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A '''fate ''' is a brief statement on something a character has to do or an imperative during the course of a larp.
== Description ==
There are several different interpretations of the fateplay idea, but they usually involve '''an instruction that the player should be able to achieve easily''', with the challenge being more about achieving it in an interesting an meaningful way. For example a character might be given the fate that "Before the second night of the larp, you shall challenge the king to a duel on the third morning. You will lose this duel." The duel is unavoidable, but the details of the challenge and the fighting leave plenty of space for dramatic improvisation.
Fates may be used to adopt whole narratives to larp - e.g. stories derived from mythology, theatre plays and the like. "Light-weight fates" may be used to give the players good ideas for what to do during the larp. There are also examples of larps where the first part of the larp is fated, and the fates are used to establish interesting conflicts, while the rest of the larp is open-ended.
== History and further reading ==
Fateplay was probably "invented" in Norway ("''Skjebne''" or "''Skjebnespill''"). Some (old) texts on fateplay are gathered at: [http://fate.laiv.org/ Amor Fati]
* [[Terra incognita]], 2013
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