There’s often a disconnect in TTRPGs between what characters can do, their mechanical options, and how they do it, their personalities and emotions.\u00a0 Here’s an example of how to make mechanical options come from character behavior.<\/p>\n
Characters start out as generalists: a little magic, a little sneaky, a little smashy.\u00a0 At the end of a significant chunk of play (maybe clearing a dungeon, or solving a mystery, or completing a journey), each player writes down a descriptor<\/strong> that matches how each other character has behaved during that chunk.<\/p>\n Eladrial was reckless.\u00a0 Fogban was cunning.\u00a0 Rex was oblivious.<\/p>\n Each descriptor maps to one or more character moves:<\/p>\n The GM gives each player a list of potential moves that is all the moves mapped to all the descriptors that the other players assigned to his character.\u00a0 The player chooses 1 move to add to his character’s list of moves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There’s often a disconnect in TTRPGs between what characters can do, their mechanical options, and how they do it, their personalities and emotions.\u00a0 Here’s an example of how to make mechanical options come from character behavior. Characters start out as generalists: a little magic, a little sneaky, a little smashy.\u00a0 At the end of a … <\/p>\n\n
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