https://palimpsest.oxfordrpg.com/ 2026-05-02T14:46:03+00:00 https://palimpsest.oxfordrpg.com/ https://palimpsest.oxfordrpg.com/_media/logo.png text/html 2026-04-19T09:45:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://palimpsest.oxfordrpg.com/accessibility?rev=1776591916&do=diff Accessibility As a GM team, we want to make Palimpsest as accessible as possible and have tried to make accessibility a priority while organising the game. We understand that everyone’s accessibility needs are unique and therefore encourage you to reach out to us at our GM email with any queries or concerns. When emailing this address, please be aware that these messages are sent to the entire GM team and do initially appear anonymous. If you would like to make sure we can reply to you via emai… text/html 2026-04-19T09:44:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://palimpsest.oxfordrpg.com/bahlong?rev=1776591859&do=diff Click here to return to the Untir page. Bahlong (pronounced ‘bah-LONG’) ---------- " You can tell when their merchants have visited---if not for the range of goods they've brought, for the statuettes they leave absolutely everywhere. The little things always look so similar---it's almost like they're leaving a signature on a contract. text/html 2026-04-19T09:44:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://palimpsest.oxfordrpg.com/character_creation?rev=1776591865&do=diff Character Creation Character Creation in Palimpsest consists of the components detailed below. * OC information: Inform the GMs (and eventually your fellow players) of your name and pronouns. In addition, you will need to supply an email address, and if you are under 18, you will need to alert the GMs for safeguarding reasons (this information will not be shared, as per our Privacy Policy). text/html 2026-04-19T09:42:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://palimpsest.oxfordrpg.com/conduct_and_acceptable_themes_policy?rev=1776591763&do=diff Conduct and Acceptable Themes Policy We as the Palimpsest GM team wish for the game to be an enjoyable and memorable experience for all players involved. The following page concerns various sensitive themes and topics and how we intend to handle them, and advises a sensitive approach for players on dealing with these same themes within the Society Game. This policy should be followed at all times when interacting with the game text/html 2026-04-19T09:45:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://palimpsest.oxfordrpg.com/copyright?rev=1776591934&do=diff Copyright Except where otherwise noted, content on this wiki is licensed under the following license: CC Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International. For the terms of this license, please see here Player Creations Derivative work produced by players including player bios, fanart and fanfiction belong to the work's creator. text/html 2026-04-19T09:45:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://palimpsest.oxfordrpg.com/credits?rev=1776591929&do=diff Credits Palimpsest and its wiki were written by the GMs: * Ameal (CAMPO) * Rhys (CAMPO) * Chavin (GM) * Charlie (GM) * Katy (GM) * Kris (GM) Special thanks to Harry W for his all-round awesomeness help with the wiki! Playtesters A huge thank you to our playtesters for their invaluable feedback on the wiki. text/html 2026-04-19T09:44:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://palimpsest.oxfordrpg.com/downtimes_and_turnsheets?rev=1776591892&do=diff Downtimes and Turnsheets Downtimes in Palimpsest take place in player characters’ waking lives across Untir. Between each uptime of Palimpsest, several months of in-game time will pass. Player characters' actions during this time will be conveyed to the GM team through Turnsheets. text/html 2026-04-19T09:42:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://palimpsest.oxfordrpg.com/glossary?rev=1776591769&do=diff Glossary Over the course of Palimpsest, you may come across words or phrases that you are unfamiliar with. This page mainly contains the ORPGSoc Glossary (information, events, places, and people which exist in the real world, i.e. outside the world of Palimpsest), but there are a few terms in the text/html 2026-04-28T12:30:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://palimpsest.oxfordrpg.com/gms_and_npcs?rev=1777379453&do=diff GMs and NPCs This page lists the GMs of Palimpsest and the NPCs they play. You can contact the GMs by messaging us on Discord, or by emailing <gm@palimpsest.oxfordrpg.com>. This way, all the GMs will see your email. Alternatively, you can contact a specific GM using our individual addresses below although a copy of this email will be sent to all the GM team (see the text/html 2026-04-19T09:45:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://palimpsest.oxfordrpg.com/guide_to_beginners_and_more?rev=1776591904&do=diff