Wonderland - Jags

Appendix B
Glossary of Terms
Association
When someone on the lower Chessboards who is
Disassociated (see Reflection Disassociation) takes
an action there may still be an effect on Chessboard
Zero (see Chessboards). When someone uses a
Twist against a Shadow (which see) it may affect
the real person on Chessboard Zero too. This is
called Association and it is accomplished by being
very experienced with Descent and Infection (see
Mastery). The number of non-Infected people
observing the event will reduce its likelihood of
happening (see Normalization).
Discussed: pg. 76, 78-79 (levels of)
Cyclic Psychoaffective Disorder (CPD)
The Underground’s term for Infection/Unsanity.
They believe CPD is a communicable psychological
disease with four stages (Early, Middle-One,
Middle-Two, and Late). They realize that it is
usually fatal. They have several coping strategies
and are in denial about the reality of it.
Discussed: pg. 46, 47, 54 (stages)
Damage (see Twists)
Twists (mutations to a person that are caused by
descent) that are both highly negative for the person
Twisted and have a distinct effect on the real person
casting the Shadow. If your Shadow has suffered
Damage then you will be feeling negative effects of
some sort. Damage usually only happens to people
who don’t have Survival Traits (or Magicians or
people who upset powerful Wonderland entities).
Discussed: pg. 195
Descent
When you have an Episode you undergo Descent,
traveling down one or more Chessboards. Visiting
Chessboards One or Two is considered shallow
Descent. Visiting Chessboards Three or below is
considered Deep.
Discussed: pg. 47, 48, 55, 56, 100
236
Eight Chessboards
Reality has eight different “levels,” each getting
stranger and stranger. Zero is our world, Seven is so
deep almost no one goes there.
Discussed: pg. 41-43 (short form), 114-160 (full)
Episode
A period of Descent. An Infected will suffer an
Episode on a regular cycle (how common depends
on their stage of Unsanity) and whenever the person
is exposed to a Trigger. This is a time when you go
down into deeper Wonderland. Before an Episode
an Infected will often have an “aura” or a feeling
something is going wrong. When the Episode is
about to end the person will feel it “growing thin”
(an experienced Infected can end Episodes earlier
than a less experienced person).
Discussed: pg. 56-61 (general), 68 (description of)
101-109 (effects)
Impossible Things
Anything which is actively in violation of the laws
of physics will Infect those exposed to it. Impossible
Things include monsters, displays of magical
prowess in an unambiguous manner, artifacts
brought up from deeper Wonderland that display
magical traits, and the manifesting of Twisted
mutations.
Discussed: pg. 47 (infection), 74 (bringing things
back)
Infection (Wonderland)
When you are exposed to an Impossible Thing
(a manifestation of Wonderland) you become
unstable and prone to having Episodes (Descents
into Wonderland). It may be possible to recover
from Infection but few people do. Most (est. 85%)
will get worse and worse and eventually undergo
catastrophic Descent, die (as a result of an encounter
on a lower Chessboard) or otherwise drop out of
society.
Discussed: pg. 47, 53 (strains), 52-53 (Infection
Event)