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 ===== Focus ===== ===== Focus =====
  
-When your Agent is present in the scene, they may have the Focus. If so, you can imagine their is a spotlight on them in the unfolding story. Having focus means your Agent is almost like the center of the scene itself. The Focus is transferable, meaning you can surrender it to another player with the Agent role, or the Narrator. When your Agent holds the Focus of the game, they gain a set of abilities called their Spotlight Abilities.+When your Agent is present in the scene, they may have the Focus. If so, you can imagine there is a spotlight on them in the unfolding story. Having focus means your Agent is almost like the center of the [[#Scene]] itself. The Focus is transferable, meaning you can surrender it to another player with the Agent role, or the Narrator. When your Agent holds the Focus of the game, they can use their [[#Spotlight]] Features.
  
 ===== Voice ===== ===== Voice =====
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 During scenes where you are neither Agent or Narrator, you take on the role of a Voice. This is just as it sounds, you take on the voice of a character not present in the scene. However even though they are not present, you imagine them as a viewer of the scene and they may narrate over it. In this role you get to add notes and even provide direction for the scene itself. You have control of the hidden, the details behind the action at hand. If Agents are confronting a violent thief in the night, you can explain what is going on in her head. During scenes where you are neither Agent or Narrator, you take on the role of a Voice. This is just as it sounds, you take on the voice of a character not present in the scene. However even though they are not present, you imagine them as a viewer of the scene and they may narrate over it. In this role you get to add notes and even provide direction for the scene itself. You have control of the hidden, the details behind the action at hand. If Agents are confronting a violent thief in the night, you can explain what is going on in her head.
  
-However you also have access to the role of Supervisor when you are playing a voice. This means you can send messages from the Agent's boss and communicate with them on the level of an authority. You can think of this as backseat driving the fiction, after a fashion.+However you also have access to the role of [[#Supervisor]] when you are playing a voice. This means you can send messages from the Agent's boss and communicate with them on the level of an authority. You can think of this as backseat driving the fiction, after a fashion.
  
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 ==== Agenda ==== ==== Agenda ====
  
 +The Agenda is some part of the fiction upon which you and the other players agree needs to be addressed. It literally is the game plan of what is going on in the story at any moment. You use this as a cue when you make choices in play to shape the action.
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 +Agendas may be very explicit or ambiguous, as long as everyone can agree that it is a valid one. 
 ==== Data ==== ==== Data ====
  
 ==== Scene ==== ==== Scene ====
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 +==== Spotlight ====
  
 ==== Supervisor ==== ==== Supervisor ====
paradox/roles.1374422972.txt.gz · Last modified: 2013/07/21 09:09 by JasonP

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