We have made a number of changes to the game since last week.
We have streamlined the Rituals by getting rid of scene specific “complications”. Instead we put these complicating establish questions in a once page optional player aid at the end of the book called “Sparks”. Now the story has more room to breathe.
At the same time we have redone character creation. At the end of the creation is are optional gender questions for a group that is more comfortable veering from the established narrative of Exodus.
Below are two documents to highlight these changes:
- Character creation for “Pharaoh - A Tyrant”
- Sparks: Questions to Guide Us (an optional play aid of establishing questions)
Pharaoh’s character-creation prompts
WHO ARE YOU?
Describe your look and your throne:
(select or make up your own)
Dry lips
Full lips
Cruel lips
Sealed lips
Painted lips
Untouched lips
A military tent
A moonlit tea house
A mound of cushions
A blood-drenched altar
A teetering stack of books
Your father’s chair
What fear do you hide behind your cruelty?
(select one or make up your own)
Your gods
The prophecy
Your mundanity
Failing your daughter
Disappointing them (who?)
The unknown
How do you control your image?
If your group is comfortable, select or make up your own:
What are your pronouns? She/her, He/him, They/them, Royal “We”, no pronouns
Describe yourself: a lonely mountain, black lightning, smoke and mirrors, a preening cat, a cracked whip, an eclipsed sun"
A player aid of establishing questions - these are directly inspired by Questlandia 2
SPARKS: QUESTIONS TO GUIDE US
Introduce these questions to serve as inspiration. Make a copy for each player.
Call “Wait Wait Wait!” and then ask the table or answer yourself one of the following.
If ever you feel lost, use these questions to light the way.
When You Must Part
You are thrust into a memory. Who is with you?
What song do you sing? Why does it make it harder to let go?
When You Are in Doubt
Who do you blame?
G-d demands a show of faith. What must you do?
When You Save Someone
What debt is called in?
You make a deal, but there is a loophole. What is it?
When You Show Your Strength
You find yourself in a trap. Why is it inescapable?
Those in power have mystical displays of their own. What threat do they pose?
When Someone Issues a Command
Who refuses the order?
What other obligation conflicts with the commandment?
When You Have Something to Hide
Who discovers the secret?
What do you hear that lets you know that danger is near?
When Someone is Not Where they Should Be
Who is captured?
What keeps you from leaving?
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