Euonia
Junior Member
Mystery Role-play?
Hello, so I have been working on an Ilvermorny RP and I have basically got all the background information done. But I have come into a slight problem, the main 'Story arc' will be the students banding together to defeat an 'evil' and solve the mystery of what is going on at their school. But I don't know how to run a mystery RP or how to properly do a 'Good vs Evil' arc so I was wondering if anyone could give me any advice?
I know I have been pretty vague but I am still working on the exact specifics of the mystery and how it will work. I have my villain and the students will either be hero's or will join villain and fight against their fellow students.
Main Questions:
- How do you run a mystery role-play without giving it all away straight away?
- How do you make it so the characters actually solve the mystery along with the reader?
- Is it possible for the reader to not be handed every clue?
- How do you do a Good vs Evil arc without it getting boring and cliche?
- And any general advice for running a role-play, as I'm quite worried considering this is going to be my first RP as a GM and I feel like I set the bar too high for myself.