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Game basics

• Character Creation
  • Armies – Three from Order, three from Destruction.
  • Careers – Be all you want to be.
  • Advancement – How the tough get tougher.
  • Statistics – Stats among friends.
• Guilds – Also known as regiments.
• Combat – To destroy the enemy.
  • Morale – Once more, with feeling.
  • Tactics – Choose them wisely.
  • Death – Don't worry, it's part of the game.
• Zones – Explorable areas.
• NPCs - Computer characters.
  • The Bestiary.
• Grouping – Cooperation between players.

• PvP and RvR
  • Skirmishes – Random encounters.
  • Battlefields – Fight in the open air.
  • Scenarios – Group-based instanced fights.
  • Campaigns – Get the big picture.
  • Renown – Something to fight for.
• PvE
  • Quests & Public Quests – For great justice.
  • The Tome of Knowledge.
  • Dungeons & Lairs – To explore...
• Travel and Mounts – ...faster.
• Equipment – Compendium of all things not nailed down.
  • Crafting – For all you do-it-yourself types.
• System requirements – Will WAR work on your computer?

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The Lore of WAR

• The Warhammer IP – A starting point.
• The Warhammer World – A visitor's guide.
• The Age of Reckoning – Setting the scene to WAR.
• Timeline – The world's history.
• Races of the World.
• Gods of the World.
• Winds of Magic
• Languages of the World.

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Help Pages

• How to help - Start here.
• Editing guide - The ins and outs of wiki code.
• List of Abbreviations. - FYI.
• The Glossary of terms.

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Marshes of Madness

In the southern reaches of the dusty plains south of the Old World, the Blind River flows into a depression surrounded by a crescent of hills stretching from the Dragonback Mountains to the desert sands of Khemri. The waters drain into a natural basin of wet, boggy marshland known as the Marshes of Madness. The marshes are a hazardous place lit by weird marshlights where the unwary can become trapped in the swampy waters and where River Trolls lie in wait for unwary travellers.

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