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Mythic Shorts

bomberman101 Jul '14
Aside from Persona, I'll be hosting some short quests using Mythic and basic Fabletop rules. (Custom Traits welcome.)
For those of you who aren't familiar, Mythic is a unique gaming system I use for my table that lets all the players be the GM.

How does this work?

When it's your turn, you ask a question. These questions are fundamental to gameplay as they push the story forward.
The three types of questions you can ask are:
- Yes/No: Is the water clean? Are the men still chasing us? (The probability of a Yes changes depending on the question. )
- Detailed/Complex: What's beneath the floor? What type of enemy are we facing? (When asking these questions, I won't give you a clear answer. You'll get something like "Return Of Portals". More on these types of answers later.)
- Numbered: How many guards are sleeping? How many times does the man repeat himself? (These are new. When asking Numbered questions set what the Minimum number and the Maximum number could be.)

Random Events

When asking a question or switching scenes, a random event may pop up. These events appear as Complex Answers, the same type of answers you get when asking Detailed/Complex questions.

Complex Answers

The wierd set of answers you get when asking Complex Questions or getting a Random Event. (Ex: Coming Of Dawn)
ALL players pitch in and help interpret the meaning of these answers according to the current situation. They don't have to be taken literally, for example Dawn could also mean Start or Beginning. Use your imagination.
When interpreting, the Turn changes to Stop And Plan. DO NOT ACT in Stop And Plan, instead join in and help interpret. I'm going to be very strict on this and if you continue to not help interpret questions I WILL kick you off the party.

Rules

- Help Interpret! I'm serious!
- No meta-gaming! (And don't use questions to meta-game as well. For example you can ask "Is Philip secretly a traitor?" If the answer is yes, the player characters do not know this, just you.)
- Interpret! Again! Also, there is no GM here so I expect everyone to contribute to the story with questions.
- Do not be OP and focus on being the most powerful.
- Plot Twists are cool, and I totally welcome them, but please don't throw the plot off course.

Tips

- Don't be so detailed with questions. One or two questions plus basic logic is enough to get the general idea of what's happening.
- I'll be letting you guys decide where we start and what setting. I recommend starting in the middle of the action.
- Don't piss me off, follow the rules :)

Any questions (lol out of Mythic of course) just ask me.
bomberman101 Jul '14
Here's a special rule for keeping everyone on their toes and motivating them to interpret questions:
There's now going to be a 2 min. time limit to interpret complex answers. If we don't figure out something during those 2 minutes, the entire party will lose 1 XP.
This may sound unfair, but i'm hoping it motivates people to quickly come up with something and for more suggestions brought to the table.

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