2 | Who is the Guide?
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The Guide is a player who helps set up the story and world for the heroes. They conceptualize the plot and build a sandbox that reacts to what the others do. The Guide does this by describing scenes, role-playing as non-hero characters, and building challenges and situations that other players must tackle. The Guide also has the final say on rules.
Being a Guide is perfect if you love planting story seeds for others and growing it with them to make a unique creation.
For many, though, it can feel scary or intimidating to take on this role. It’s easy to feel pressured to be “as good” as some popular game master or think that everyone’s fun hinges on a perfect performance.
The Guide’s experience and comfort are important, too. The Guide Toolkit delves into this in more detail, but a welcoming game where mistakes are okay is a healthy target for anyone to aim for. ARC is also carefully designed and written to ease common burdens for Guides—so anyone regardless of experience level can focus on transforming imagination to adventure.
Ultimately, all you need is the desire to create stories with everyone.