Prompting Oracle + Keyword Gen + Interrupt v0.5

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To start playing, write a GM response as prompted in the Answer window. Luck will decide if it comes to pass or not. For a more detailed explanation check out the "How It Works" tab.

	What is the most logical thing that could realistically happen now?
All that has happened:	<br><br>------------------------NEW SCENE---------------------------<br><br>
Write your answer:

Dice Roll Bonus: 0	Active Prompt Bonus: 0
Is your answer true? :10 + 0 = 10 Write Answer To Log:	Old Prompt Dice Result: NaN Current Prompt Dice Result: 9 + 0 = 9
For the event to be true, you need to roll: between 7 and 9.
Select a voice: The_Hyborian_Age The_King_In_Yellow	Toggle keyword generation (when unchecked, application stops generating keywords):

WORDS STARTING WITH "effect"	THEIR CONTEXT (words near them)
effect	fall afterward with more awful effect, END
EXTRA WORDS
WORDS NEAR "effect"	THEIR CONTEXT (words near them)
awful	to fall afterward with more awful, awful effect , END
more	blow to fall afterward with more, more awful effect , END
afterward	allowed the blow to fall afterward, afterward with more awful effect , END
fall	only allowed the blow to fall, fall afterward with more awful effect , END
with	to the open page and with, with a cry of terror or , wept laughed trembled with, with horror which at times , writer has cursed world with, with this beautiful stupendous creation terrible , blow fall afterward with, with more awful effect , END

2d6-3

6-: 83.34%

7-9: 16.64%

10+: 0%

 

2d6-2

6-: 72.22%

7-9: 25%

10+: 2.78%

(-2 and -3 skew the spread heavily towards 6 or less, so if you want a more balanced probability spread, keep the minimum modifier at -1 by changing it manually when it changes to -2 or -3) 

2d6-1

6-: 58.33%

7-9: 33.33%

10+: 8.34%

2d6+0

6-: 41.66%

7-9: 41.67%

10+: 16,67%

2d6+1

6-: 27.77%

7-9: 44.45%

10+: 27.78%

2d6+2

6-: 16.66%

7-9: 41.67%

10+: 41.67%

2d6+3

6-: 8.33%

7-9: 33.33%

10+: 58.34%

HOW IT WORKS

This prompting oracle was inspired by both the Mythic Game Master Emulator and Apocalypse World. The Apocalypse World part is just the way in which the probabilities are spread: < 6 for bad stuff, 7-9 for neutral, and 10+ for anything positive. The Mythic GME influence is in the fact that I decided to try my hand at creating an oracle for solo play in the first place.

How To Use It The way to use it is to write according to how you are prompted. For example, if the prompt calls for something positive, write down something you think would be positive in the context of what's going on in your adventure. You would need to roll a 10+ for that event to be true. For negative prompts, your roll would need to be < 6 for it to be true. For neutral prompts, your roll needs to be between 7 and 9.

Dice Bonuses: You could adjust the bonuses accordingly according to what you think the likelihood of an event would be: if you feel that the event has a high likelihood of being true, increase or decrease the Dice Roll Bonus accordingly (i.e. if a low roll is necessary for the event to be true, decrease it, and vice-versa)./

Active Prompt Bonus: This helps determine the likelihood of specific prompt questions. The higher it goes, the more probable it is that you'll get a positive prompt, and vice-versa. You can manually increase or decrease the Active Prompt bonus, which is handy when you can't finish a session in one sitting, and need to set the Active Prompt Bonus to what it was when you stopped playing.

Another Mythic GME influence is that this Active Prompt Bonus will automatically increase or decrease according to the luck you've had, which is similar to Mythic's own Chaos Factor, in a way (except that this bonus doesn't apply to your roll results). This automatic fluctuation happens when you begin a new scene.

New Scene: This button marks the beginning of a New Scene for you in the play log. It also triggers the calculation that controls how the Active Prompt Bonus fluctuates.

Log Windows: There are three log windows: "What's Happened So Far" is your standard log window, but it only records events that happen. The "History Log" captures everything, including rejected events (marked out as such). Since these two log windows are read only, it's a bit of a pain to copy the text inside them when playing mobile. The "Copy Of Logs" window stores both of those logs' text so that you can easily copy them for storage somewhere else (like a blog, hint hint).

The Event Stack: This is a feature that is hidden in the background. It stores up to three rejected events. When it reaches that number, it automatically selects one as the one that happened in-game. In other words, you will never have four rejections in a row. The Event Stack is cleared every time an event happens (i.e. every time you roll a 'yes').

