cleric-plus-thief/doc/game.md

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ideas

use mtg colors to give each of them an archetype

https://humanparts.medium.com/the-mtg-color-wheel-c9700a7cf36d

create a setting with spears

https://sean-f-smith.medium.com/with-this-tool-youll-never-run-out-of-ideas-15d19ab72dfb

and maybe a hook with grapes (see above)

and then run it with opse

https://gitlab.com/Durrendal/Sola/-/blob/trunk/src/frameworks/OPSE.lua

oh hey look this is handy

https://inflatablestudios.itch.io/one-page-solo-engine-online

keep it as a journal or as a blog

https://journal.miso.town/

https://blog.miso.town/

setting

The world of Aulia

oracle:

curl -X 'GET'
'https://rws-cards-api.herokuapp.com/api/v1/cards/random?n=9'
-H 'accept: application/json'

draw:

  1. 2S - Two of Swords - Rev - Imposture, falsehood, duplicity, disloyalty.
  2. AC - Ace of Cups - Rev - House of the false heart, mutation, instability, revolution.
  3. 03 - Empress - Rev - Light, truth, the unravelling of involved matters, public rejoicings; according to another reading, vacillation.
  4. 12 - Hanged Man - Up - Wisdom, circumspection, discernment, trials, sacrifice, intuition, divination, prophecy.
  5. 07 - Chariot - Up - Succour, providence also war, triumph, presumption, vengeance, trouble.
  6. 3W - Three of Wands - Up - He symbolizes established strength, enterprise, effort, trade, commerce, discovery; those are his ships, bearing his merchandise, which are sailing over the sea. The card also signifies able co-operation in business, as if the successful merchant prince were looking from his side towards yours with a view to help you.
  7. 8P - Eight of Pentacles - Rev - Voided ambition, vanity, cupidity, exaction, usury. It may also signify the possession of skill, in the sense of the ingenious mind turned to cunning and intrigue.
  8. 15 - Devil - Rev - Evil fatality, weakness, pettiness, blindness.
  9. 19 - Sun - The same in a lesser sense: Material happiness, fortunate marriage, contentment.

interpretation:

  • Geography: 3W Kriteach. Port city on a river. Fertile plains. Mountains in distance.
  • Religion: 2S Corrupt. Collects donations, denies the poor them
  • Achievements: 07 Large fleet to protect merchant ships. Successful in naval war.
  • Politics: AC Heavy taxes threaten an uprising of the merchant class
  • Economy: 19 Strained trade relations
  • Social Structure: 8P Skilled laborers turning to cunning and intrigue

Hook

WTAF?!

oracle:

curl -X 'GET'
'https://rws-cards-api.herokuapp.com/api/v1/cards/random?n=7'
-H 'accept: application/json'

draw:

  1. KING OF CUPS - Fair man, man of business, law, or divinity; responsible, disposed to oblige the Querent; also equity, art and science, including those who profess science, law and art; creative intelligence.
  2. FOUR OF SWORDS - Vigilance, retreat, solitude, hermit's repose, exile, tomb and coffin. It is these last that have suggested the design.
  3. KNIGHT OF CUPS - Arrival, approach--sometimes that of a messenger; advances, proposition, demeanour, invitation, incitement.
  4. THE LAST JUDGMENT - Change of position, renewal, outcome. Another account specifies total loss though lawsuit.
  5. KNIGHT OF WANDS - Departure, absence, flight, emigration. A dark young man, friendly. Change of residence.
  6. THE WORLD - Assured success, recompense, voyage, route, emigration, flight, change of place.
  7. QUEEN OF PENTACLES - Opulence, generosity, magnificence, security, liberty.

interpretation:

  • WT - KC - A respected and powerful member of the merchant class
  • A - 4S - has withdrawn and gone missing
  • F - NC - after being summoned to testify before the council on accusation of monopoly.
  • ? - 20 - Who would benefit from his judgement?
  • ! - NW/21 - find him in a change of place / change of residence