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Each character is handled by a different player. Each player makes decisions for how that character reacts to other characters and to the monsters, traps, and situations that the character encounters. Each player decides how their character attempts to navigate the world they live in.  \nIn this example, that player is me. I’m using the sample characters from the GODS & MONSTERS rulebook to show what might happen during a game of GODS & MONSTERS, with footnotes to describe how those things that happen played out in the rules. In some cases, I even describe exactly what the results of the dice were.  \nIn a real game, that player could be you. Unlike most fictional narratives, one of the purposes of this example is for you to explicitly imagine, what would you do differently? Would it bean easy choice? Would success be easy, or a long shot?  \nThe choices the players make also affect how quickly the characters advance. The character sheets that follow are the character sheets from the rulebook examples. Once the game session is over, at the end of this book in other words, you can see what the character sheets look like after the adventure. The character sheets will have changed due to the accumulation of experience points, and also due to the judicious (or injudicious) use of mojo to alter die rolls and to pre-acquire equipment.  \nThe notes will explain more when these things happen.","cbCaihzcstRFjTuJ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaihzcstRFjTuJ","pdf",6237590,122,"English","# The Adventure…Begins\n## The Character Sheets\n## Hightown Market\n## The Company of the Lost Stars\n## The Deep Forest\n## The Mist\n## The Forgotten Road\n## Astronomer’s Keep\n## Zodiac Dungeon\n## The Great Escape\n## Home to Hightown\n## Post-Adventure Character Sheets\n## More Than a Story\n## Experience\n## Treasure\n## The Allure of Tabletop Role-Playing","[{\"question\":\"How does the example adventure structure player control of characters?\",\"answer\":\"Each character is handled by a different player, who makes decisions for interactions with other characters as well as monsters, traps, and situations.\"},{\"question\":\"What role do dice results and footnotes play in this sample game?\",\"answer\":\"The example includes footnotes that describe how events unfold in the GODS \\u0026 MONSTERS rules, and in some cases it describes the exact dice outcomes.\"},{\"question\":\"What changes after the adventure in the post-adventure character sheets?\",\"answer\":\"Character sheets change based on accumulated experience points and on mojo use to alter die rolls and to pre-acquire equipment.\"}]","The Order of the Astronomers - Adventure Begins - Sample Game Play | PDF",188]