https://wiki.wishray.com/ 2026-10-10T18:50:59+00:00 https://wiki.wishray.com/ https://wiki.wishray.com/lib/tpl/adoradark/images/favicon.ico text/html 2012-01-29T10:01:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.wishray.com/doku.php?id=obscurity:fortune&rev=1327860070&do=diff Obscurity: Fortune Fortune is the currency of the Obscurity game engine. A character has a certain measure of it, and while they can't actually hold it or count it, they can sense it. The player can however count and hold it, and it is measured in coins. The more fortune a character has, the better their future looks. They could be said to have a bright tomorrow ahead of them. The less they have, the worse their future looks. Once they reach zero fortune, a time of reckoning has come and they w… text/html 2012-01-29T10:20:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.wishray.com/doku.php?id=obscurity:invest&rev=1327861241&do=diff Obscurity: investing When you are asked to invest fortune in the game, you smile and place the coin into a stack. This stack is attached to the thing in which you invested, such as a Tale or Achievement. This stack is known as invested fortune. The next break in play will allow you make one roll for invested fortune, and possibly siphon some off of it. See the text/html 2012-01-29T10:07:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.wishray.com/doku.php?id=obscurity:role&rev=1327860449&do=diff Obscurity: Role A role is a vague concept for a character. Its isn't meant to limit the design of the character, or stifle the creativity of the player in any way. This mean it has little rules influence, and is meant to kickstart the player's imagination. Treat this as a starting point for who the character is, and use the ideas it gives you to shape them into a living breathing being with human depth in your mind. text/html 2012-01-29T10:16:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.wishray.com/doku.php?id=obscurity:spend&rev=1327860976&do=diff Obscurity: spending When you are asked to spend fortune in the game, you sigh and place the coin into a stack in front of you. This stack is known as expended fortune. The next break in play will allow you to regain some or all of it, depending on how much was expended. See the text/html 2012-01-29T10:13:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.wishray.com/doku.php?id=obscurity:surrender&rev=1327860827&do=diff Obscurity: surrendering When you are asked to surrender fortune in the game, you kick and scream and whine and then hand over the coin to the bank. Its gone. That's it, its all over. You'll have to earn a fortune later to replace it. This is the most brutal cost to a character sans a