Question 1

Enter the Sleepy Stag tavern

Accepted Answer

GM: ✦The heavy door of the Sleepy Stag swings open. Firelight, distant laughter, the smell of ale and roasted meat.✦

Innkeeper: ✦raises a mug, sizing you up✦ A rare face. What brings you to these parts, traveler?

Question 2

Ambushed on the forest road

Accepted Answer

GM: ✦Dusk. The forest path narrows. A twig snaps — an arrow buries itself in the trunk beside your head. Three shapes in the ferns.✦

Bandit: Purse on the ground. Slow.

GM: Your hand drifts toward your belt. What do you do?

Question 3

Audience with the Queen

Accepted Answer

GM: ✦The throne room — cold marble and banners. Guards at attention, courtiers watching from behind the pillars.✦

Queen Aldris: ✦regards you from the dais — calm, measured, unreadable✦ We summoned you for a reason few return from. Speak your name, and decide: do you serve the crown, or leave this hall with your life only?