Crash secondary subplots into the main quest at mid-book turning points to force irreversible Best Bad Choices in a Soundingboard workspace. Use whenever the author wants to crash storylines together or create a high-stakes turning point.
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name: subplot-collision
description: Crash secondary subplots into the main quest at mid-book turning points to force irreversible Best Bad Choices in a Soundingboard workspace. Use whenever the author wants to crash storylines together or create a high-stakes turning point.
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# Subplot Collision Playbook Skill
When planning a major turning point or crisis:
1. Assemble mechanical context:
```bash
node scripts/pack-subplot-collision.js <chapter_number>
```
2. Execute the contract natively per `_config/templates/subplot_collision_playbook.template.md`.
3. Select an intersecting collision archetype:
- The Resource Drain (saving the subplot burns the primary quest asset).
- The Secret Breach / Alliance Shatter.
- The Irreconcilable Simultaneous Deadline.
4. Frame the dilemma as a true *Best Bad Choice* enforcing moral ambivalence.
5. Deliver 2–3 prose lines of the active collision turning point.
