Circus Challenges

[profounddark]

I just finished my first session of EC, having gotten through the initial Circus show. One of the players thought that the "challenges" during the show were an interesting thing to keep the circus show dynamic. After the first show, has anybody leaned into random events (such as from the Random Events chart) a little more heavily and turned them into narrative/role-playing opportunities?

First Session Spoilers:

I know that most of the Circus Events are just "get X bonus or penalty," but I wonder if people have tried to do more with it. My group really enjoyed how getting rid of the surprise Vipers, dealing with the gambling thugs, or dealing with drunken brawlers (with the possibility of impressing the audience) was a fun. I think it two cases, they actually made it "part of the show," which was a good laugh.

[Coulibaly]

I've worked other sorts of drama in to the shows to keep them interesting and doing scene within scene type of things that can be influenced by how the circus does. For instance, my group just put on their second show and had set up a date between one of the Dwarven Throwers circus performers and Pruana from the Muggers. Between tricks we'd cut to the date scene and see how it's going.