I'd like to see something more than "gender is not required". I'd like to see something like: it's a great option, choose it! (In AW "gender" was part of characters in Look, and people I played chose something else than man/women, cause it was one of the options to choose). 

I don't want to constantly remind fellow players that male is not default. It's tiresome.

I was thinking that it has something to do with "wolfpack". Like you're pack-alpha?

Hi!

I would like to ask about pronouns in AW. I was suprised to find that pronouns related to MC and characters (Angel, Chopper etc) were "she" and "her" (MC's job is = her job is). AFAIK in other games (Vampire is an exeption) written in english there were usually male pronouns as related to Game Master and "he" or "he or she" as related to characters (Fighter, Cleric).

Why you chose this solution? For me it's something different (I wasn't used to it, but I like it very much), but I'm not sure what the conventions in english are now, especially in hobby (is this breaking the tradition or choosing new conventions?).

 

Hi

This scenario lacks some drama. It is very simple, motivations between Josiah and Elijah are mutually exclusive: if Dogs help one of them, they wouldn't help the other (too easy!). And do you really want to say: "Is she only married him (even if he cannot ask), everything would be ok"?

With this Pride I would think about what St. Patience did with the corpse - maybe someone knows and she threats him with beating? or pays her? (great injustice).

CW - burning the effigy is super cool. What now? Is Elijahs really burning effigy of Josiah's and noone notices? What does Steward think and do (4th PC could be connected with Steward) - and maybe he says it's a good idea for banishing demons? Other people? Maybe Elijahs make other people feel envy too! (--> cult).

I would take it further. Elijah burned the effigy, so it is a sorcery - his home is burned, maybe someone's dead or injured (someone innocent? his oldest son? looked like effigy:) ).

What people want: all of them have families. Does sister Patience have children? any adult son in the house? what they want? What about Josiah's and Elijah's wives? The want to stop Elijah's madness or are in cult?

I wrote a town Birch Grove with same Pride. There was some sex and at least one dead body (possibly more) (scenario without sex and violence doesn't count, as i used to say). If you'd like I could translate it here.

(Pardon my English, it is not my first language).

According to the Book:

If you’re a woman, you can expect prestigious suitors
and far more say in your future than non-Dog women
have. No suitor can demand that you marry him, for
instance, where most women — even if nobody does
demand them, there’s always somebody who could. The
Prophets and Ancients of the Faith, the seventy old men,
when they want another wife, they always court and
propose to just-finished Dogs, for instance, and you can
turn them down if you want to. Which is a big deal,
actually.
When you do marry, you can expect your husband’s
respect, and if you marry an office-holder, you can expect
to participate in the administration of his office. You can
expect to be regarded as a spiritual advisor and, if your
inclinations run that way, a theologian in your own right.
If your husband treats you badly, you can expect the Faith
to take your complaints seriously.

In my opinion it isn`t allowed normally and if an ex-Dog woman wants to do anything connected with Faith, she should marry a Steward or get a special permission.

What about this?

When you eat someone`s you killed stillbeating heart, you open your brain to their soul: roll +weird. On a hit MC will tell you something interesting how they`re connected to the current situation. The soul wants you to do something in return for the information: on 10+ get experience if you do it, 7-9 act under fire if you don`t and get +1 forward after you do it. On a miss the soul asks those she`s connected for revenge and get -1forward.

I`m not sure if this move isn`t too strong, it`s similar to faceless` move "Norman" (but without marking experience) - so it could look like it`s a free move for him. I thought about removing +1forward - I just don`t want them to eat hearts just to get magical +1:)

Colin: I don`t understand the idea of rolling +hard in such psychic thing (it`s not a test if he`s going to vomit this heart ;) ).

weenog42: I took your direction.