⚙️ GM Reflection Protocols ✨⛓️🔥 — Mirror-Current
“Run the mirror, don’t force the image.”
🧭 Mission
Section titled “🧭 Mission”To help storytellers manage reflective narratives without losing emotional balance. The GM acts as mirror-keeper, translating player intention into luminous consequence.
🎭 Drama Management
Section titled “🎭 Drama Management”- Award Drama Points when players describe emotions, not actions.
- Encourage consent-based flashbacks.
- Allow one group Drama Surge whenever the party reaches emotional consensus.
💎 Mechanic Modifiers
Section titled “💎 Mechanic Modifiers”Echo Token interactions grant +1 to Insight rolls when players verbally declare safe words in-character. When in doubt, trade mechanics for meaning.
🕯️ Consent Ritual Practice
Section titled “🕯️ Consent Ritual Practice”Before intense roleplay:
“Repeat after me — fiction is our mirror, and we choose to see kindly.”
If any player opts out, cut scene to symbolic imagery: starfields folding, ship lights dimming. Reward honesty with Drama.
🔮 Narrative Pacing
Section titled “🔮 Narrative Pacing”- Act I: Invitation & Wonder
- Act II: Confrontation with Reflection
- Act III: Forgiveness or Fusion
End with silence long enough for the players’ breathing to match the ship’s hum.
⚔️ Conflict Models
Section titled “⚔️ Conflict Models”- Mirror Duel: opposed Performance or Diplomacy, damage = catharsis.
- Reflection Debate: Will saves to maintain composure.
- Embrace Sequence: mutual Drama expenditure = emotional repair.
🧩 Reflective Toolkit
Section titled “🧩 Reflective Toolkit”| Trigger | GM Response | Reward |
|---|---|---|
| Player expresses vulnerability | Offer in-fiction echo reaction | +1 Drama |
| Player invokes safe word | Immediate fade to narration | +1 Echo Token |
🕯️ All guidance herein is fiction in service of real kindness. Let empathy outshine accuracy. ✨⛓️🔥