Minimal Prep In Solo Sessions
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, July 22nd, 2024 at 19:31 (4072 Views)
- Create your Player Character Sheet, and a sidekick's if you want.
IF you want to skip story writing, use the template below for quick backstory creation.
Quick & Dirty Template: (Char Name) is/has (descriptive outer look), (a psychological trait), wearing (description of main clothes), and is (feeling this emotion) because he/she/it can't have (someone / something) or someone / something (did him/her wrong) because of (PC's past action) in (optional place name). Since then the PC yearns to (achieve his/her goal).
- If you want to be safe, give your PC an advantage, such as adding a level or "HERO'S LUCK: Something resurrected you for once and once only. Note: Play what might caused it and the consequences of it."
- Equip your PC with gear to your hearts content.
- Give your PC a quest or a goal (make it clear and achievable).
- Flesh out the quest by asking questions: What, Where, When, How, Why, Who? Ask just enough to create actionable info and move on.
- Optionally, create an obstacle for your PC against having their goal right away (internal or external conflict, archenemy, negative emotion, bad habit, imprisonment, etc.)
# Prep is Almost DoneRemember, you'll use these chunk of infos to set your first scene, so it'll need actionable conflict, or drama, or something that gives you a direction.
- EITHER Place all the tokens somewhere in your world if you have an overland map or an individual one.
- OR Utilize various modes of play. This is what I meant by no need for voice-acting or maps.