Keyword Generation: Partial phrases are generated based on the seed texts (that you can add!). To add and analyze a new text, just type in a name in the "Name this text" box, add your seed text in the "Seed text" box below, and then click the "Analyze" button. Make sure to delete the box contents first if you don't want them included. The new seed text will be added as a new "Voice" on the "Select a voice" drop down menu. Voices can also be deleted by clicking the "Delete Selected Voice" while that voice is selected.

You can also adjust the maximum number of words included in each phrase by changing the "Word proximity" number.

How to use the generated keywords:

You will probably come up with a process that fits your preferences, but my general advice goes like:

1. Given the question prompt you got, do you have an idea for an event? Try to construct the answer using the generated keywords (and your own words where needed)

2. This is important: Do the generated keywords suggest changes to your original idea, or even a whole new idea? Go with it. Ignore the question prompt's directions if they get in the way.

3. This is also important: If the generated keywords keep evolving your ideas in a way that makes sense to the story, go with that.

1. If you decide to ignore the question prompt, remember: You can adjust the likelihood of your idea becoming reality by changing the Dice Roll Bonus accordingly (if it makes sense to you). If you need a 6 or less, decrease the bonus. If you need a 10+, increase the bonus.

(Just for fun) History log (including rejected ideas):

Copy of logs (to make it easier to copy the text on mobile)
Click Here To Save Your Play Log

Oracle Mode:

Oracle roll must match range of prompt result (i.e. roll <=6, 7-9, >=10 result spread). If unchecked, < 7 is no, > 7 is yes, and 7 is either 'yes,but' or 'no, but'

Interrupt Time Range:

Set the time range for Interrupts: Between minutes and minutes.

Keyword Generation Settings:

Word proximity before and after current keyword (the higher the number, the more suggestions you get):

Name this text:

Seed text (copy/paste new text to change it!):
Of that epoch known by the Nemedian chroniclers as the Pre-Cataclysmic Age, little is known except the latter part, and that is veiled in the mists of legendry. Known history begins with the waning of the Pre-Cataclysmic civilization, dominated by the kingdoms of Kamelia, Valusia, Verulia, Grondar, Thule and Commoria. These peoples spoke a similar language, arguing a common origin. There were other kingdoms, equally civilized, but inhabited by different, and apparently older races. The barbarians of that age were the Picts, who lived on islands far out on the western ocean; the Atlanteans, who dwelt on a small continent between the Pictish Islands and the main, or Thurian Continent; and the Lemurians, who inhabited a chain of large islands in the eastern hemisphere. There were vast regions of unexplored land. The civilized kingdoms, though enormous in extent, occupied a comparatively small portion of the whole planet. Valusia was the western-most kingdom of the Thurian Continent; Grondar the eastern-most. East of Grondar, whose people were less highly cultured than those of their kindred kingdoms, stretched a wild and barren expanse of deserts. Among the less arid stretches of desert, in the jungles, and among the mountains, lived scattered clans and tribes of primitive savages. Far to the south there was a mysterious civilization, unconnected with the Thurian culture, and apparently pre-human in its nature. On the far-eastern shores of the Continent there lived another race, human, but mysterious and non-Thurian, with which the Lemurians from time to time came in contact. They apparently came from a shadowy and nameless continent lying somewhere east of the Lemurian Islands. The Thurian civilization was crumbling; their armies were composed largely of barbarian mercenaries. Picts, Atlanteans and Lemurians were their generals, their statesmen, often their kings. Of the bickerings of the kingdoms, and the wars between Valusia and Commoria, as well as the conquests by which the Atlanteans founded a kingdom on the mainland, there were more legends than accurate history. Then the Cataclysm rocked the world. Atlantis and Lemuria sank, and the Pictish Islands were heaved up to form the mountain peaks of a new continent. Sections of the Thurian Continent vanished under the waves, or sinking, formed great inland lakes and seas. Volcanoes broke forth and terrific earthquakes shook down the shining cities of the empires. Whole nations were blotted out. The barbarians fared a little better than the civilized races. The inhabitants of the Pictish Islands were destroyed, but a great colony of them, settled among the mountains of Valusia's southern frontier to serve as a buffer against foreign invasion, was untouched. The Continental kingdom of the Atlanteans likewise escaped the common ruin, and to it came thousands of their tribesmen in ships from the sinking land. Many Lemurians escaped to the eastern coast of the Thurian Continent, which was comparatively untouched. There they were enslaved by the ancient race which already dwelt there, and their history, for thousands of years, is a history of brutal servitude.

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This button will analyze the text in the seed textbox adding whatever text exists in the log window where you write.
This button will remove the voice selected in the above dropdown.