thread: 2013-12-30 : Some Basic Rules (v)
On 2013-12-31, Vincent wrote:
Plausiblefabulist: Here goes!
Alice is playing Angela, a Celestial Mage. Denise is playing Demona, an Infernal Mage. I'm the GM.
Angela and Demona are on a high ruined castle, standing upon its crumbled walls. They look out over the field below, and through a hole rent in reality a world- and life-hating chaos monster appears. It will destroy both of them with equal eagerness!
Celestial Magic
Angela joins her voice to the Song of Creation. Alice says that she's singing to change the ruined castle.
Does the ruined castle trust her? This is my call as GM, and I consider that, yes, it trusts her. Why wouldn't it? She's very beautiful, after all. I give it a 1 for its roll.
We roll and Alice wins by 1. She gets to choose two questions.
"When you think of your ideal self, oh ruined castle, how tall are you?"
As GM, I imagine the answer from the ruined castle's point of view. "Very tall! Hundreds of feet. I soar into the sky." That's how tall the ruined castle becomes, for as long as Angela sings.
"What was it like before you suffered this injury?"
As GM, I imagine back in time to when the castle was whole. "You wouldn't guess it now but I was brightly painted, with banners and brass fittings and so on." The ruined castle loses its ruination. Permanently!
Infernal Magic
Instead of Angela singing, this time, Demona joins her voice to the Countersong of Fire. Denise says that she's singing to change the ruined castle.
Does the ruined castle trust her? Hmm. She's beautiful too, but I dunno. She smirks sometimes. I decide that the ruined castle has reservations, for a 2.
We roll and it's a tie. Now I, as the castle's player, get to choose two questions.
"Well, Demona," I say, "what's a way I could be more badass than I am?"
"Oh, man. You could have iron spikes sticking out to repel attackers." Now I have them, for as long as Demona keeps singing.
"Cool. What's something you want me to know the truth about?"
Denise has to think about this and decide. What IS something that Demona wants the castle to know the truth about?
"I think you should know the truth about who I really am," she says. For purposes of this example, we can suppose that Demona has something really cool in her backstory that she got from character creation. The ruined castle learns it and won't forget it even when she stops singing.
"Whoa!" I say. The ruined castle is totally impressed by this.
End.
Does this explain it?
