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i've fallen in love with the idea of "Oracles" in games since I saw the one in Ironsworn and I love your "Oracle for protagonists".

I know mechanically they're random roll charts, but there's something about changing the name that changes the feeling.

Orbis Tertius Press4 years ago

Agreed! It really helps pin down the role the random table is playing — another way to “disclaim decision-making,” to quote a PbtA concept. There’s some great oracles online for In A Wicked Age too, which is the game where I first saw the term used this way.

sBritcher4 years ago

Oh nice, will have to look into that.

sBritcher4 years ago

Also, have you heard of Decuma? It's basically all the character ties and world building style questions from PBTA games on tarot cards that you can use for whatever RPG you're playing as part of a Session Zero.

Orbis Tertius Press4 years ago

I have! It's def on my list to check out; I'm a fan of that type of RPG tool for sure.

sBritcher4 years ago

I know that there are a bunch of the Happy Jack's Actual plays that have been making use of it if you want to see it in action.

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