Storycraft lore
Meaningful quest choices
Design choices where each option protects something and risks something else.
Beginner
Valor and Oaths
A choice becomes meaningful when the alternatives reveal values, change the route, or alter who trusts the party afterward.
What you should be able to do
- Separate cosmetic choices from consequential choices.
- Write two defensible options.
- Show a delayed consequence.
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