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Apocalypse World / Re: 'Your Followers aren't yours, more like you're theirs'
« on: April 30, 2016, 04:56:19 AM »
I know this is slightly old so mid-necroing:
In my Serenity based AW game I play an ex-Companion Skinner on a frontier planet and my last improvement was Fortunes and Followers to which I took "YFAY, MLYT" in this vein: My Skinner is a teacher in this world (and the only one who was willing to come to the planet) so his followers are his students. The students are loyal but have parents and each other to look after too - and are at best teenagers. If trouble comes they blame their teacher or come to him with their problems.
The Judgement has come into play once and very masterfully. The frontier planet is very "conservative Wild West" and my man is an Ex-Companion, which while is closer to a geisha is still seen mainly as a "whore." And a male one? Tsk tsk. So my guy got an 8 and the MC kicked in that "Judgement" was triggered; the town bible thumper turned Sunday school into "Sunday Schoolhouse" for "moral education" and my Skinner lost the effectiveness of his followers during the day time (when their parents made them go to new! school) and had to sneak around at night (where they had to sneak out of their houses) until he spent a good portion of a session proving that his art, science, and cultural education trumped "Because Reavers will eat you" education.
I'll be honest and say I've only had the followers for 2 sessions and my second session I got a 10 on the Fortune roll so I haven't had Judgement come majorly into play. I want to see it handled the following ways:
My man is in his late 20s, the oldest student/follower is 18. What happens when s/he purchases the Companion/whore services and blurs the student/teacher relationship? +Judgement
They are adolescents and teens. What they think will please their teacher may have dire consequences. +Savagery
They are the new generation shedding the frontier morals. Their parents make them choose between art and tradition. A battle, philosophical and physical is going to brew. +Savagery
In my Serenity based AW game I play an ex-Companion Skinner on a frontier planet and my last improvement was Fortunes and Followers to which I took "YFAY, MLYT" in this vein: My Skinner is a teacher in this world (and the only one who was willing to come to the planet) so his followers are his students. The students are loyal but have parents and each other to look after too - and are at best teenagers. If trouble comes they blame their teacher or come to him with their problems.
The Judgement has come into play once and very masterfully. The frontier planet is very "conservative Wild West" and my man is an Ex-Companion, which while is closer to a geisha is still seen mainly as a "whore." And a male one? Tsk tsk. So my guy got an 8 and the MC kicked in that "Judgement" was triggered; the town bible thumper turned Sunday school into "Sunday Schoolhouse" for "moral education" and my Skinner lost the effectiveness of his followers during the day time (when their parents made them go to new! school) and had to sneak around at night (where they had to sneak out of their houses) until he spent a good portion of a session proving that his art, science, and cultural education trumped "Because Reavers will eat you" education.
I'll be honest and say I've only had the followers for 2 sessions and my second session I got a 10 on the Fortune roll so I haven't had Judgement come majorly into play. I want to see it handled the following ways:
My man is in his late 20s, the oldest student/follower is 18. What happens when s/he purchases the Companion/whore services and blurs the student/teacher relationship? +Judgement
They are adolescents and teens. What they think will please their teacher may have dire consequences. +Savagery
They are the new generation shedding the frontier morals. Their parents make them choose between art and tradition. A battle, philosophical and physical is going to brew. +Savagery