Episode Plot Generator

The Episode Plot Generator is a genre-agnostic, Western-boned pulp premise generator. The Western is the skeleton, never the costume — no cowboys in here. A capable figure with a Code stands in some Stance toward the Edge, where a System — working through its Enforcer — puts the Squeeze on the place and the One Worth Saving. A Job binds them to act; they hit a Reversal and the Turn, and everything tightens toward the Reckoning — which tests the Code at full cost — and the Disposition: a costly outcome in the archetype's signature key.

Pick an Archetype — the hero's relationship to place and order. It swaps only two slots: the Stance (beat 1) and the Disposition (beat 7); everything between is shared. Roll the SEED slots for a premise, set genre and tone, then flip the Skeleton switch to fold the EXPANSION slots into the premise. Reroll any slot that fights the others. These slots define external plot, arena, and one relationship only — the internal arc (Lie, Fear, Flaw, Need, Wound, Epiphany) is intentionally absent. Copy carries the full premise plus a legend defining every slot in craft terms, so a pasted premise needs no guesswork.

Archetype

Genre

Tone

Mode

Skeleton

Seed

Stance
Code
Edge
System
Enforcer
Squeeze
Job

Expansion

Reversal
One Worth Saving
Turn
Reckoning
Disposition
Wildcard

Seed

Expansion

Investigation — Revelation Ladder