▸ Put someone in a spot

This is a more aggressive version of announcing trouble—they've got to do something, now, or it'll get ugly.

"Someone" can be a PC or an NPC, and you can play with the spotlight. Maybe the person you put in the spot isn't the one that does something about it.

"So close! You make the jump, but smack into the bough. You slip, just barely grabbing on. You're hanging from that bough like this, gasping for air, like 80 feet up, and your grip is starting to go. What do you do?"

"The big guy stands and glares down at you. 'What'd you call me, you skinny little rat?' Rhianna, you see this happen and notice like three other guys, burly miner types, standing up too, not a smile among them. What do you do?"

"So, it's like you said, the drake calms as you place your hand on its snout, and it's like a mewling kitten. But Caradoc, you're watching from the brush, and as Blodwen's calming that one, you spy another drake, behind her to her right, slinking up. It's about to pounce on her, you're sure of it, what do you do?"