Definitions
Threads of Lachesis
Fate Die
The die whose value the player can spend to manipulate the dice values.
Storyboard
The collection of all the dice, minus the Fate Die. Normally contains three Acts.
An Act
A set of three dice that defines a specific Concept: A location, epoch, or scene for which the 6 Prompts generated from the three dice are all related.
Concept
The generalized term to describe the overarching Concept an Act is about. Defined by summing all dice in the Act and using that number on a Concept Table.
Prompts
Questions, narrative, statements, or options on lookup tables that players discover by taking or summing dice values in each Act.
Lachesis
A Fate from Greek Mythology whose job was to measure the thread of life spun by Clotho. She is the decider of destiny.
