This 44-page issue is a Character Thinking Engine Expanded

Why do different types of characters decide or think differently? This issue considers personality types and meaning for how characters may consciously decide analytically and intuitively. It has tools to help judge right from wrong. It also has tools for distracting or sidetracking issues such as irrational biases, fear, disgust, or madness.

Something happens in the story which basis means something from 'prior belief or intensity fear' leads to the decision 'What is your prior belief(s) that you are trying to confirm?' because the character needs to 'Confirm belief or fear'.

So, this issue is entirely focused on releasing both an expanded thinking engine and a d12 version of mental reactions: fear, disgust, & madness, and included the main supporting generator tables.

Why make them more complex or expanded?

The answer depends on the type of game that a player is playing.

• For hack-and-slash games where action is a priority, possibly the prior versions of 12 types of thinking or the d6 minimalist descriptive tools might be sufficient.

• However, for character-focused games, where character interaction is a priority, having 48 additional (60 total) thinking ways and by doubling the fear, disgust, and madness tool helps to bring more and greater meaning into the type of game that a player is playing.

This is intended to be a paid expansion to extend the first Character Thinking Engine and Minimalist: Fear, Disgust, & Madness to work with Emotional Reaction Engine Expanded, Mood-Emotion Generators, Body Language Generator, Fear Generator, Dialogue Engine, Behavior Engine, Relationship Engine, and Character Communicator most directly.

The default mechanic and instruction is based on triggered reactions from keywords. However, 1d100 and 1d20 numbers are listed for your convenience if you prefer using random method instead.

• This system shows analytical and intuitive brain thinking for 15 different archetypes: featuring doer, caregiver, skeptic, lone wolf, guardian, striver, seeker, faithful, mediator, shadow, stranger, darkness, body, mind, and soul. In addition, 60 meanings lead to thoughts based on needs which lead to decision question.

This is a character engine that is meant to aid or take the place of a Gamemaster (GM) for adding character decisions. It may also be used as a list of ideas.

The keywords are meant to help trigger thoughtful and inspirational ideas. Its generic enough for any genre.

xd12 Mental Reactions: Fear, Disgust, & Madness – This is a fear, insanity, and disgust resolution system. This takes into account skill using the words for mental stability. It has 3 types of extreme mental reactions each with 6 degrees of force: afraid (fear); disgusted. repulsed (disgust), and going insane (madness). It uses 7 levels of resistance that the degree of force must surpass. It has a list of 12 long-term effects resulting from mental trauma.

Included are two new charts and an expanded 8 results to the prior chart, expanded new die results for fear, disgust, and madness, and several pages of explanatory information & advice.

Included also are the Thinking Generator, Knowledge Generator, 96 Irrational Biases, and 10 Judgment Types.

How do the types 5 character engines fit together?

In the first engine, the dialogue engine, 4 preferences were assigned to archetypes: discuss, do, feel, and think.

The four engines made focus on these four preferences.

discuss - dialogue engine

do - behavior engine

feel - emotional reaction engine expanded or emotional reaction engine

think - thinking engine expanded or thinking engine

A fifth engine focuses on relationships

relate - relationship engine

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Multi-Core Series & Bundles

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Grammar Fuel: 12,000 Phrases & Idioms, Remnant RPG Tools Character Reaction Engine Expanded, Character Thinking Engine Exanded	—	yes	yes	—	Remnant RPG Tools
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Minimalist Descriptive Civilizations, Minimalist Descriptive Urban, Minimalist Descriptive Rural, Micro-Dungeon, Room Generator,  Minimalist d6 Solo Game Engine & Adventure Seed Engine, Character Traits 3 & 4, Conflict (Plot) Generator 2	—	—	yes	—	yes
The Haunting of Home, Character Trait Generator 3, Character Trait Generator 4, Character Relationship Engine Expanded	—	—	yes	—	—
Top-Down Worldbuilding for RPG Gamemasters, Creativity for RPG Gamemasters, Constructing Fight Scenes for RPG Gamemasters, Character Motivation for RPG Gamemasters, Plot: Conflict Foes and Obstacles for RPG Gamemasters, Theme for RPG Gamemasters, Adventure Story Structure for RPG Gamemasters, Twists and Foreshadow for RPG Gamemasters, Character Traits Attributes and Characteristics for RPG Gamemasters, Skills for RPG Gamemasters, Mood and Tone for RPG Gamemasters, Description for RPG Gamemasters, Fantasy and/or Science Fiction Multi-Language Dictionary	—	—	—	—	yes

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GM and Solo Set [Bundles]

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