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EPILOGUE
The curtains have drawn to a close, the stage is
empty, and the lights are turned low There's a wistful
feeling that washes over you A touch of sadness that it's
all over, and a touch of anticipation as you wait to begin
the drama anew. Theatre is an odd creation. A balancing
act between comfort, stagnation, and metamorphosis.
The changes that our favorite heroes and heroines go
through draw us back time and again to their stories If
these characterizations don't grow and deepen, then they
lack humanity and die of the1r own shallowness If their
transformations are too severe, then we lose sight of the
roles we loved, the very th1ng we Identified with. This
same dilemma will confront you Each Actor must work
with the Director to ensure interesting character growth
that won't endanger the integrity of the Chronicle. Han­
dling the changes that Will accrue to your persona over
time will be the focus of this chapter
PACING
Pacing the growth and change of the Main Cast is
the best way to insure a long life for your Chronicle. This
1s less of a problem in a Theatrlx game than it might be in
many other roleplaying systems. In Theatrix, a character
does not need to be powerful in order to be competent.
The Plot Po1nts are empowered, so the characters don't
have to be. Plot Points build a lot of rewards into the act
of mov1ng through the story Itself, and relieve some of the
pressure to press characters on to ever greater heights of
raw power This means that you can direct most of the
focus of character growth onto the characterization itself,
where it ought to be. Th1s also means that any real change
in power, ie. an 1ncrease in the Rankings of a role's Traits,
can be paced more slowly without killing off the fun of
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roleplaying. This is Important 1n a game where you're
allowed to create characters that are already very compe·
tent, fully developed, and sometimes very powerful
Creating such characters obviously leaves less room for
your character's personal growth, before such growth
starts putting pressure on the bounds of the Chronicle's
Setting.
PLOT POINT TOTALS
In order to properly pace your Chronicle, you'll
require a measure of the progress that the Main Cast has
made within Its confines. It should now come as no
surprise that we'll be us1ng Plot Points as the basis of th1s
measure. Each Actor will keep two separate records of
her Plot Points earned. The first record will be a point pool,
out of which the Actor may spend Plot Points to Activate
her Personality Traits, Descriptors, and Statements The
second record will be a running total of all Plot Pornts
accumulated, known as a character's Plot Point Total
(tricky name)
SCALING THE CHRONICLE
Chronicles have growth paths uniquely their own
From our point of view, the growth of the Main Cast 1s
simply the reflection of a maturing Chronicle Every
Chronicle has a starting point, a course of change, and a
conceivable end There will come a time, 1f your Chromcle
ex1sts for long enough, when the Main Cast has achieved
a position of full maturity w1thm your Setting. Continutng
beyond this point stretches too far the dramatic elements
that contained each Episode When you begm to develop
a Chronicle, part of your task Will be to envision 1ts
1nev1table demise, to sketch out the conflict wh1ch will
drive the Chronicle towards this conclusion, and to de·
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