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Game Master

Emulator

Create dynamic role-playing

adventures without preparation

For use as a supplement for your favorite role-playing games

WM2

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Credits

“ To help, to continually help

and share, that is the sum

of all knowledge;

that is the meaning of art. ”

Eleonora Duse

The author extends his heartfelt thanks to those friendly souls who helped make this book come true. Without

contributors, playtesters, friends, helpful advice, guidance and criticism, there would be no Mythic.

A RT

RyK Productions

To contact RyK, you can send email to info@ryk.nl, or visit

their webpage at www.ryk.nl

O THER F ORMS OF S UPPORT

Word Mill Publishing, my daytime job.

P LAYTESTERS

A host of online and real-time gamers whose names are lost

to me now. Sorry. Thanks, even to that guy who hated this

game and thought it a waste of time.

Word Mill Publishing

5005 LaMart Dr. #204 • Riverside, CA 92507

mythic@wordpr.com • www.mythic.wordpr.com

M ORAL S UPPORT

My wife, Jennifer, who believes all things are possible.

Also, my daughter Ally, just because she’s so darn cute.

Reproduction of this work by any means without written permission from the

publisher, except short excerpts for the purpose of reviews or pages clearly

marked for personal use, is expressly prohibited. The mention of or reference

to any company or product in these pages is not a challenge to the trademark

or copyright concerned.

T ECHNICAL S UPPORT

Apple, for making such an insanely great computer.

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Game Master

Emulator

Adventure Generator

by Tom Pigeon

Published by Word Mill Publishing

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Game Master

Emulator

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Chapter 1: Mythic Adventures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Chapter 2: The Fate Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Chapter 3: Randomness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Chapter 4: The Adventure

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Chapter 5: GM Emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Chapter 6: World Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Chapter 7: Notes & Suggestions . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Chapter 8: Extended Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

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Introduction

W elcome to Mythic: Game Master Emulator,

W HAT IS

improvisational role-playing using your favorite

role-playing games. Mythic: GM Emulator is meant for

use by role-players with a little experience under their

belts and their favorite game in hand. It is not a stand-

alone game. For that, we have Mythic (just Mythic),

which is a fully fledged, universal role-playing game.

Mythic was published in early 2003 as an attempt to

produce an rpg that could be played solo or with a group,

minus the game master. Or, with the Game Master, but

without preparation.

Judging from the enthusiastic response from those who

purchased and played Mythic, the system is a success.

Mythic is really two products in one. It is a universal

rpg, and a system for emulating a GM for any role-playing

game. Some bought Mythic for both portions, while

others use only the emulation system. Recognizing that

not everyone wants the universal game sections of

Mythic, we are publishing this version that contains only

the emulation rules. The system presented here is slightly

updated from the original version published in Mythic.

Now, on to the meat of the matter. What is GM

emulation? I’m glad you asked ...

THIS THING

ALL ABOUT ?

Most RPGs operate under the principle that there are

players and there is a Game Master, who is responsible for

running the show. The GM prepares all the details of an

adventure, and then “runs” the players through that

adventure. This usually requires a great deal of

preparation on the part of the GM and the handling of

many details.

Mythic: GME is different in that it requires no

preparation from the GM. Mythic adventures are meant

to be played off the cuff, with perhaps a few minutes of

brainstorming to come up with the opening scene.

Mythic can also be played entirely without a GM. The

same mechanics in Mythic that allow a GM to run an

adventure without preparation also allow a group of

players to do without the GM.

You can think of Mythic as an artificial intelligence. It

is designed to use simple rules of logic to answer any

yes/no question. So, whether you are playing alone, or

acting as an unprepared GM, or are a group of players

without a GM, just ask your questions ... only, instead of

asking a live GM, you ask Mythic.

We’ll get into this more in a bit. Just you wait and see.

A BOUT

THIS BOOK

In each chapter you will find shaded boxes and “torn

paper” boxes. The shaded boxes provide examples and

clarifications, while the paper boxes offer useful rules. At

the back of this book you will find a summary of most of

these rules, and other bits of useful information collected

for you to find easily.

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