= About MazeWorld =
MazeWorld is a survival-fantasy game set in the realm of '''the Mazes''', a strange and complex dystopian world made up of inter-connected rooms, doors, and corridors, where the concepts of inside and outside are reversed. In this world, "inside" is common, and "outside" is rare. Within this realm are many creatures; tens of thousands of sapients, and countless non-sapients. All are vying for survival, with the sapient inhabitants living in, and competing for control of a number of townships.
The [[creatures]] in the Mazes are very diverse and varied; you will find [[humans]], [[halflings]] (humans with animal genetic traits, granting them ears, tails, claws, and inherited behavior patterns), [[youkai]] (creatures similar to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%8Dkai youkai] of Japanese folklore), [[angelic]] and [[demonic]] creatures, as well as a smattering of animals, monsters, constructs, and other, less-sapient, but no less dangerous beasts.
This is a world where technology and magic both coexist; however both are, to a certain extent, limited. While it seems that the Mazes have not progressed past the mid-1990s in terms of computing, and have rudimentary networking skills, power and electricity are largely sourced from [[Serpentium]], a valuable mineral [[ore]] that can be processed and converted into clean electrical power. Magic exists; certain creatures and certain things have clearly fantastic capabilities; mushrooms healing wounds, creatures throwing fireballs or protecting defensive shields, blessed objects granting greater strength or resistance to pain... However, these forms of magic are limited in scope and usefulness, largely confined to innate talents from the few species blessed with them.
The world of the Mazes can be separated into two kinds of places:
= What do I need to play? =
MazeWorld is a type of TTRPG that was designed exclusively for play via instant messaging over the internet. The current iteration is designed to be played on '''Discord''', and makes extensive use of two types of bots; a regular '''dice bot''' for rolling virtual dice, and a '''random item bot''' for rolling random objects, creatures, etc. in a convenient manner. We use and strongly recommend have developed two bots for this game: '''[https://github.com/ArtemGr/Sidekick Sidekick]SnakeEyes''' for , a diceroller, and we have developed '''Tsuchinoko''', a random item generator. You can find details about both of them on '''[[Tsuchinoko (bot)Official Discord bots|Tsuchinokothis page]] for items.'''
Those two bots, a Discord server to invite them on, a GM with knowledge of the game (which is provided to you in this very wiki), and at least one player: Those are the minimum requirements for playing MazeWorld.