Death in a Living Game World
Death in a Living Game World
Midian is the flagship product of Lost Souls Publishing. This is a dark fantasy noir game (with bits of science fiction added in for good measure) which means that the game has warriors charging in on horseback, necromancy, and strange beasts. As Midian is in the Dark Fantasy genre, the game focuses less on slaying monsters in caves, saving princessess, and amassing obscene amounts of power and wealth, but rather it focuses more on personal struggles, man's inhumanity to man, grey morality, personal horror, and the other less pretty aspects of life.
Playing Midian requires no dowloads or purchases. It is a table-top roleplaying game, meaning you and your friends play this together with pencils & dice, rather than using cards or a board, or in front of a computer. Midian was created for face-to-face gaming, but you can play online on the forums, or using a third-party client.
All references to the "Midian Codex" are those pages down through the Almanac. These are the chapters found in the printed volume, save for the Extended Attributes chart. Each of the Books of the Apocalypse are also printed and bound separately.
Preface—Publishing information and credits
Character Generation—13 easy steps
Naleth´s Guide to Sentients—Species and races of Midian
Attributes—How strong, how smart, how pretty, etc.
Extended Attributes—Monstrously huge table for scores over 25
Backgrounds—Experiences and history
Traits—Other detailing information
Social Interaction—Contacts, influence, status, titles—how you interact socially
Classes—Who you are & what you do
Skills—What you know
Character Development—Character advancement, journals, and experience
Equipment—Lots of goodies
Weapon and Armour Features—Special traits of weapons and armour
Hunting & Escaping—Combat: the subtle art of breaking and killing things
Lorelei's Magical Primer—A discourse on the mystical
Thorrin´s Brief Guide to History—Or "Everyone is a Bastard"
Aurelia's Almanac—World Information: Calendar, Countries, Holidays, and other knowledge
Corwin O´Dale´s Guide to the Kingdom of Formour—Cultural, and monetary information
Formourian Military—How the branches of the military are organized
Slagg´s Guide to the Byzant Empire—Culture and the all-important money
Damian Wynter´s Guide to Gothic Culture—All about the Gothic people
Faiths—Churches and Cults
Lexicon—Definitions and pronunciations
Immersive Game World—Shared content, "official" fan-created ideas, submissions guidelines, and more about the Immersive Game World service mark. Learn how you can be a part of inter-linked Midian campaigns from around the world, and share your campaign—and your ideas—with others, as part of an ever-growing "living" campaign world. It's your world, too. Share in it.
Rumour Mill—The word on the street
Midian Classifieds—Read the 'ads,' or post your own for free; these are for both in-character, and out-of-character 'classified ads'
Message Boards—Play Midian on-line, post your ideas, or just talk about whatever
Battle Scars Main—Integrated dynamic content with character & campaign journals, user-submitted content (everybody gets their own page), and more
F.A.Q.—Frequently asked questions
Character Sheet—PDF file (yes, it is supposed to be sideways—landscape orientation); this is designed for 2-sided copies
Player's Advantage Sheet—Incorporating both experience and battle, this PDF file is a form of organized scratch pad & player's reference—designed to keep the character sheet from damage with repeated changes. Included is the list of common experience point awards, experience tracking, battlefield mini-questionnaire, descriptive combat helper, "combo" attack record, weapon & armour notes, damage tracking, & space for recently acquired items.
Search—Not the typical search engine—look for a page anywhere within the Lost Souls Evil E'zine or Midian DFRPG, or search the database for just a specific item produced alone from backgrounds, social interaction, combat guidelines, skills, or traits
Midian World Map—This is a big map broken up into four quadrants, each just under 200kb, so it may take some time to load
Supplements
Osterre—The Eastern Lands—Our first fan-submitted addition; all about the eastern continent, with new species and classes—by Ceekay and others
First Book of the Apocalypse: Famine—Wild Wastes—The Black Horse
"Masters of the Hunt"—The Farreaches
The Changing Folk—Lycanthropes
Hobgoblins—An ancient menace
New Classes—Three additional classes
New Skills—A collection of wolf howls & skills common to the north
Second Book of the Apocalypse: Death: The Pale Horse (Large file: may be up to one minute load with a slow connection)
Life—Being born & growing up
Dying—Ways life ends, both fast and slow
Repose—Those placed to rest, and those left behind
Undeath—Sometimes they come back…
Ebonstone—Also called the Land of Zar; this nation is a fan-created country of the Elder Kingdoms, written and designed by Kagan. It's an interesting, if scary, place to visit.
Back to the Lost-Souls.co.nr main page for the Lost Souls Pack and the rest of this website.
Preordering Information—For information about preordering a hard-copy of the Midian main guidebook for the next print-run
Midian fiction—Fan fiction, longer serialised works, personal tragedy stories, and other goodies. Add your own.
Copywrong—The Midian DFRPG utilises a dual-license structure. This covers both the Midian Open Content License and the Lost Souls Charityware License, as well as related information. What you can and cannot do are explained—in essence it's all free & you have to share. Why these licenses? Because I'm sick of explaining the much simpler original Copywrong to people who won't listen, that's why…
Dark Fantasy Core Set—Public Domain text version of the Midian Codex. This is a stripped-down version, free of trademarks & copyright, with all of the non-Lost-Souls-staff portions removed. The Dark Fantasy Core Set is fully compatible with the Midian guidelines. It's in the Public Domain, so you can modify it, take pieces, or whatever else you want. A version that's easier to read on-screen in a web browser is here: DFCS screen.
Gallery—For the pretty pictures, logos, & seals.
PDF files of the Codex chapters, suitable for printing or framing (Note that the PDF files are updated very infrequently & are currently from the first printing; the HTML pages [above] are kept up-to-date):
Preface
Table of Contents
Character Generation
Nalethīs Guide to Sentients
Attributes
Backgrounds
Traits
Social Interaction
Classes
Skills
Character Development
Equipment
Weapon and Armour Features
Hunting & Escaping
Lorelei's Magical Primer
Thorrinīs Brief Guide to History
Aurelia's Almanac
Lapsus calami: 1st printing errata
Included here is the picture on the front cover
Others' Midian Sites
Way of the Blade Guild & City of Argent—Home to Liam's home campaign & Midian's first fan-site; he is the originator of the term "Midianite" to describe the game's players & fans
Sundered Guild—A Midian public-relations guild devoted to Orcks, Ogres, Hobgoblins, and Trolls
Rolling Iron Guild—A Midian guild of the Kingdom of Formour, delivering "high profile" goods
Ceekay's Midian B.S.—works-in-progress & design notes, from the creator of the Osterre supplement
Mandy's RP Pages (currently offline)—New classes, & other ideas, as well as a gorgeous gallery of Midian art (come back, Mandy, come back)
