Improvise an inciting incident

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From: ACT (N), SCENE (m)


A daring move – to address the audience directly.

Unlocked with Act I, Crimson Airs 51-100


Challenge information

Broad, Dangerous 180

  • 123 - very chancy (41%)
  • 153 - chancy (51%)
  • 183 - modest (61%)
  • 213 - very modest (71%)
  • 244 - low-risk (81%)
  • 273 - straightforward (91%)
  • 300 - straightforward (100%)

Success

Catalytic

Every plot requires a little propulsion. Your mask tells you how. […]

Your fellow players reorient in response: the ball is rolling. […]

Description summary:
The second sentence of the first paragraph depends on your Starring Role: Role:

Starring Role:Sentence
KingA vigorous speech, forbidding the pursuit of a dependent's desire.
QueenThe presentiment of a killing, the implements delivered by quaking servants.
KnaveThe pursuit of a forbidden want, acrobatic, lithe, and unafraid.

The second sentence of the second paragraph depends on the Consuming Genre: Genre:

Consuming Genre:Phrase
ComedyLaughter reaches you from the audience, setting your nerves ashiver.
TragedySilence from the audience: the quiet thrill at future devastation.
HistoryNothing from the audience but the sound of history trickling by.

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Failure

Abandoned

Your fellow players leave you in the mire alone, the inhabitants of the [Character 1] and [Character 2] refusing to follow your lead. You are stranded stage left, while they engage in a fragment of clever exposition.

Description summary:
The other characters vary with Starring Role::

Starring Role:Character 1Character 2
KingKnave Queen
QueenKing Knave
KnaveQueen King

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