Hell anyone ever sit down and play Tribe 8? I own the main book and loved the setting but never got around to playing it.

@Robin. Damn I wish I could read those! The illustrations look awesome!

Keeping an eye on your work. I have an interest in making a Godlike AW hack as I love the Godlike worldscape. On first glance I like where you are going with the powers and stunts.

Adapting superpowers into AW is an interesting exercise as AW is set up to be fairly flat power levels. Moves in AW definitely get weird and players are definitely more kick-ass than NPCs but for the most part everyone is about human-level — it's more Batman than the Hulk level powers. The only tiered system in place is with only "gang size" as a measure of one side being outclassed.

I like the StrangeFate system of power tiers. It's an interesting hack for Fate which is also a mechanic at it's base that isn't geared for powers where one super can truly outclass another. Switching from 2d6 to 4DF for rolls could make it easy to strap on StrangeFate power tiers.

In the back of the Apocalypse World book it states that gasoline "evaporates like crazy" and that "not a drop of refined gas" would be left after 50 years. My first though was "citation needed" so I did a bit of searching and came across this interesting article which talks about how much evaporation there is from a standard car gas tank. The source for the article is this really complex but authoritative EPA report on gas storage tanks.

According to the article "for a 8400 gallon tank the total loss is 48 lbs (or about 8 gallons) a year." If this is correct, even after 50 years there would be at least 8000 gallons left in that one tank so evaporation loss really isn't an issue.

Anyone else have other research that shows differently?

Just recently began delving into Apocalypse World and I love the bare bones story telling mechanics and the abstruse fill in the blanks as the story progresses concept behind the system and setting. While reading over the wonderful playbooks I saw a hole — the Apocalypse is all about fire and destruction so where was the wide-eyed pyromaniac? So I created the Firebug. While I'm pretty experienced with fiddling with game mechanics, I'm pretty new to the Apocalypse World system so let me know what you think.

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PLAYBOOK: FIREBUG

You barely survived a horrible inferno when you were little. Your parents, your loved ones, everything in your life was reduced to ashes. At that moment, your mind was cracked open and the fire of the the Psychic Maelstrom which continues to rage in your head to this day. Anyone else would have left broken and terrified of fire, but not you. You are addicted to the lure of the flames which you feel more of a kinship than with any human.

Serious Explosives for Serious Business
The Firebug starts with enough detonators and dynamite, c4, or other explosive to do up to 20 harm of damage to any area, vehicle, or location. This can be broken down into smaller packs/bricks when less destruction is called for. Once these are used up you will have to get your hands on more. Explosives are hard to come by so once this stash has run out they must do some serious barter, lucky scrounging, or theft for more. Placing and setting an explosive charge is a Do Something Under Fire roll.

Weapons (choose 2):

• Flare gun (2-harm, reload, loud, close, incendiary)
• Molotov cocktails (2-harm, area, close, messy, incendiary)
• Fireworks (1-harm, reload, loud, incendiary)
• Rifle (2-harm far reload loud)
• Pistol (2-harm close reload loud)
• Grenades (4-harm close area reload messy)
• Incendiary/Explosive ammo (+1 harm, incendiary; this is either for the rifle, pistol, or the grenades)
• Flamethrower (3-harm, close, visibly loud, area, incendiary)

Explosive Tendencies
Due to your strange connection with the fire of the the Psychic Maelstrom you have an unnatural tendency to make things go dramatically catch fire and go boom! While you can’t make things burn impossibly—no matter how many matches you toss at that wet wood pile it won’t catch—seemingly impossible fires do start: a cigarette left smoldering quickly engulfs a couch in flames, a match tossed at a leaking fuel pump starts a fire that then blows up the entire gas station, a bullet shot at a car hits the gas tank and causes a spark.

When attempting to use Explosive Tendencies use Roll+Cool.

• On a 10+ automatically impress, dismay or frighten your enemy and the target catches fire moving 4 spaces on the countdown if it is highly flammable and 2 if it is not very flammable. You choose 1 blowback.
• On a 7-9 you automatically impress, dismay or frighten your enemy and the target catches fire moving 2 spaces on the countdown if it is highly flammable and 1 if it is not very flammable. The MC chooses 1 blowback.
• On a miss the MC may still choose to make the target catch fire and explode (2 or 1 spaces depending on flammability; enemy is not dismayed). If so, the MC also chooses 2 blowbacks.

