Template Plan
How many templates must a man walk down, before you can call him a <div> ?
Current Templates
Characters
- CharacterInfoBox - made by David, has information that should be relevant to player and non-player characters
- PCInfobox - made by Rahul to get initial test pages up, updated to have all relevant player stuff
- NPCInfoBox - made by David, inherits from CharacterInfoBox. Incomplete.
Locations
- LocationInfoBox - made by David, generic location information, try to use a more specific one
- CityInfoBox - made by David, has all the information the location has, with demonym and districts
- StateInfoBox - made by David, has extra information like ruling faction, capital city and status
- Town/VillageInfoBox - made by David, has extra information like ruling faction, capital city and status
- ContinentInfoBox - made by David, has extra information for states
- POIInfoBox - made by David, allows setting of the parent location type
Events
- EventInfoBox - Parent template, to describe both arcs and incidents, use one of them rather than event
- ArcInfoBox - Used to describe a story arc. Refers to a collection of incidents that are all linked.
Scoped Templates
Event Infobox (Parent)
Inherited by Arc and Incident infoboxes
Name:
Notable Location(s):
Involved Elements:
Preceding Events:
Leads to (succeeding Events):
Arc Infobox:
Inherits from Event
Name: Name of the arc
Inciting Incident: The event that started the arc – ideally should link to an event page
Climax: The event that ended the arc – ideally should link to an event page
Notable Events: Other relevant events, does not have to include the Inciting Incident and Climax events a second time
Notable Locations: Places the above events in a geographical context, ideally should link to location events.
Involved Groups: Involved Factions, Groups of Interest, Parties (if multiple) etc. Should link to the appropriate pages.
Incident Infobox:
Inherits from Event
Name: Name of the Incident, e.g. “The Battle with Darvissa”
Result: Victory? Loss? Deaths?
Occurred on: Most precise date info available
Location(s): Where did the incident occur? Can be multiple values, should link to Location pages if possible.
Involved Groups: Involved Factions, Groups of Interest, Parties (if multiple) etc. Should link to the appropriate pages.
Group Infobox
Inherited by Faction, Party, State and Group of Interest infoboxes
Name/Title: Name of the org
Aliases/Alternate names: Alternates to the above
Current Members: Can be other groups, or individuals
Origins: Founded by/date/reason etc. For example: “Formed around Thoradin Clearsight to stop Vistrum and save the Village of Gorhart”
Current status: Active/Defunct/On Standby etc.
Faction Infobox
Inherits from Group
Name: Name of Faction
Important Locations: States/provinces, individual locations, cities/towns
Population: Total, civilian + military
Military: Should be split into Infantry, Cavalry, Ranged, Support, Ships (Fleet size) and Mages.
Power Status: Major/Minor Leader(s): Should link to Character pages
Party Infobox
Inherits from Group
Name: Party name (oh god no)
Aliases: Other names
Important Locations: Bases of operations, continents/states active in, should link to Location pages
Current Members: Should be PC pages
Past Members: Should be PC pages
Party level: Integer, 0<n<21
Group of Interest Infobox
Inherits from Group
Name: Name of organisation, if publicly known
Aliases: Other names
Important Locations: Bases of operations, continents/states active in, should link to Location pages
Current Known Members: Should be character pages
Past Members: Should be character pages
Leaders: Should be character or other group pages (if Faction/Party)
Needed Templates
Event, something that happened - likely fields include Name, which party was involved, when/where it occured, duration(?), other involved elements.
Item - magic items, or other items of particular note. Super-template, which is inherited from:
- Magic Items (in the DnD sense of being weapons/armour/wonderourous etc.)
- Noteworthy items (can still be magical in nature)
Documents and Resources:
- Books
- Notes
- Other written material