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Revision as of 20:14, 15 January 2016
Here are the notes from the creation session for Bits and Baubles: Industrial High Fantasy.
1. List Media | 2. Gather Inspirations |
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The Count of Monte Cristo | Patient plotting (evil) |
Kingkiller Chronicles | Unreliable narrator |
Macbeth | Tales of betrayal |
30 Rock | Idiot wrangling |
Star Wars | Wide setting spanning |
3-4. Describe Genre and Scale |
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Genre type: High Fantasy |
Descriptor: Industrial |
Scale: Large scale |
5. Establish Facts |
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Q: Who do people believe betrayed Queen Selenium? A: The head of the Office of Production of Magical Bits and Baubles |
Q: Which outside faction(s) are plotting to take over the Queen's dominion? A: The Guild of Unnaturals |
Q: Who can help you cheat your way to the top of the social ladder? A: Pamplemousse Kettlegreen |
Q: Where are the borders of the Queen's domain? A: From the Frothy Sea to the Corporate Nation of Gearwhistle |
Q: Who is responsible for disciplining the pupils? A: The Ministry of Mediocre Mind Management |
Q: Who was recently brought up on charges of mismanagement of MoMMM? A: Augusta Wyldfyre |
Q: Who started the conflict between MoMMM and the Guild of Unnaturals? A: Hugo the Charitable |
Q: Who benefits from the conflict between MoMMM and the Guild of Unnaturals? A: The Corporate Nation of Gearwhistle |
Q: What does Gearwhistle seek to gain? A: Machina's Bauble secrets |
Q: What is the Monarchdom of Machina's longest-running unfinished undertaking? A: The Colossus of Machina |
6. Title |
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Bits and Baubles: Industrial High Fantasy |
7. Create Sparks |
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Queen Selenium is cursed to lose days off her life as Idiots do stupid things |
The Guild of Unnaturals is full of people wrongly accused of Idiocy by MoMMM |
There is no known successor to the throne, and the Queen is dying |
There are tensions and economic sanctions between Machina and Gearwhistle |
The Office of Production of Magical Bits and Baubles is draining the froth from the Frothy Sea to power their production |
Hugo the Charitable is an agent of Gearwhistle |
A plague of Idiocy is ravaging the land |
Pamplemousse Kettlegreen is importing Idiots from other countries to overthrow the Queen |
8. Select the Issues | and Aspects |
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Legacy: Plague of Idiocy | Aspect: Idiocy is contagious |
Current: No known successor to the dying Queen Selenium | Aspect: Search for a successor |
Impending: Hugo the Charitable is an agent of Gearwhistle | Aspect: Spies abound |
9. Create Faces |
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Legacy Supporter: General Kipling, "loyal" servant of the Queen, trying to weaponize Idiocy |
Legacy Rejector: Doctor Penny Carrot, Idiocy plague researcher |
Current Supporter: Sir Sterling Silverknife, the Queen's most loyal retainer |
Current Rejector: Queen Selenium, monarch of Machina in search of immortality |
Impending Supporter: Richard "Dick" Moneybags, CEO of Gearwhistle |
Impending Rejector: Countess Louise Apricot, the Queen's spymaster |
10. Create Places |
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Spark: Tensions & economic sanctions |
Place Name: Valley of Cogs |
Descriptor: Natural resource. Mine-rich, hotly-disputed area on the border of Machina and Gearwhistle |
Situational Aspect: Smells like motor oil |
Spark: Pamplemousse Kettlegreen is importing Idiots |
Place Name: Pamplemousse's compound |
Descriptor: Near the Valley of Cogs, sits over tunnels used for human trafficking |
Situational Aspect: Built by idiots |
Spark: Guild of Unnaturals full of wrongly-accused Idiots |
Place Name: Wood of Wiseness |
Descriptor: Forest full of GoU members, with a giant tree fort |
Situational Aspect: Not dumb, just stoned |
Spark: Queen Selenium is cursed to lose life |
Place Name: Prismatic Palace |
Descriptor: Very shiny palace where the Queen lives; attracts Idiots |
Situational Aspect: Very shiny |