Otherworld TRPG Game Master Chapter 11

EP.11

If you ask what is the most important thing in TRPG, it is motivation.

My theory is that the player must have a strong motivation. Hye-soon next door was kidnapped by a big squid. Even if you complain, common sense tells you that if the kid next door was kidnapped by a monster, why would you come forward and call the police?

Hye-sun is one of the most beautiful women in the province and was having a sweet flirtation with the player. It is human nature to go back and forth in the mood to make a move only when the police are incompetent and show no sign of being dispatched.

In that sense, there is no motivation more certain than the threat of one’s life. When a really big monster is running towards me trying to tear me limb from limb, I naturally become desperate.

Now, we are in a situation where we need to hold an impromptu session for the second prince.

What kind of session will you hold / what will the core conflict be / how will you maintain motivation?

If I had known about the 2nd prince’s visit a week ago, I would have been able to prepare for everything. I may have done some background research and refined the atmosphere of the session to suit his personality, but… it was a sudden visit.

The order has come in and it’s time to serve the dish to the customer right away.

Let’s start by checking the ingredients.

The fantasy modeling is roughly complete. Martial arts have a long way to go before they can be put into practice, and Hyundai is reluctant to push them towards the second prince. If the prince went to modern times, wouldn’t he just enjoy gourmet food?

There is also a fatal problem when based on modern times.

Trained subculture readers are very familiar with clichés. If your pocket watch suddenly stops, it means you’re about to die, and ‘There’s no way so-and-so can be defeated!’ ‘Because it’s the strongest!’ When a line like this comes out, you either become a normal person or lose.

So, if you pretend to be nice, you will be treated like an adari. When I bring up a pretty girl in a session, I think, ‘Ah, this girl is going to be the key person in the session~!’ They understand and when I suddenly mention dark clouds and a gloomy atmosphere, they say, ‘Something is going to happen!’ And prepare your mind.

But isn’t the 2nd Prince an ordinary person who doesn’t know anything?

I decided that an intuitive plot was needed.

“This is a time travel angle.”

“Si Si Si Yeo Hae Aeng…?”

The owner of the magic tower, lying down on the massage chair, muttered in a trembling voice. This is… the control room, so to speak. It is a virtual reality space where virtual reality is manipulated. Here, you can move NPCs or recite narration.

I manipulated the virtual reality while eating popcorn. First, they picked up the second prince and threw him into a remote forest. You have to buy time.

Now that I’ve gotten started with time travel, I thought the future would be nice.

Coincidentally, there was a fresh photo of a steampunk future city. Just like the skyscraper, it is a wonderful modeling that gives you a feeling just by looking at it. The city’s name is ‘Night Watch’.

A steampunk city was pasted next to a remote forest.

Because the skyscraper is tall, it will be easy to find your way. As long as the 2nd prince goes to a place with a slightly clear view, he will be able to see a tower soaring into the sky, so it is easy to guide him out of the forest.

There was something that couldn’t be left out when it came to steampunk.

“Lord Magic Tower?”

“yes?”

“Could you take some pictures of the airship modeling? 10…”

“Huh?”

“9… 8….”

“???”

“7…”

Yuna, the magic tower owner, got up and started cutting the airship modeling. As expected, the speed was terrifying, considering he was not an archmage. Even the sense of ignoring the inside and cutting only the outside.

I left urgent work aside and focused on the monitor. When the 2nd prince looked at the tree modeling, he seemed to be concentrating on something, which made me feel like I wanted to explain it to myself.

-You seem to have realized something. Was there something special around you?

2nd Prince: “This tree variety grows only in the vicinity of the imperial capital. It was obtained by ordering alchemists to commemorate the 5th Emperor’s birthday.”

what.

“This was done by the tree modeling magic tower lord.”

“Ugh, the airship is over…! Oh, huh? Ugh, I did it.”

“They say this only grows near the imperial capital.”

“huh!”

Then you can’t use the steampunk future city ‘Nightwatch’.

I punished the magic tower owner with a cheek massage for not writing down the explanation on the wooden model.

“Ububububu.”

Yes, you can use the steampunk future city ‘Nightwatch’.

Even though the player made such a great deduction, he thought, ‘Oh no, I don’t know~’ and anyway, another city was built instead of the imperial capital. You can do that and move on.

But that’s a million years away from my TRPG writing style.

If the player makes a guess, and it makes sense, it must be true. Don’t you feel bad if you guess and get it wrong? I launched myself from the skyscraper before the 2nd prince turned around.

They completely pushed out the ambitious future city ‘Night Watch’ and hastily brought in a modeling of the imperial capital and put it on. And hints of a future time zone were added here and there.

They put some scratches on the castle walls and put meaningless clockwork and steam engines in the buildings.

“…If this is the case, we can’t lead to the city because there are no skyscrapers?”

“Ubuuuu.”

“Master of the Magic Tower, sortie your airship! Launch it from here and sail all the way to the city!”

The second prince was guided to an airship with a suspiciously slow movement speed. And here, at this moment, is when illusion magic takes effect.

‘Time perception deceleration’ makes it feel like it was an hour, even though it actually took 5 minutes to travel through the forest. aka military training center station commander. With this, you can skip as you skip and take care of reality frugally.

