April Preview

Greetings Mythicists! It must be Update Friday, because this is my second post of the day with Mythicy stuff :)

I have a preview for you Tier-3 folks. This one involves a tool in Mythic Roleplaying Second Edition that's used to focus adventures. The box above shows "Keyed Events", which come in four varieties. Keyed Events is a combination of two current mechanics: Thread Progress Tracks and Keyed Scenes. I think they combine together really well, with the Keyed Scenes idea bringing with it the concept of important events that are triggered to happen and Thread Progress Tracks designed to keep Mythic from ending an important Thread too early.

Keyed Events are simpler than Thread Progress Tracks, although similar. The Thread Conclusion Event is built right into the new Adventure Sheet, within the Threads List column. That brings this rule from a variation to a core part of the mechanics in MRPG2e.

The idea behind the four Keyed Events is to start an adventure with Mythic fully in control, letting things happen randomly as usual. As your adventure takes shape, you can apply Keyed Events to hone in on the aspects you like most. You can place your central Thread as a Thread Conclusion Event to ensure full development of the narrative, Inevitable Events for things you know will happen later but you don't know when, Recurring Events for thematic things that should happen in your adventure because you expect them to, and Custom Events for anything else you think could be triggered to happen or not happen.

I'm trying to make all of the Keyed Events as simple as possible, so it just requires checking a few boxes and making a few rolls. Other than that, the Events should blend into your Mythic adventures as naturally as Random Events or Interrupts do.

That's it for now! Happy adventuring :)