Guide For Beginners Hello, and welcome to the wiki for Palimpsest! For many of you, whether you are a fresher or a current member, this could be your first experience with society games. There's a lot to wrap your head around, with its own lingo and structure, but fear not! This page will try and give you a rundown of the basics you have to know. text/html 2026-04-19T09:44:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://palimpsest.oxfordrpg.com/hen_eibar?rev=1776591843&do=diff Click here to return to the Untir page. Hen Eibar (pronounced 'hen EY-bar') "By blood, by word-wrought writ Of rhyme, right we call ye Chief among Bards, Skalí, all: Ye who bleed sweet arweníd." The incantation before a drop of blood is taken from the winner of the annual Hen Eibari Telling competition. It will be used to bless mead brewed in their honour. text/html 2026-04-19T09:45:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://palimpsest.oxfordrpg.com/intro_to_the_wiki_system?rev=1776591910&do=diff Intro to the Wiki System This page is here to serve as a primer to the wiki and how we use it for the game, for those who have not used one before, or who are looking for a refresher. As always, please don't hesitate to email/message the GMs if you have any questions. text/html 2026-04-28T12:30:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://palimpsest.oxfordrpg.com/maer?rev=1777379401&do=diff Click here to return to the Untir page. Maer (pronounced 'MY-air') ---------- " The past flies away like a bird; memory lives in the written word." —from 'The Treatise of Shanhadi', as it is cast into one of the bells of the Grand Library. ---------- Maer is an expanse of arid, mountainous land in the south-west of Untir. In ancient days, its three major cities were plagued by the chaos of constant warfare with one another. However, a century and a half ago, a peace council convened by t… text/html 2026-04-28T12:34:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://palimpsest.oxfordrpg.com/player_characters?rev=1777379695&do=diff Player Characters Aeduni Sylan al-Maysān Lesath Amit Ronin Angerona 'Vash' Siavash Arawn an Ístrin A Series Of Oddly Connective But Surely Coincidental Warnings Against A Similar-Sounding Vendor Of Wares Aurel Veyr Brandish of the Southern Gate Dante Eshani Barong Karn Thale Kerwyn an Karnmarín Lebanen Mîrdyn Oshani Tersari Patience Serenity of the Coal Shafts Sílmar Sung text/html 2026-04-19T09:45:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://palimpsest.oxfordrpg.com/privacy_policy?rev=1776591921&do=diff Privacy Policy This is the Palimpsest Privacy Policy, and is designed to inform you as to how the GM team looks after your personal information before, during and after the game takes place. This includes information of any kind provided through any medium. text/html 2026-04-19T09:44:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://palimpsest.oxfordrpg.com/quirks?rev=1776591870&do=diff Quirks Quirks help to shape both your character and your experience as a player throughout the game. Character Quirks reflect your character and their history, shaping how they interact with others and the world. Playstyle Quirks communicate the content and themes that you're comfortable with, tailoring the way the GMs interact with your character in Downtimes and Uptimes. text/html 2026-04-19T09:44:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://palimpsest.oxfordrpg.com/sample_characters?rev=1776591880&do=diff Sample Characters Example 1 What is your character’s name? Elissa Iqrus What are your character’s pronouns? She/they Where is your character from? Elissa is from Tarqus. She was born and raised there and views it as her home. She’s never lived anywhere else for any prolonged period of time. Her family, her friends, the opportunity for study, to make a big contribution to the field of medicine–nowhere else, even within Maer, would compare. text/html 2026-04-19T09:44:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://palimpsest.oxfordrpg.com/sample_turnsheets?rev=1776591898&do=diff Sample Turnsheets For each of the Sample Characters, here can be found a sample Turnsheet, which is intended as an example of how you could go about writing a Turnsheet. More details about Turnsheets can be found here. For broader ideas on how you can engage with the world, see the text/html 2026-04-19T09:55:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://palimpsest.oxfordrpg.com/sidebar?rev=1776592543&do=diff Start * Start Here * Style and Tone * Conduct and Acceptable Themes Policy * Glossary * When and Where * Tide of Telling * Player Characters * GMs and NPCs * Playground Setting * The House of Fame * Untir * The Steppe * Hen Eibar * Maer * Tekhayana * Bahlong System * Character Creation * Quirks * Ways To Play * Sample Characters * Uptimes and Sessions * Downtimes