What Are Public Proclamations?
Public proclamations are statements made openly by regents, domains, temples, guilds, noble houses, armies, courts, or other recognized powers. They are the words meant for the world to hear: declarations of friendship, warnings, claims, religious judgments, trade notices, insults, invitations, and threats.
A proclamation may be noble, careful, theatrical, false, sincere, manipulative, desperate, or dangerous. Once released, however, it becomes part of the public game. Other regents may answer it, exploit it, deny it, quote it, mock it, or use it as justification for action.
What Are Chronicles?
Chronicles are the public campaign record. After each turn, the DM may publish a chronicle describing major events known across Anuire: wars, treaties, disasters, assassinations, coronations, trade disputes, temple conflicts, monster attacks, rumors, and changes in public opinion.
Not every secret becomes public. Not every public rumor is true. The chronicle represents what the world believes, what messengers carry, what bards repeat, what nobles whisper, and what common folk think happened.
Common Public Notice Types
Royal Proclamations
Public statements from rulers, dukes, barons, counts, princes, councils, regents, claimants, or recognized noble officers.
Temple Decrees
Religious statements, condemnations, blessings, feast announcements, moral judgments, calls to crusade, or declarations of doctrine.
Guild Notices
Trade warnings, market notices, shipping advisories, tariff responses, merchant petitions, contract announcements, or economic pressure.
Diplomatic Statements
Alliances, treaty announcements, peace offers, denials, demands, invitations, border negotiations, and formal replies to rivals.
Military Bulletins
Mobilizations, defensive warnings, declarations of war, calls for volunteers, occupation notices, and reports from the front.
Chronicle Reports
DM-published summaries of known events, rumors, wars, disasters, scandals, celebrations, court intrigues, and regional developments.
How Players Use This Page
Players may submit public statements as part of their turn orders or as permitted by the DM during diplomacy windows. A public statement should be written as something that could be read in court, posted in a market square, carried by heralds, copied by scribes, or repeated by travelers.
Write for an audience
Decide who the statement is meant to influence: nobles, peasants, priests, merchants, soldiers, allies, enemies, or foreign courts.
Use your regent's voice
A proud duke, a cautious guildmaster, a zealous priest, and a frightened council should not sound the same.
Make the intent clear
A public statement should have a purpose: reassure, threaten, persuade, deny, claim, provoke, recruit, condemn, or explain.
Accept consequences
Once public, the statement may affect diplomacy, reputation, loyalty, future negotiations, and how other players respond.
Example Public Proclamations
A Warning to Border Raiders
Let all captains, sheriffs, and freeholders know this: the roads of our realm are not carrion fields for brigands. Any company found preying upon lawful travelers will be hunted without ransom, and any lord sheltering such wolves will answer before the realm.
A Call for Public Fasting
In light of poor harvest signs and unrest among the villages, the faithful are called to three days of fasting, prayer, and public charity. Let no noble feast while the poor go without bread, and let no merchant hoard grain in a season of fear.
On the Safety of the South Road
Until the matter of armed attacks along the coast road is resolved, our factors advise caravans to travel under escort or choose sea passage where possible. Contracts already sealed will be honored, but hazard fees may apply to overland routes.
A Reply to Accusations
The accusation that this court has funded rebellion beyond its borders is beneath serious men, yet dangerous enough to answer. We invite neutral witnesses to inspect the matter, provided our accusers submit their own accounts to the same scrutiny.
Example Chronicle Entry
Suggested Player Submission Format
Public Record Categories
Royal decrees and noble proclamations
Temple notices and religious judgments
Guild announcements and trade warnings
Treaties, alliances, and diplomatic replies
War declarations and military notices
Rumors, scandals, and public unrest
Regional news and court gossip
Turn summaries and campaign chronicles
Public Does Not Mean True
A public chronicle may include rumor, propaganda, incomplete reports, frightened testimony, rival claims, temple interpretation, or official denials. Players should treat the public record as information their regent can act on, not perfect truth.
Good Proclamations Are
Short enough to be readable
Clear about who is speaking
Written with political intent
Consistent with the domain's tone
Useful for other players to react to
Strong enough to create story
Careful enough not to accidentally start a war