Explosive Tendencies Blowbacks

• Fire and/or resulting explosion causes harm to you.
• Fire and/or resulting explosion causes harm to people or things you care about.
• An enemy escapes the fire/explosion damaged yet furious and out for revenge.
• You lose track of someone or something you’re attending to.
• You miss noticing something important.

Fire/Explosion Countdown
Fire automatically moves up the countdown as the action continues unless it is put out. Damage listed is total not commutative.

• 1-3 on fire, 1-harm
• 4-6 on fire, 1-harm ap
• 6-9 on fire, 2-harm ap
• 9-10 engulfed in flames, 3 harm ap*
• 10-11 engulfed in flames, 4 harm ap*
• 11-12 engulfed in flames, 6 harm ap*

* If the target is explosive it will blow up at 9 or later depending on how explosive the target is, the fiction, and the whim of the MC. Explosive damage to nearby targets varies depending on the nature of the explosion. The explosion often will set fire to other nearby objects.

Putting the Fire Out
To put the a fire out you will need to stop drop and roll, smother the flame, use a fire extinguisher, etc. depending on the fire and situation. Use Roll+Cool. On a 10+ the fire moves down 2 spaces on the countdown. On a 7-9 the fire moves down 1 space on the countdown.

Barter
If you’re charging someone wealthy for your services, 1-barter is the going rate for: one act of murder, property destruction, extortion, or other violence; one month’s employment as explosive expert/thug-on-hand.

1-barter will cover a month’s living expenses, if your tastes aren’t too grand. As a one-time expenditure, and very subject to availability, 1-barter might count for: a night in high luxury & company; any weapon, gear or fashion not valuable or hi-tech; the material costs of resuscitation by an angel; repair of a piece of hi-tech gear by a savvyhead; a year’s tribute to a warlord; a month’s maintenance and repairs for a hi-performance vehicle well-used; bribes, fees and gifts sufficient to get you into almost anyone’s presence.

For better stuff, you should expect to make particular arrangements. You can’t just wander around the commons of some hardhold with oddments ajangle and expect to find hi-tech or luxe eternal.

ADDITIONAL RULES: ?-HARM (borrowed from Quarantine Playbook)
A person suffers ?-harm from exposure to the world’s psychic maelstrom. It might be first exposure, as in the case of people released from stasis, or it might be some subsequent unusual exposure.

When an NPC suffers ?-harm, the MC creates her as a threat if necessary, and then chooses any or all:

• She aggressively pursues her threat impulse. Make moves on her behalf as hard and as direct as you can.
• Her sanity shatters. She is incoherent, raving, raging or unresponsive, alive but gone.
• She abruptly changes threat type.

For players’ characters, when you suffer ?-harm, roll+?-harm suffered (typically, roll+1). On a 10+, the MC can choose 1:

• You’re out of action: unconscious, trapped, incoherent or panicked.
• You’re out of your own control. You come to yourself again a few seconds later, having done I-don’t-know-what.
• Choose 2 from the 7–9 list below.

On a 7–9, the MC can choose 1:

• You lose your footing.
• You lose your grip on whatever you’re holding.
• You lose track of someone or something you’re attending to.
• You miss noticing something important.
• You take a single concrete action of the MC’s choosing.

On a miss, you keep it together and overcome the ?-harm with no effect.

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CREATING A FIREBUG
To create your operator, choose name, look, stats, moves, gigs, crew/contacts, gear, and Hx.

Name
Match, Fireman, Pyro, Smoky, Smolder, Burnt, Scorch, Inferno, Sparky, Sooty, Boom, Shaky, Bang, Heat, Crispy,

Stats
Cool+2 Hard+1 Hot=0 Sharp-1 Weird+1
Cool+2 Hard=0 Hot-1 Sharp+1 Weird+1
Cool+2 Hard+1 Hot-1 Sharp=0 Weird+1
Cool+2 Hard=0 Hot-1 Sharp-1 Weird+2

Moves
You get all basic moves, Explosive Tendencies, and 2 more Firebug moves.

Hx
Everyone introduces their characters by name, look and outlook. Take your turn. List the other characters’ names.

