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Missy is all set!

Kojo is all set! Millie is all set!

Also, keep in mind that when you turn an NPC from an "Extra" into a "Relationship" that makes them a "Feature" (see the top of the Rules thread). Features are NPCs that you collectively decide (by pinking your PCs to them) are important NPCs who will get a lot of screen time or play heavily into the plot. I will create full character sheets (stepping through all the steps just like you did, but without the map connections) for every Feature. Right now the Features are: Kirsa Autenrieth TIAL-V Jack Bennett The Blue Hour Lady Joshua Thane When I create their sheets, I'll be giving them all their own Values, Relationships, goals, and motives.

Step 8 is ready! Details are in the Rules thread. For the Pathways map, I highly encourage you to draw that arrow back from an NPC you didn't create to a PC that has nothing to do with them. The more messy complications we have, the more fun this game will be!

We're so close to finishing the eternal setup phase...

Excellent! We'll move on to Step 8 as soon as I get it posted. I'll notify you here!

Don't you get all hot and bothered thinking about an audience?

This sounds interesting. For some reason I imagined just writing it, no discussion beyond what you outlined above, two old friends meeting in a bar, and let their conversation fill in the backstory as you go, add memories, other characters, locations around town... build their world and shared history through conversation alone and see where it takes them.

frosted cookies

Fuck, until he begs me to stop, because I'm insatiable and he should be scared.

Is someone watching?

Guilty. I had a friend who was... well, she said Wiccan, but I don't really think she was in practice, at least not in any appreciable way other than "a certain gothic witch look" and some books about witchcraft on her shelf. But she did know some actual, practicing Wiccans, and the bonfires on the equinoxes were particularly enjoyable celebrations. The next person loves Christmas and the whole Christmas season, even if no one quite knows the reason.

Kill, as a mercy.

This time of year I just get down. I know there are "family history" reasons and whatnot, but you'd think with all the time between then and now, I'd be able to move past it and find a way to enjoy the holidays. To be fair, I do enjoy them, in my own way. The idea of the "Christmas spirit", the season of giving, when friends and families come together, gifts are given, food is shared, people feel oddly more charitable toward each other than usual, or perhaps just stop to think about it or act on it more... this should be my kind of holiday season. Instead I find myself sitting by the window, looking out at the cold and snow, sipping coffee, as an an overwhelming sense of melancholy settles over me like an unwanted, too-heavy, weighted blanket... pressing down, making everything more difficult and the world feel hopeless. I cry for no discernable reason. I just sit here and cry. It's stupid and frustrating, but there it is. Every year, the same thing.

fresh bread

Is it your tongue?

I think we're just waiting on @WickedCadrach to do Step 7 before we move on.

I love it! Anything that promotes dramatic interactions!

Okay, thanks for the clarification. Everything looks good except for the two items below: 1. You were correct - Connecting Edmund > Blue Hour Lady does indeed make her a Relationship. The arrow on the miro board went the other way, so I assumed you had used this as the arrow from any circle to another square. The direction of the connection makes a difference. NPC > PC is just a link, the NPC doesn't even get added to the PC's sheet. PC > NPC is a Resource if it's just one PC linked. Two or more PC's linked to an NPC turns them into a Relationship. 2. The Railroad > Silver Mines connection seems like the same thing that I said to Chiyako above. When you created the Railroad location, you already specified that Edmund uses the railroad to move his silver from the mines. So the relationship you specified here seems redundant and a wasted possibility. You're missing out on the option to make a fun romantic triangle, rivalry, or some other interesting dynamic. Use other peoples' NPCs. Link them to each other in interesting ways. It's a lot more fun for everyone when all the NPCs and Locations are interconnected instead of just connecting your own locations and NPCs to each other.

Alicia is all set. However, given the relationship you originally setup with Gwenael, I think the link you specified in this step is unneeded. His feelings toward her are implied in the initial step, so this feels redundant. I'd strongly suggest making a different connection. It could be between Gwenael and another PC or NPC (tying your NPCs to others will make them more important and connected to the overall story), or between another NPC and Alicia, or whatever, but I think you're missing out on the option to make a fun romantic triangle, rivalry, or some other interesting dynamic.

I can't tell since you didn't write down the steps you took. It looks like you connected The Blue Hour Lady > occasional allies > Edmund. This would make her a resource on your sheet instead of a relationship, and you would need to add two specialties for her. I don't see where you did this step: "Draw an arrow from your square to an existing circle (NEW Relationship) or diamond (NEW Location)." It looks like you stepped Passion up to d10. I didn't see where you did "Add or step up a Distinction or Ability." I didn't see where you did "Step up a Relationship or Location tied to your practice."

You hit it exactly right! And, yes, Adelaide should be on the map. I'm not sure why she's not, tbh.

Kojo is all set!

Millie is all set for Step 7!

Why am I currently in love with Emily in Paris?