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I noticed the results for Action, Detail and Theme Focus was a bit different, what exactly changed there?

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Indeed they are a bit different! The most common question I get about OPSE is how to interpret the Suit Domain, so I've tired to make the results a bit more human-readable. Basically the four suites map to Physical, Technical, Mystical, Social (Body, Mind, Soul, Heart), but none of them really work grammatically in a sentence. I'm trying out a version now that puts Suit Domain words together in a way that makes grammatical sense.

For example, before you might get an Action Focus result of Deceive (Technical), now you would get Deceive Intelligently. A Detail Focus of Complex (Physical) becomes Complex Composition. And a Topic focus of Recent events (Mystical) becomes Secret recent events.

The OPSE2 app uses a table of suit domain words that can work as adjectives, adverbs, or nouns, which are used to make the results much more readable. It chooses a random one from the appropriate grammar list every time. Here's the table, if you're curious or want to use it in your own pen and paper OPSE games.

Clubs — Physical / Body

  • Adjectives: physical, observable, imminent
  • Adverbs: physically, obviously, naturally
  • Nouns: appearance, form, composition

Diamonds — Technical / Mind

  • Adjectives: technical, careful, complex
  • Adverbs: intelligently, carefully, intricately
  • Nouns: capability, design, functionality

Spades — Mystical / Soul

  • Adjectives: mystical, secret, meaningful
  • Adverbs: mystically, secretly, conceptually
  • Nouns: essence, concept, power

Hearts — Social / Heart

  • Adjectives: social, personal, emotional
  • Adverbs: socially, personally, emotionally
  • Nouns: feeling, meaning, relationship
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That's actually really cool! I think updating the original OPSE to include this would help players who exclusively play pen-and-paper.