Question from someone who hasn't read the beta and whose contact with narrative systems has been limited:
The term "narrative play" is pretty broad, and encompasses a variety of narrative styles, of which Kung Fu Dynamite is but one. Does Destiny favor one style of narrative in particular, whether mechanically or in its assumptions or mood or advice? Should it?
(Pardon the potentially long post, and spoilers for a near-40-year-old movie below ;D)
I think, reading it over that it is supposed to be cinematic in scope, like the players and GM are making a collaborative movie almost. From what I can see, this would be a typical scene if The Wrath Of Khan were played with this system:
Nicholas, the GM: From the screen, Khan smiles triumphantly. "I give you sixty seconds," he sneers, "for you and your valiant crew." Bill, what does Kirk do?
Bill (playing Kirk): Kirk crosses over to Saavik at her control station. He ponders for a moment, and tries to recall starship operations.
Nicholas: OK, make a Knowledge roll. (Nicholas rolls for difficulty, Bill's knowledge roll beats his). OK. Tell me what Kirk finds out.
Bill: Sure. He remembers that each starship has a prefix code meant to stop hijackings like this. We're going to try to hack into his ship and bring his shields down. "Saavik, punch up the records for Reliant's command console. Hurry. Keep nodding like I'm giving orders." And I pass the mic over to Kirstie.
Kirstie (playing Saavik): I'm punching up the data now. Do I need to make a roll?
Nicholas: I'm gonna say yes, just as you're under a time crunch. BTW, Khan says "45 seconds."
Kirstie: All right. (Both make their rolls, and Kirstie's fails.) Drat. Can I spend a point of Edge?
Nicholas: Go for it.
Kirstie: OK, I'm going to make you reroll that difficulty. (Nicholas rerolls, and is lower than Kirstie's roll.)
Nicholas: Nicely played. The info for Reliant's command console appears on your console.
Kirstie: And I'll pass the mic to Leonard.
Leonard (Playing Spock): As they're doing that, Spock is pulling up the prefix number for Reliant at the Science station. (Both Leonard and Nicholas make their rolls, and Leonard wins.) He walks back down to the helm console where Kirk and Saavik are. Standing stoically with his back to the screen, he whispers to Saavik. "Reliant's prefix code is 16309." He says to Kirk "He's quite intelligent. How do we know he hasn't changed it?" Nick, you can have the mic back.
Bill: I'm going to spend a plot point to take the narration.
Nicholas: Sure.
Bill: As he's keying in information, he asks Khan "How do we know you'll keep your word?"
Nicholas: We'll go into Talk Time briefly. Khan says "Oh, I've given you no word to keep. In my judgement, you simply have no alternative."
Bill: "I see your point. Stand by to receive our transmission." He cuts the sound, and whispers to the weapons officer to lock weapons.
Nicholas: You're going to have to make a roll, remember that Khan isn't a dummy.
Bill: OK. (Makes a Perform roll, against Khan's Perception. Bill wins.)
Nicholas: Looks like you got one over on him. He says "Time's up, Admiral."
Bill: Kirk says, in as defeated a manner as he can, "Here it comes. Now, Spock." I turn the mic over to Kirstie.
Kirstie: I'm going to pass to see what Leonard does.
Leonard: Spock keys in the prefix code and transmits it. And I'm passing the mic back to you, Nicholas.
Nicholas: You see utter pandemonium on the Reliant's bridge, as one of Khan's crewmembers yells that the shields are going down. Khan screams in rage "Override! Where's the override!?" before the signal cuts.
