Brainstorming scene modifying descriptors for a table intended for superhero stories. Would you find these kinds of terms useful for inspiring twists? Is this diverse enough? How do you choose terms when you make these kinds of tables?
Edit: The Up, Down, and Circle indicators before each term were to help me balance the table between what I thought were clearly positive, clearly negative, or generally unbiased terms.
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So how do you consult this oracle?
ReplyDeleteDaniel Luce I hadn't assigned a randomizer method to it. Just wanted to get the terms down first. I'm planning on using a d10 for resolution in the final version, so it'll likely use that in some way for simplicity.
ReplyDeleteI like the Good Bad and Neutral indicators :)
ReplyDeleteWill all be equally likley when you wrap it into a random table?
Malcolm Iggleden I suspect I'll have a contextual modifier that drifts the table in positive or negative directions based on how prior scenes have gone.
ReplyDeleteNow that I think of it, I could actually separate positive, negative, and neutral interpretation from the words themselves. For example, if the game instructs you to interpret 'The Helpful' in a negative way, maybe someone or something tries to help, but gets in the way.
Thanks for asking!
I'm intrigued by the entries, but I think I'd need a little bit more context to make sense out of them. :) I like the simple symbols towards that end, but I want more.
ReplyDeleteMoonSylver has been working a lot on Superhero stuff, so he might have better input than me!
Alex Yari My intent was that the context would be provided by your game world and continuity. Isn't that how the Event Meaning Tables in Mythic work, or did I misunderstand Mythic?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment and the community referral!
Ah! Now that makes a bit more sense. I think it would be critical for me to have an accompanying "Action" table to your table; a verb to precede the descriptions you wrote. Pretty cool, I think.
ReplyDeleteAlex Yari Thanks for the feedback! I'll keep tinkering.
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