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<blockquote data-quote="Campbell" data-source="post: 8086675" data-attributes="member: 16586">It often lined up that there shared thematic elements or contrasts in the fiction, but that was not really by design. In the midst of play I tend to be very focused on just like portraying characters, pacing, and just like basically doing what feels right according to the fiction. It's very instinctual and playful. My natural tendency is to just kind of try stuff, ask a lot of questions to players and internally to myself, be willing to take stuff back, and try to be interesting while playing with a sense of integrity.&nbsp; I lean a lot on my prep for setting thematic stakes (on both sides of the screen). That includes like some acting prep as time allows to try understand each character I am responsible for.The parallel narrative largely came out of whole host of fallout. There was always going to be an assault on the prison ship due to promises Fulgen's player had extracted from Crimson Lotus elements in a previous downtime. He happened to be out of commission due to losing both of his wraith's weapons arrays in a previous fight. The jump cuts were largely built around keeping the pacing tight in a Bourne Identity kind of way. My prep has always been focused around issues of family, identity, and like power structures. To a certain extent it's the prep. To a certain extent it's luck.I think one area where our natural GM styles differ is that left to my own devices I tend to do a rather massive amount of (highly enjoyable) prep that I am willing to leave on the cutting room floor if it does not feel right in play. I do my prep, but do not hold to it.I kind of think about gaming in a similar way that Joaquin Phoenix thinks about acting.[MEDIA=youtube]vYKPO_mRPjM[/MEDIA]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Campbell, post: 8086675, member: 16586"] It often lined up that there shared thematic elements or contrasts in the fiction, but that was not really by design. In the midst of play I tend to be very focused on just like portraying characters, pacing, and just like basically doing what feels right according to the fiction. It's very instinctual and playful. My natural tendency is to just kind of try stuff, ask a lot of questions to players and internally to myself, be willing to take stuff back, and try to be interesting while playing with a sense of integrity. I lean a lot on my prep for setting thematic stakes (on both sides of the screen). That includes like some acting prep as time allows to try understand each character I am responsible for. The parallel narrative largely came out of whole host of fallout. There was always going to be an assault on the prison ship due to promises Fulgen's player had extracted from Crimson Lotus elements in a previous downtime. He happened to be out of commission due to losing both of his wraith's weapons arrays in a previous fight. The jump cuts were largely built around keeping the pacing tight in a Bourne Identity kind of way. My prep has always been focused around issues of family, identity, and like power structures. To a certain extent it's the prep. To a certain extent it's luck. I think one area where our natural GM styles differ is that left to my own devices I tend to do a rather massive amount of (highly enjoyable) prep that I am willing to leave on the cutting room floor if it does not feel right in play. I do my prep, but do not hold to it. I kind of think about gaming in a similar way that Joaquin Phoenix thinks about acting. [MEDIA=youtube]vYKPO_mRPjM[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]

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