TEXT: the Trial
  Begin by writing a two or three sentence description of a problem.
  In The World, the Flesh, and the Devil, this problem is called a
  Trial. It does not make reference to the character being created. An
  example:
  The problem in �ottingham is that with King Richard off
  crusading in the holy land, the Sheriff has grown corrupt,
  instituted onerous taxation of the commoners, and created
  an evil power structure to support his ambition. Bands of
  lawless men wearing the Sheriff's colors roam the
  countryside, terrorizing the smallfolk with acts of pillage and
  rapine.
  the Annotations
  The next step is to underline significant words or phrases from the
  Trial, and to annotate them with a sentence or two each, for a total
  of seven sentences including what you wrote for the Trial. The
  sentences of the Trial are a very impersonal statement about a
  problem. The Annotations are what make it personal to the
  character. In the example above, the player might underline "King
  Richard" and write the Annotation:
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  I am the bastard son of the King, and have never felt like he
  acknowledged me for my loyalty and the way my actions as
  his bishop have lent stability to the kingdom.
  As a general rule, you'll want to write moderately substantial
  sentences. Both you and the gamemaster will incorporate aspects of
  your Annotations into narrating conflict resolution outcomes after
  re-rolls. Underlining "King Richard" and Annotating it with, "I saw
  him crowned," doesn't give either of you a lot of material for those
  narrations. More on this in the section on Conflict Resolution.
  the Die
  The final step is to take a blank six-sider and allocate sides to the
  World, the Flesh, and the Devil, creating your character's W/F/D
  die. The way you allocate the sides determines the comparative
  significance of the three forces in your character's life:
  The World is the environment; it's circumstance, causality,
  and the power of objects.
  The Flesh is strength, brainpower, sensuality, and health.
  The Devil is alienation, materialism, objectification, and
  fear.
  The only requirement is that you must have at least one World, one
  Flesh, and one Devil side.
  There is no explicit or implied relationship between the nature of a
  character's Annotations and the allocation of sides to the W/F/D
  die. You can write Annotations that depict a very physical character
  and then devote four of the six sides of the W/F/D die to the Devil,
  placing the character in a personal narrative strongly influenced by
  matters of the spirit.
  the GM's dice
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  The game also requires that the GM have a set of five dice with
  different allocations of plus and minus symbols on them. The GM
  should create these dice with a breakdown of plus and minus
  symbols in black and red as follows:
  + + + + + – 
  + + + + – – 
  + + + – – – 
  + + – – – – 
  + – – – – –
  Resolving Conflict
  When a player has stated intent for the character to do something
  where the outcome is in question, the GM will give the player one
  of the conflict resolution dice with the plus and minus symbols on
  them. Which one depends on his assessment of the difficulty of the
  situation and the character's ability to accomplish what the player
  intends. "Average" difficulty is represented by the 2+/4- die.
  The player rolls both his W/F/D die and the one the GM gave him.
  If the result is a Devil+, it means the victory was one in which the
  character transcended some aspect of the Devil, and the player
  narrates the outcome. If the result is Flesh-, it's a failure of the
  flesh and the player narrates the outcome.
  Re-rolls
  If a player isn't satisfied with his dice throw, he can use an
  Annotation to give himself a re-roll. He must identify which
  Annotation he's using before re-rolling, and he must throw both the
  W/F/D die and the plus/minus die. The re-roll itself cannot be re-
  rolled.
  And regardless of whether the result is a failure or a success, the
  player must incorporate some aspect of the Annotation he used for
  the re-roll in his narration of the outcome.
  In the Character Creation section, players were encouraged to
  write moderately substantial Annotations. This is because
  Annotations are not depleted when used for re-rolls, so a player
  who has written overly simple Annotations might find himself
  frustrated by the awkwardness of repeatedly needing to use them in
  narrating re-roll outcomes.
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  Red Symbols
  There are no opposed rolls, and the GM never rolls. However, if a
  player rolls a red plus or red minus it means the GM narrates the
  outcome, rather than the player. This give the GM power to
  introduce bittersweet victories and dramatic, crippling failures.
  And if a red plus or minus comes up when a player has used an
  Annotation to trigger a re-roll, it's the GM that references the
  Annotation in his narration of the outcome. 
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  Copyright © 2001 by Paul Czege.
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