Reading the Wiki

This page guides you through reading the Wiki. We understand that there is a lot of material here which can feel intimidating. You don't have to read the whole wiki to play. The pages under "Must Read" below are the minimum we expect players and crew to absorb before attending one of our events.

Must Read

The following pages are important for all players and crew to read before attending a Death unto Darkness event.

• System Policies and Ethos - these pages include expectations for how you should behave at Death Unto Darkness events, and a social contract we ask you to abide by.
• Core Rules - the pages under the "Core Rules" menu are important to understand how the mechanics of the game work. Even if you are only crewing a game, you must read the Calls and Combat and Injury pages.
• An Age of Ignorance contains important detail about the expected level of knowledge for a starting character.
• The Prosperitas Sector includes a basic summary of information about the IC location of the campaign, and links to pages with more detail about aspects of geography, ethnicity and culture if you want to explore them.

Should Read

These pages are useful to read so that you can understand the wider setting and context our games happens in.

• The Life in the Imperium page contains an overview of daily life for residents of the Death Unto Darkness universe and are useful to help write your character's background.
• All Imperial characters are familiar with the basics of the The Imperial Faith.
• If you are playing an educated character, then you should read pages relating to your field of specialisation; for example, if you playing are a detective or criminal type then Law and Order might be relevant.
• You should skim the Dramatis Personae and can use it as a reference to look up any important NPCs you might come across in play.
• The Story So Far contains links to pages which summarise events in the Death Unto Darkness campaign up until now.
• You should read the pages under the Character Creation menu, starting with Building a Character, if you intend to play a character at a Death Unto Darkness Campaign Event or Tales Event.

Could Read

These pages are optional, but useful for players and crew looking to round out their knowledge of the setting.

• If you have access to a Lore skill, you can Contact the Game Team to be provided with a document which covers the basic reading for any individual educated with one of those important areas of lore.
• If you are playing an Ecclesiarchy character, then you could read about The Ecclesiarchy and its various factions in the Prosperitas Sector.
• If you are playing a military or ex-military character, you could read about The Prosperitas Crusade.
• If you are playing a follower of the Omnissiah, you could read about The Machine Cult and the Mechanicus in the Prosperitas Sector.
• If you are a noble or high society character, you could read about The Imperial Nobility and the Noble Houses of the Prosperitas Sector.
• If you are playing a character with special traits such as a Psyker, Tech-Priest, Exorcist, Medicae or Chirurgeon, you will find rules which are relevant to you under the Special Rules menu.