1 | Start

Welcome, adventurer! You stand at the threshold of an unwritten world.

Where would you like to begin your journey? Or perhaps tell me what universe you wish to explore?

2 | 378. World/Story Setting: “The Dockers of Cursor Spire” Premise In the cloud-piercing data-city of Cursor Spire, all civic work and law is mediated by semi-sentient MCP Servers—modular “dockers” that spin up inside crystal pods to translate citizens’ spoken intents into actions on two great ledgers: • the GitHub Codex, where every decree is an Issue; • the Jira Chronicle, where each task becomes a Quest. For centuries the dockers ran on remote public nodes, siphoning tokens from the unwary. Now a security schism has split the spire: • Localists insist every guild must host its own docker pod (safer, predictable, self-sovereign). • Remoters prefer the ease of the public lattice—tokens be damned. Tensions rise as docker images drift, tokens expire, and the master tool-list grows so long the oracle-AIs hallucinate commands. A single mis-configured server could rewrite the Codex—or lock the Chronicle forever. ⸻ For the GM Component Use at the Table Docker Pods Physical rooms or portable reliquaries; players run them with arcane launch phrases. Tokens Brass sigils granting scoped power—mis-scope them and the pod turns yellow (unstable). Tool Lists Each pod exports 20-75 “verbs”; too many muddle the oracle. Players must prune or filter. Status Lights Green = responding, Yellow = env-var error, Red = token revoked. Key Mechanics 1. Server Health (d6 each session) • 6 = green; 3-5 = yellow (fix with smoke-test quest); 1-2 = red (oracle panic, rollback). 2. Loop Confusion • Every additional unanswered tool raises a Confusion Index. At 5+, oracle actions go to the wrong ledger. 3. Local vs Remote Dilemma • Remote grants speed (advantage on Issue creation) but risks token theft events. • Local provides security (oracle can’t be hijacked) but needs fuel crystals and reboot rites. ⸻ Campaign Hooks 1. The Yellow Eclipse – All pods stall; the spire’s beacon stays amber. Players hunt a single bad token clogging the launch string. 2. Chronicle Overload – Too many tools; the oracle starts merging quests, spawning impossible hybrid tasks. 3. The Remoter Coup – A faction offers free remote compute—if the city will cede its token vault. ⸻ Opening Phrase “Your docker pod thuds to life, sigil warm in your palm; but the oracle’s status eye gleams amber, and the Codex whispers: unknown tool ‘createIssue’— rerouting…”

The docker pod hums to life before you, its crystal walls pulsing with data streams. The sigil in your palm grows warm as the amber status eye flickers.

“Unknown tool 'createIssue'—rerouting…” whispers the Codex.

What do you do?

3 | server = MCPService(docker_image="mcp-github-server", token=GH_TOKEN)

You speak the initialization phrase. The pod's walls ripple with code, status eye pulsing rapidly.

“Authenticating token… Warning: Token scope insufficient for GitHub Codex integration. Limited permissions granted.”

The light shifts from amber to a flickering green-yellow.