Go around again for Hx. On your turn:

• Pick one person whom you were with when you were in the middle of situation involving a seriously dangerous fiery explosive destruction. Take them to the side and tell them in detail about the firey horrors in your mind and hint at the terrible aspect of your past that formed you. Tell them Hx+2.
• Tell everyone else Hx-1. You don’t form connections with most people and are hard to read.

On the others’ turns:

• You have trouble understanding people unless the world is burning down around you. Whatever number they tell you, give it -1 and write it next to their character’s name.

At the end, find the character with the highest Hx on your sheet. Ask that player which of your stats is most interesting, and highlight it. The MC will have you highlight a second stat too.

Look
Man, woman, ambiguous, transgressing.

Singed torn clothing, utility wear, scrounge wear, fireproof jumpsuit, firefighter attire.

Soot covered face, manic face, emotionless face, scarred face, gaunt face.

Manic burning eyes, shifty nervous eyes, burnt hollow eyes, staring cold eyes.

Gaunt body, wiry body, small body, scarred body.

Gear
You start with:

• a stash of serious explosives (see Serious Explosives for Serious Business above)
• 2 weapons
• oddments worth 1 barter
• fashion suitable to your look, including at your option a piece worth 1-armor (you detail)

Firebug Special
If you and another character have sex, roll Burning Torment against them whether you have that move or not. Their character automatically gains Hx+2 for you; if this pushes them past +3 they gain experience and reset to +1. Brainers who have sex with you cannot use their deep brain scan as it is overpowered; however, they gain Hx+3 instead of Hx+2. You cannot gain any Hx from any PC specials as you can't find connection with other humans unless the world is burning down around you.

Improvement
Whenever you roll a highlighted stat, and whenever you reset your Hx with
someone, mark an experience circle. When you mark the 5th, improve and erase.

Each time you improve, choose one of the options. Check it off; you can’t choose it again.

__ get +1cool (max cool+3)
__ get +1weird (max weird+2)
__ get +1sharp (max sharp+2)
__ get +1hard (max hard+2)
__ get +1hard (max hard+2)
__ get a new Firebug move
__ get a new Firebug move
__ get 2 gigs (detail) and moonlighting
__ get a move from another playbook
__ get a move from another playbook

FIREBUG MOVES

Explosive Tendencies: Automatic. See rules above.

Fireproof: roll+Cool to avoid taking damage from any fire or explosion or smoke. On a 10+ you take -3 harm. On a 7-9 you take -2 harm and the MC can choose 1:

• You lose your footing.
• You lose your grip on whatever you’re holding.
• You lose track of someone or something you.
• You miss noticing something important.

Smoke Signals: roll+Weird to discover what caused a destruction from little more than the smoking remains. Treat a miss as though you’ve opened your brain to the world’s psychic maelstrom and missed the roll. On a hit, you can ask the MC questions. On a 10+, ask 3. On a 7–9, ask 1:

• who caused this destruction?
• what was destroyed and many people died?
• what were the events that let up to this destruction?
• what device or spark caused this destruction?
• Is there anything or anyone important left that is worth saving?

Burning Torment: roll+Weird to open anothers mind to the burning fire of the Psychic Maelstrom causing ?-harm (see additional rules above). On 10+ it causes 1 ?-harm. On a 7-9 it either causes 1 s-harm or causes 1 ?-harm and the MC can choose 1 for you:

• You lose your footing.
• You lose your grip on whatever you’re holding.
• You lose track of someone or something you’re attending to.
• You miss noticing something important.

On a miss it nothing happens and the MC can choose one of the above for you.
If you do this to a PC, add Hx+1 to their sheet for you as they understand you a bit more. If you have this move, it is automatically triggered by a deep brain scan.

Only Happy When It Burns: Compared to the psychic fire raging constantly at the edge of your thoughts, no real fire or explosion can shake you — in fact it gives you focus. You get +1 for all rolls when you are in the middle of a raging fire or surrounded by explosions (things must be really dangerously on fire or exploding in your immediate vicinity—typical gunfire does or a measly campfire does not cut it).

Scorcher: Increase the damage +1 harm for any incendiary weapon or explosion caused by you. Also, any fire started by you automatically moves one higher on the fire/explosion countdown.