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Terminology

Characters

Theatergoer: Player

Stagehand: Part observer, part game master; a special role that watches the show

Extra: Ghost role

Ephemera: NPC characters that inhabit the theater. They have dialogue when interacted with and do not appear within the round itself.

Pheemy: An indescribable pet/child that you raise inside the theater. A mixture between a torture simulator and tamagotchi.

Locations

Theater: The combined lobby and ghost bar. Players interact here before the round and dead players collect here again when out of the game.

Stage: The area at the front of the theater where players ready up and join into the round.

Side Rooms: A section of the theater consisting of sprawling, labyrinthine rooms with wild designs. An area for players to explore between rounds.

Concepts

Show: Round

Masks: Special roles that players are assigned outside of jobs. Each gives objectives and potential special abilities.

Pheem: It's pheemy, man. You know what this means.