Structure Beat Sheet · 4 of 5 · No. 04

Sorting Hat

Early choices sort the player into a track · identity is the product

The shape: a sorting prologue scores the player’s answers, then routes them into one of 3–4 long, mostly-linear tracks. Big early divergence, little late divergence. Use for: faction-rich IPs, “which kind of person are you in this world?”, shareable results. Players replay to live the other lives -- budget the tracks evenly.

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The Sorting Prologue (5–10 questions)

Each question is an in-world scene, never a quiz. The three answers must be equally attractive -- if one is obviously “correct,” it sorts nothing. Note which track each answer scores.

QUESTION 1The scene (one line, in-world)Answer 1 → scores trackAnswer 2 → scores trackAnswer 3 → scores trackWhat the question secretly measures

QUESTION 2The scene (one line, in-world)Answer 1 → scores trackAnswer 2 → scores trackAnswer 3 → scores trackWhat the question secretly measures

QUESTION 3The scene (one line, in-world)Answer 1 → scores trackAnswer 2 → scores trackAnswer 3 → scores trackWhat the question secretly measures

QUESTION 4The scene (one line, in-world)Answer 1 → scores trackAnswer 2 → scores trackAnswer 3 → scores trackWhat the question secretly measures

QUESTION 5The scene (one line, in-world)Answer 1 → scores trackAnswer 2 → scores trackAnswer 3 → scores trackWhat the question secretly measures

QUESTION 6 (optional) optionalThe scene (one line, in-world)Answer 1 → scores trackAnswer 2 → scores trackAnswer 3 → scores trackWhat the question secretly measures

QUESTION 7 (optional) optionalThe scene (one line, in-world)Answer 1 → scores trackAnswer 2 → scores trackAnswer 3 → scores trackWhat the question secretly measures

Track Sheets (3–4)

Each track is a short Gauntlet or mini-Quest with its patron’s flavor. List 10–15 beats per track (one line each) plus the flag that splits its two ending variants. Tracks may share scenery -- the same ballroom from the servant’s door and the guest list are different scenes for the price of one set.

TRACK 1Patron / faction / identityThe promise (what this life feels like)Reveal portrait (the “you are” moment)Beats 1–5 (one line each)Beats 6–10 (one line each)Beats 11–15 (optional)Variant flag + the two endings it splitsScenery shared with other tracks

TRACK 2Patron / faction / identityThe promise (what this life feels like)Reveal portrait (the “you are” moment)Beats 1–5 (one line each)Beats 6–10 (one line each)Beats 11–15 (optional)Variant flag + the two endings it splitsScenery shared with other tracks

TRACK 3Patron / faction / identityThe promise (what this life feels like)Reveal portrait (the “you are” moment)Beats 1–5 (one line each)Beats 6–10 (one line each)Beats 11–15 (optional)Variant flag + the two endings it splitsScenery shared with other tracks

TRACK 4 (optional) optionalPatron / faction / identityThe promise (what this life feels like)Reveal portrait (the “you are” moment)Beats 1–5 (one line each)Beats 6–10 (one line each)Beats 11–15 (optional)Variant flag + the two endings it splitsScenery shared with other tracks

Track Parity Check

Players replay to see the other lives. Rate each track honestly -- if one is the B-team, the structure’s promise breaks.

Track Parity Check

Track	Best scene (its showpiece)	Word-count share (%)	Would YOU replay it?

Handoff checklist

Universal sheet attached and complete
Every sorting answer is genuinely attractive (no “correct” answers)
Tracks budgeted evenly -- parity table filled honestly
Each track has 2 ending variants gated on its own flag