The characters are professional adventure entertainers. A beholder follows each character, magically broadcasting their exploits around the kingdom. It doesn't take long for the other competitors to start banding together in groups to survive, so the player characters join forces with each other. They gear up by getting sponsors through heroic deeds. The competition is part The Great Race, part Indiana Jones, and a healthy chunk of dungeon crawl. At the end of each session, each player gets a minute or two to do an interview segment with their own beholder offering up their opinion of the other characters and the events of the day.