From c088f1734f789ae6ed3dc2e36172c9ca325a8c8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: slaguru666 <111923774+slaguru666@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2026 16:47:41 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?rpg=20skill:=20lessons=20=E2=80=94=20Silvery=20?= =?UTF-8?q?Moon=20salvage=20(canonize=20vs=20correct,=20margin=20pregens,?= =?UTF-8?q?=20reconcile=20contradictions)?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- memory/MEMORY.md | 2 ++ memory/princes-bride-scenario.md | 17 +++++++++++++++++ skills/rpg/references/lessons.md | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 36 insertions(+) create mode 100644 memory/princes-bride-scenario.md diff --git a/memory/MEMORY.md b/memory/MEMORY.md index 8455da2..00bf45c 100644 --- a/memory/MEMORY.md +++ b/memory/MEMORY.md @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ - [Blueprint News](blueprint-news.md) — engine-agnostic SLA BPN briefing generator at `~/blueprint-news/`; reusable component + standalone app, seeded procedural SVG art, Player/GM split, NPC seam for a separate module. - [clipsync](clipsync.md) — CouchDB-backed clipboard history for the Macs; `clipsync-setup` to install, `clip` to browse. - [AFTERIMAGE scenario](afterimage-scenario.md) — 4-player Blade Runner game for Continuum 2026, Fri 24 July, Slot 2; repo slaguru666/Continuum2026; convention-ready. +- [Princes Bride scenario](princes-bride-scenario.md) — Dee Sanction game for Continuum 2026, Sun 26 July, Slot 7; reconciled canon + real rules (ignore old quick-ref); convention-ready. +- Continuum 2026 slate complete in slaguru666/Continuum2026: Day One (Fri S1), AFTERIMAGE (Fri S2), Vain Crown (Sat S4), Another Fine Mess — Pulp Cthulhu chopper sequel (Sun S6), Princes Bride (Sun S7). - [Plugin sync](project_plugin_sync.md) — keep Claude Code plugins identical across all servers via the claude-config repo (settings.json enabledPlugins); run sync.sh after install/remove - [MINI-S remote access](infra_minis_remote_access.md) — timevans-MINI-S: static 192.168.1.6, key-only SSH + fail2ban, Zyxel DX3301-T0 port-forward 2222->22 (Voneus) - [MINI-S Docker stacks](infra_minis_docker_stacks.md) — homelab (Portainer/Gitea/Obsidian/Stirling-PDF/Nextcloud) + Seafile cloud drive; ports, data paths, secrets locations diff --git a/memory/princes-bride-scenario.md b/memory/princes-bride-scenario.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b5508b7 --- /dev/null +++ b/memory/princes-bride-scenario.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +--- +name: princes-bride-scenario +description: THE PRINCES BRIDE — Dee Sanction game for Continuum 2026 Sunday Slot 7 (14:00–18:00); v1.1 convention-ready in slaguru666/Continuum2026 +metadata: + node_type: memory + type: project + originSessionId: 445b61b6-6e68-4f8e-8caa-28bf213400e9 + modified: 2026-07-19T14:05:10.686Z +--- + +THE PRINCES BRIDE (The Dee Sanction) is Tim's Continuum 2026 **Sunday Slot 7** game (26 July, 14:00–18:00, Arkham room). v1.1 convention-ready, built from the January materials at `/Volumes/Mac 2TB/Convention/contingency-2026/dee-sanction`. Repo: `slaguru666/Continuum2026` (shared-folder convention: `scenarios/sun-slot7-dee-sanction-princes-bride.md`, `gm-utility/princes-bride/`, art in `scenarios/art/princes-bride/`); local: `RPGS/Conventions/Continuum 2026/03 Sunday/Slot 7 Afternoon Dee Sanction/PRINCES-BRIDE/`. + +**Canon (reconciled — the January drafts contradicted each other):** Mary Fletcher made the planted poppet; the real fae charm came from the late Agatha Thorne; Garratt is a persuadable pragmatist; McShay's rejected proposal was to Eleanor Patterson; the Prince is **Sigismund** (not Henry — PC name collision); the village is **Faversholme**, Yorkshire, October **1586**. Table conventions: pregens are "Meg", "Nell", "Lynton" — never Margaret/Eleanor/Thomas. + +**Real Dee Sanction rules** (the old gm-quick-reference.html was a different game's system — ignore it): roll one Ability die (Physicall/Intellectuall/Supernaturall, d4–d12); 3+ succeeds, 1–2 Falters (success at cost); Expertise steps the die up; Fortune = one re-roll; Unravelling track steps down on uncanny Falters. + +**Set-pieces:** the Trial at dawn on an open **Verdict Die** (evidence steps it up, d10+ = acquittal without rolling, Falter = water ordeal) and the Bargain at the stones (courtesies; no roll wins the parley). Console: THE SANCTION DESK. Tim runs FOUR Continuum slots: Day One (Fri S1), AFTERIMAGE (Fri S2), Vain Crown (Sat S4), Princes Bride (Sun S7). Related: [[afterimage-scenario]], [[rpg-skill]]. diff --git a/skills/rpg/references/lessons.md b/skills/rpg/references/lessons.md index afdace2..24fae3d 100644 --- a/skills/rpg/references/lessons.md +++ b/skills/rpg/references/lessons.md @@ -116,3 +116,20 @@ pass. are printed and well-made but generic, don't rebuild — print per-agent mission inserts (private seam + dice crib + table-name conventions) that slip inside the sheets. Cheaper, and the sheets stay canon. + +## 2026-07 — Silvery Moon rebuild (inherited-draft salvage) + +- **Verify a period scenario's real-world facts, then decide: correct or + canonize.** Silvery Moon's eclipse was astronomically impossible (new moon + that night — checked against the real 1892 record). Correcting it would + have cost the climax; canonizing the wrongness AS the horror (the moon that + should not be there, proven by an almanac handout and an astronomer pregen) + turned the draft's worst error into its best clue. Always check which move + the fiction wants before reaching for the eraser. +- **Mine the draft's own margins for pregens.** The strongest pregen is often + already in the text as a named-but-unused NPC (Dr. Lyle was the draft's own + "recent collaborator"). Lift them before inventing. +- **When two source layers contradict (prose vs app data), reconcile so both + are true** — Braddock "too afraid to act" AND "cult member" became a + coerced member, which was stronger than either. Contradictions are usually + two halves of a better fact.