitants, the only Origin of Power governed by consistent, predictable natural laws. It is the sole Origin that can be understood through logic, observation, and empirical inquiry, making it the only scientifically knowable foundation of reality. In metaphysical terms, the Integrum functions as a vast, finely crafted mechanism: a clockwork universe whose orderly operation is known as the Apparatus, from which the campaign world takes its name. | |||
The Integrum defines the default state of existence. Wherever its influence is unimpeded, reality behaves lawfully and coherently, producing an orderly and often idyllic environment for its denizens. All instability, contradiction, and suffering arise from interference by other Origins, which disrupt the normal function of the machine rather than originating within it. Though indifferent, the Integrum is not accidental: it is the enduring manifestation of the designs of its creators, the long-vanished Founders, whose will remains embedded in its structure even in their absence. | |||
The main entry points for exploring The Integrum are: | |||
* [[Integral Realms]] | |||
* [[Gods]] | |||
* [[Mortals]] | |||
* [[Paths to Power]]: [[Mastery]], [[Heraldry]], [[Arcana]], [[Solipsism]] | |||
==Strange Origin== | |||
==Fury Origin== | |||
==Void Origin== | |||
=Rules= | =Rules= | ||
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The Setting
This high fantasy setting is called The Apparatus. It has been a creative effort since 1987, with many revisions and collaborations throughout the years.
If you are looking for something then you probably want to start with the Compendia, which is a list of different areas of the setting. Otherwise, if you are just browsing the wiki, then the information below is a good entry point.
Origins
The Apparatus is organized around four Origins of Power.
Integral Origin
The Integrum is the natural world as experienced by its inhabitants, the only Origin of Power governed by consistent, predictable natural laws. It is the sole Origin that can be understood through logic, observation, and empirical inquiry, making it the only scientifically knowable foundation of reality. In metaphysical terms, the Integrum functions as a vast, finely crafted mechanism: a clockwork universe whose orderly operation is known as the Apparatus, from which the campaign world takes its name.
The Integrum defines the default state of existence. Wherever its influence is unimpeded, reality behaves lawfully and coherently, producing an orderly and often idyllic environment for its denizens. All instability, contradiction, and suffering arise from interference by other Origins, which disrupt the normal function of the machine rather than originating within it. Though indifferent, the Integrum is not accidental: it is the enduring manifestation of the designs of its creators, the long-vanished Founders, whose will remains embedded in its structure even in their absence.
The main entry points for exploring The Integrum are:
Strange Origin
Fury Origin
Void Origin
Rules
To see how the setting is expressed in various rule systems, you can click the rule systems below.
Notes
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