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a change in who has the upper hand in a situation

Characters become interesting when they change. One of the most potent changes is a status shift—one character’s status goes up causing another character’s status to go down, or vice versa. It’s like being on a teeter totter. If your partner assumes higher status, lower yours. If they go lower, you go higher.

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Players play a scene in which they must make physical contact with another player before they can speak.

Exercises

Each player in the scene has a shadow player who tells them how to respond—either with words, sounds, or silent body language. As the scene progresses, language is used less and less, until players are only using sounds and body language.

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