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In my estimation, the appraisal process is less fraught than you're making it here. Yes, it will entail developing first principles for analysis and yes, depending upon where play is in the maturation of its continuity there will be more or less disentangling of varying contributions (System...

Complexity 5 SC, Level 16 (DCs 16/22/31) Goal: Locate The Henge of Time and face the perilous journey there in order to return to Itirilimish before its destruction to either retrieve (Ibhea) or destroy (Arunny) the Monocle of Flame. 10/12 Successes/1 Failures/0 Hard DC Available/2 Secondary...

Who has the breadcrumbs and who is following them? Is the generated setting and situation content in service to challenging the character's goals (expressed via the player directly or via the player through system) or did the player generate goals in service to the pre-authored setting and...

Complexity 5 SC, Level 16 (DCs 16/22/31) Goal: Locate The Henge of Time and face the perilous journey there in order to return to Itirilimish before its destruction to either retrieve (Ibhea) or destroy (Arunny) the Monocle of Flame. 9/12 Successes/1 Failures/1 Hard DC Available/2 Secondary...

LIEF & VORN Complexity 3 SC, Level 5 (DCs 10/15/22) Goal: Evade the Kamroth/Elect pursuit to get the merchants, the boy, and Ressilmae from The Silver Unicorn Inn to Moonstone Keep. 2/8 Successes/0 Failures/2 Hard DC Available/3Secondary Skills Available/2 +1 for "home field of Silver Unicorn...

Complexity 5 SC, Level 16 (DCs 16/22/31) Goal: Locate The Henge of Time and face the perilous journey there in order to return to Itirilimish before its destruction to either retrieve (Ibhea) or destroy (Arunny) the Monocle of Flame. 7/12 Successes/1 Failures/2 Hard DC Available/2 Secondary...

Complexity 2 SC, Level 3 (DCs 9/13/21) Goal (staged): Assess the elven priest of Sehanine, Ressilmae Starlight, and convince him to take on the burden of the merchants' testimony of Kamroth and The Elect affairs. (Resolved). Lief Minor Quest: Find someone the merchants can give testimony to re...

Yup, the Skill Challenge's goal and current situation-state will constrain legitimate action declarations. On rare occasion, you might be able to make a convince move via Athletics (to drag the party-to-be-convinced to their chambers where you reveal the secret ritual their enemies have used to...

Complexity 2 SC, Level 3 (DCs 9/13/21) Goal (staged): Assess the elven priest of Sehanine, Ressilmae Starlight, and convince him to take on the burden of the merchants' testimony of Kamroth and The Elect affairs. 5/6 Successes/1 Failures/0 Hard DC Available/0 Secondary Skills Available/0...

By my reckoning, the prerequisite for the lead post (player generated fiction) is some incarnation of the following: The players have some mechanism to deeply inform the premise of play as it pertains to their characters, therefore deeply informing both the immediate and evolving...

Complexity 2 SC, Level 3 (DCs 9/13/21) Goal (staged): Assess the elven priest of Sehanine, Ressilmae Starlight, and convince him to take on the burden of the merchants' testimony of Kamroth and The Elect affairs. 3/6 Successes/1 Failures/1 Hard DC Available/0 Secondary Skills Available/0...

As the dawn fast approaches and the sleepless night envelopes LIEF in full, one thought consumes him: <I must find someone the merchants can give testimony to> He's out of bed in a flash and asks Vorn to stay put and watch over the merchants' and boy's room in case Kamroth or The Elect come...

Isn't there an Uno Reverse "what's good for the goose is good for the gander" here? The GM who is precious about content authority over the shared imaginings of play can stay home and write their novel? Alternatively, we could recognize that (a) not all games where players gain some level of...

No one has ever been convinced to be allowed to use stairs before. What sort of genre-bending, anti-immersion, puppy-kicking game are you playing?

Alright, that is a wrap for 4 x conflicts between the 3 PCs. VIGNETTE/RECAPS/XP/LOOT/BOOKKEEPING What we've established thus far regarding The Elect in Fallcrest: They are using Kamroth Estate, which connotes that the cult's means and ends are facilitated by Armos Kamroth, to sponsor...

Complexity 2 SC, Level 2 (DCs 9/13/20) Goal: Acquire a horse and sprint the King's Road between Fallcrest and Winterhaven in order to chase down the Knight of Pelor (3 successes) in order to see him to his destination before Cardinal Erban and his posse can catch him (6 successes). 3/6...