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15. A character that did not end up as initially planned.

Nick is a silver-tongued actor NPC that changes sides according to the situation. He don't care about reality as long as the story is worth being narrated. He feels alone and want to be friend with everyone in a very naive way.

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For #SeptembeRPG #SeptemberRPG #SeptembeRPG2023 5 I have some thoughts.

When I began DMing I tried to railroad and not railroad at the same time. I tried to guide into scenes as good as I could without forcing a lot.

Until I forced a scene really bad.

And I went into the other point and I finished into #PbtA and then I learnt how not to prepare and I got used and comfy by not preparing.

But I felt not so right sometimes.

I felt lost, but could not say how or why.

Recently I found #TrophyDark and #TrophyGold #FateOfCthulhu #CarvedFromBrindlewood ...

Ways to prepare not tight at all, but having some kind of prep.

And it clicked si well. I have DM'd things like #BlackSwordHack by facing the prep as a Trophy incursion, for exemple.

And that is the greatest change I've got: learning how to prep as it fits with my DMing

#SeptembeRPG 2. A cool mechanic and how it manifested in the game

At character creation, #CityOfMist asks "Who are you?" in 4 parts. As you play, the choices you make will check against this, strengthening or weakening these 4 aspects of your character. Which leads to changing or erasing them. This is very powerful. It makes me sometimes choose a different path because I don't want my PC to change _this_ or _like that_. To stay true to them. Best "moral code" mechanic ever!

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