and Turnsheets * Sample Turnsheets * Guide for Beginners * Intro to the W… text/html 2026-04-19T09:42:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://palimpsest.oxfordrpg.com/start?rev=1776591749&do=diff " Fame, turn every dream to good! Form shining gold from lowly wood, Gaze favourably upon my tales, Ensure my legend never fails." —'Invocation to Fame', Unknown Author. Welcome Welcome to Palimpsest, one of the two in-person ORPGsoc Society Games for Trinity Term of the 2025–2026 academic year, alongside text/html 2026-04-19T09:42:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://palimpsest.oxfordrpg.com/style_and_tone?rev=1776591755&do=diff Style and Tone Palimpsest is a game about doing and telling. It is an exploration of the ways in which we perceive and construct both our world and ourselves. Major themes of Palimpsest include: * Identity and agency * The interrelation between life and art text/html 2026-04-02T12:50:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://palimpsest.oxfordrpg.com/syntax?rev=1775134211&do=diff Formatting Syntax DokuWiki supports some simple markup language, which tries to make the datafiles to be as readable as possible. This page contains all possible syntax you may use when editing the pages. Simply have a look at the source of this page by pressing text/html 2026-04-19T09:44:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://palimpsest.oxfordrpg.com/tekhayana?rev=1776591853&do=diff Click here to return to the Untir page. Tekhayana (pronounced 'tee-kah-YAH-nah') ---------- " Life in golden grain; skilful might tames Kaliya; Tekha flows secure." ---from the words embroidered at the bottom of 'Prince Varo and Kaliya', a silk tapestry depicting Prince Varo, a Legend of Tekhayana, taming the great Naga Kaliya with his sacred spear in a flooded rice field. text/html 2026-04-19T09:43:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://palimpsest.oxfordrpg.com/the_house_of_fame?rev=1776591825&do=diff The House of Fame " There were arched halls, almost like the courts of Hen Eibar, but set with the gold of the richest houses of Maer, and draped with intricately woven Tekhayan silks. Out of an infinity of fragmented windows, sea and sky echoed each other forever, as in the bright southernmost seas of Bahlong. text/html 2026-04-28T12:29:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://palimpsest.oxfordrpg.com/the_steppe?rev=1777379366&do=diff Click here to return to the Untir page. The Steppe (pronounced 'step') " She was a vision in shining steel, sat upon her steed—Larkspur, he was called, as fast-footed as his fearless mistress. She traveled towards the terrible troops, bull-headed in their desire to take our bulls; with her sword, her shield, her self-given name, Honour; had the raiders known her and her virtues, they never would have come. text/html 2026-04-28T12:36:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://palimpsest.oxfordrpg.com/tide_of_telling?rev=1777379796&do=diff Tide of Telling One text/html 2026-04-19T09:56:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://palimpsest.oxfordrpg.com/untir?rev=1776592575&do=diff Untir (pronounced 'UN-teer') ---------- Untir is made up of five geographical regions. To the north, the people of the Steppe sparsely populate an expansive grassland filled with horses, wild beasts, and cattle. Across mountainous eastern shores, the archipelago of text/html 2026-04-19T09:44:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://palimpsest.oxfordrpg.com/uptimes_and_sessions?rev=1776591887&do=diff Uptimes and Sessions Uptimes in Palimpsest are shared dream visions set within the surreal structure of the House of Fame. To learn more about this setting, have a look at the House of Fame entry on the Wiki. Palimpsest Uptimes will be held at Corpus Christi College Auditorium on Tuesday evenings each week from 19:00 to 22:00. For more on timings and locations, please see text/html 2026-04-19T09:44:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://palimpsest.oxfordrpg.com/ways_to_play?rev=1776591875&do=diff Ways To Play Palimpsest has a variety of plots, themes, and NPCs. It can be challenging to create a character that aligns with the themes and plots that interest you. The following aims to help players in creating characters that fit their interests. This list is by no means exhaustive and aims to serve as inspiration rather than a set of instructions. text/html 2026-04-19T09:42:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://palimpsest.oxfordrpg.com/when_and_where?rev=1776591774&do=diff When and Where Palimpsest will take place every Tuesday evening from 19:00--22:00 (7pm to 10pm) from Weeks 1 to 8 (except Week 7!) of Trinity Term. In Week 0, there will be a Character Creation session which can be attended either in person or online via Discord. To apply to play in