All Things Solo

Welcome back to the Successor of the Muses Series. The second entry is for story themes in this table. With examples on following methods for;

1. Thinkers: Logical thoughts and questioning. Focusing on ideas. (Apprentice)
2. Feelers: Focusing on feelings and thoughts of main character. (Journey)
3. Sensing people: Reading in between the lines, pulling out the hidden content. (The Quest)
4. Gamblers: Making tables by dividing the content into smaller pieces for FFA. (In Comments)

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Some muses knocked on my door tonight and they want to buy everyone a round! Here's a partial list of my thematic listening goodies to bring you into the mood you want for your campaigns. Successor to the Muses Series, the first entry is for action themes that you can use for your quests. I'm aware that the quote from previous article doesn't tell you HOW to get inspiration from these lyrics or music Consciously. Let me expand on the method;

Think of these OR your favorite songs, books, with

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We all have problems and not enough time to solve them. Thematic thinking is key for this. You'll see how easy it is in practice as I expanded it into an engaging playstyle in 8 easy steps. Let's jump right into it. BUT IT'S NOT FOR EVERYONE.

Few Guidelines:

1. * NEVER go too hard on yourself or your PC / Sidekick. Even your archnemesis. Wisdom should be your aim instead of temporary emotional satisfaction. Know that we are all trying to be ourselves in this world. And

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If you want to pick a thematic word for your story or character and play with it, here's a short list. Start by choosing the one that catches your attention. Or search the one that's in your mind in the web. Or just use Freeform Association as I demonstrated at the bottom. And if you check the links (Passion = 1) in order, they tell a classic story in 5 steps. Connect the dots = FFA.

But if you want to insert the themes YOU want to see in YOUR game, you can conjure some sparks from ...

Since this is not those boring school lessons, I will show you the magic of transmuting one lame school subject into your own creation of Lore, instead of nagging about literature. Class, bring out your masks for today's lesson is the "Heist Theme" as we will steal from the masters of old. Then we hand-weave our own Solo Story with a pragmatic methodology and split the profit. Themes are the key to use Solo Play in a therapeutic way as I'll explain. Better news is, you don't even have ...