Unfortunately, our game ended, so the move didn't recieve proper testing. Anyway...

Hmm. The reason I wanted a move for this was to make sure that the Chopper could have a gang at all times. The book mentions that you shouldn't aim to take away what makes characters interesting: my reasoning is that if guns make the Gunlugger interesting, then the gang does that for the Chopper times 100. I WAS offering them niche protection because a Chopper without a gang is a playbook without moves/uniqueness, which is the worst fate a character can meet, in my opinion. A Chopper sans gang would be a very boring thing to me, though I realize that's just my personal opinion now. I can't behind the idea of "The Chopper has no gang? Too bad, so sad" even if that's the idea I'm supposed to have.

Taking what Ebok and Jonathan said into consideration, I think it would be best to make this move into a possible love-letter type thing. Otherwise, just leaving as a Seduce/Manipulate, either with hot or hard, works well enough.

First off, you're not condescending, and if you were it might be appropriate, as this is only the second campaign I've GMed, and the first hardly counts. You seem much more experienced with running AW as it is designed than I am.


Join me or die: When you and your gang have an utterly dominating position on a few NPCs or less not belonging to another PC, and try “convincing” them it’s in their best interest to join your gang, roll +hard: On a 10+, they join you at no cost and are fairly motivated, at least for now: choose none and take +1 to gang-related moves. On a 7-9, they join you for now, but with a catch: choose 1. On a miss, they join you for now, but you’ll really wish they didn’t.

• You have to put down the rebellious half first or they’ll be out of commission for a while after you’re done with them.
• They’re fucking thieves, alright, but not always in your favor. The GM gains 1 hold to take something from you when you need it most. Can’t be countered by the Fucking Thieves move.
• This crew isn’t as useful as you first thought and is going to take some breaking in. Lose 1 gang benefit or gain 1 gang vulnerability, the MC will tell you which, until the next time you use this move or the problem is resolved, as appropriate.

Sorry, this move was definitely not meant to work on PCs, I just forgot to specify that. When it comes to NPCs that you know would NEVER join the gang, well, there are already mechanics for that: the advanced Going Aggro and Seduce or Manipulate moves. This move is supposed to read like a 12+ Go Aggro. One of the things I like about this game is that sometimes you can make things happen that shouldn't be able to happen, cause you're a badass. There are no truly in-any-way untouchable NPCs, if going by AW principles and rules. That said,  I understand the problem of a major "antagonist" suddenly being a happy member of your gang for only a 10+ or even 7-9. There a few possible solutions I can see. Let me know which you think is best or if you have any alternative solutions.
1. Specify that the move can be used only at the MC's discretion, which goes against the "say yes or roll dice" principle, so this option isn't my favorite.
2. Specify that the move can be used only on nameless NPCs (because nameless NPCs are never that strong-willed). This also isn't ideal to me, because I like the idea of named NPCs joining your gang. It establishes some on-scene prior history with gang members, which I think could be neat. This is negotiable though.
3. Rework the move so that even at best, there is potential for sabotage by vindictive and tactical NPCs of importance. This is definitely doable.
4. Specify that no matter the result, they only join your gang "for now" (whatever the reason), and might choose to leave almost immediately. This is the one I choose for now, but it's not my preferred choice either.

I reworded the move requirements so you should no longer be able to "lose ten battles and win the war," take other character's gang members, or increase gang size without putting in a lot of time, as well as not using your gang as a weapon for many sessions.

Also, I originally said: "You could just say they gain gang members when the time seems right narrative-wise, or you can use this if it seems useful or interesting to you." What I realize now, is that this move is meant to be used in addition to the "They need to get more guys for their gang, so they do and the MC attaches strings" attitude. This move is meant to replicate something I think fits in this type of game, as well as fill out gang members: Overwhelming someone and then demanding they work for you. (This is also why the barter moves aren't scratching the right itch, though I failed to mention this motivation in my first post). That wouldn't be the only way to gain gang members, and everything else could be handled as you described!

Hopefully I've de-macroed the move enough to be acceptable. By the way, since this move is definitely supposed to be more Go Aggro than Seduce or Manipulate, one could argue that the Going Aggro basic move could be good enough for what I'm trying to do here, and they wouldn't be wrong. I just personally wanted something surrounding this idea that was a little more specialized.

How does one like, favorite, or upvote on this site? This is really good stuff!

Dangan Ronpa reference FTW! Monobear is the best example of a perversion of birth ever!

Fair enough. We have some differences in opinion. A Gunlugger can take Insano Like Draino, Bloodcrazed, and NOT TO BE FUCKED WITH and be a chivalrous knight, but when looking at the moves descriptively that's not the picture you arrive at naturally. It's also up for debate whether "Baddest ass in the room" is a fair role when there's also a Faceless in the room. Here's the intro for the Brainer: "Brainers are the weird psycho psychic mindfucks of Apocalypse World. They have brain control, puppet strings, creepy hearts, dead souls, and eyes like broken things. They stand in your peripheral vision and whisper into your head, staring. They clamp lenses over your eyes and read your secrets." Doesn't read like nice guy, though you can make a Brainer into one.

I'll acquiesce to your other points. If you want to play a nice guy with psychic powers that specifically allow you to read people, then absolutely play a Brainer! It's the only playbook with those options! If you want to play a person who operates an entire hold, absolutely play a Hardholder! That's the only playbook that gives you that option! This is kind of common sense.

Again, this is for the player who doesn't know exactly what they want or can't choose between two options, and the MC who has done everything they can to help them choose. This assessment is meant to serve as a problem solver, not an option limiter. I want to make clear that we both agree that autonomous choice of playbook is ideal.

The first document contains just the questions, the second contains the information for scoring based on the answers.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BVS-QGKmH86NJC1PIiELtcf6CJDwBLP87LI8Tj-fLgs/edit?usp=sharing
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dCxIvACBRR8VnP_VmIQe46iYnc6q_Xz4OKmtK_OrSIE/edit?usp=sharing

Guide: The numbers before the playbook name indicate "points."
You add up points based on the selected answer to each question to help determine a class for someone's idea of a character.

Intro: I was running an AW game yesterday and one of our players had a hard time choosing a playbook. One of my friends playing with us jokingly said I should come up with a personality assessment to determine which playbook a player should use, kinda like Fallout. Today, this. I figured some groups have that player who just can never decide. This is for those people/MCs who have to deal with those people. It's my first time doing something like this so it's very far from perfect, but hey, maybe one single person on the internet will find it useful. If you've got any thoughts, please put them in a comment below.

Edit: I just noticed that I missed Brainer options in 2 of the questions. Major oversight on my part. I'll fix that within 24 hours.