I also finished processing the imperial capital modeling for 5 minutes. The emblem to replace the imperial flag was also quickly printed. It seemed plausible because it was roughly mixed with three emblems from different kingdoms.

There is no sense of crisis simply by exploring the future empire.

Crisis is important. Wouldn’t it be boring without suspense and action? Even when I showed Mabapju around Korea, I debated whether or not to include the incident.

Danger. Danger. Crisis….

“Tell me a few things that come to mind when you think of the Magic Tower Lord’s empire.”

“Boreseo Sogarak Noko Mahaji?”

“ah.”

I let it go.

“Is the imperial family of a slave military powerhouse actively mixing blood with nobles?”

“okay.”

Then we go to the world of Shinbun Station.

Let’s make blondes who symbolize royal bloodline slaves. Control the NPCs and say, ‘Wow… blonde hair? ‘Are you a slave?’ He gave me a look. The second prince’s expression was warm when he first received his gaze.

While the 2nd prince waited in the inspection queue, he neatly organized his flute. Main theme Sinbun Station Worldwide. And… a success story? I like this.

Wasn’t he born with a lot already? You’ve probably never experienced rising from the bottom. I wanted to give people a taste of the catharsis of rising from the bottom to the top.

To do that, you first have to throw it down.

– “Stop. Identify yourself. Where is your master?”

– “Are you saying that if it’s not a slave, it’s a plaything? There’s a bastard with dirty blonde hair who still holds his head up high.”

– “You unlucky slave… Are you mistaken that your master’s authority is yours? I don’t know how high he is, but you are just a lucky slave. Do you understand?”

I just hit him hard with words. And Hwaryongjeongjeong.

Press your forehead with your index finger.

When this happened to me at work, my fist almost flew off. The effect was outstanding even in this world, as the second prince came out loudly.

2nd Prince: “Be polite, guard! I am Irid Crown, the second prince of the empire!”

I was worried. The balance between unpleasantness and pleasantness must be exquisite.

To use the Sweet Potato -> Cider strategy, you shouldn’t start by killing all of the player character’s relatives, friends, and lovers. Then, you may get punched by an angry player.

The strategy works if the player scratches just enough to not be truly unpleasant and immediately drops the cider afterwards. So I didn’t use swear words beyond the baby.

Let’s scratch a little more. a little bit.

– “The reason why you imperialists live crawling around like slaves is Emperor Yongle Irid!”

Isn’t this an interesting setting? That his future self was the last emperor of the empire.

And this is a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a back story, but the Yongrak Emperor and everything else is a conspiracy of the ‘Kingdom Union’. The Alliance of Kingdoms, in collusion with black magic, spread rumors after taking over the empire.

“…….”

“Uh, over there. The 2nd prince’s expression looks like a dead fish…?!”

“Uh huh.”

“Are you sure it’s okay?!”

No, it’s not okay. Fucked.

I didn’t mean to hurt you this much!

I thought he was the type with high pride, so I scratched his head, but compared to his appearance, maybe he was the type with lower self-esteem than I thought…? This is a miss. It may have been too hasty for this to be the first TRPG in a while.

“This is a fiction, Prince. This is a fiction…”

We need to let them know that this is all fantasy and just a game.

But speaking directly is not a very beautiful method.

By beating the 2nd prince with NPCs, I lowered his pain perception level.

It will probably only feel like a knock.

Look, isn’t it strange? When you hit it with a stick, it just feels like a tap? Doesn’t that make sense? In this way, I was indirectly informed that this was fiction.

-You… were in a daze, like someone in a trance. Even as the swarming guards are pelting you with batons, what is echoing in your head is not pain, but numerous questions of ‘Why?’ It was.

No, it’s not that it doesn’t hurt because I’m shocked, it really doesn’t hurt.

It really doesn’t hurt! How can you think of anything else when you are being beaten with an iron club?

It won’t work. I need to execute Operation Nadenade urgently.

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Just avoid this damn event very well.

An event where a proud retired soldier looks into the eyes of the 2nd prince and takes it away => As soon as he sees the retired soldier who appears, the 2nd prince runs and fails.

An event where a large wallet was summoned in front of the 2nd prince to ask him to pick up money and eat something delicious => He passed by because he was afraid that there might be location tracking magic inside and failed.

An event where bread was handed out to passers-by, calling it a ‘free bakery event’ => The event failed, saying it was obvious that they would sell it to themselves as baguettes.

An event where wealthy and generous ladies are placed at every corner to support the 2nd prince in various ways => Failure as he suddenly climbs over a wall and runs away.

“Is it part of it?”

Did you just want to suffer yourself?

Are you avoiding the event you prepared to make fun of me while clearly seeing that it was an illusion magic?

But looking at his dead expression, I don’t think that’s the case…

“…huh.”

I have no choice but to use my trump card.

Write a beautiful girl.

Boy meets girl is a cliche of a long tradition and has high destructive power.

She is a beautiful girl who serves as a server at an inn with a commoner’s sensibility.

Water bucket spawn. Raining water…

– “I’m sorry! I didn’t know there were people…”

Now, that’s the pretty girl’s mistake. Now, he says he feels sorry for the damp 2nd prince and causes a sweet event… That bastard flies again!