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Sagas of the Icelanders / Re: Sagas of the Icelanders
« on: July 19, 2010, 03:31:38 PM »It seems like the missing female role is the outsider, kind of like the Wanderer.
"Shieldmaiden", maybe?
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"Shieldmaiden", maybe?
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brainstorming & development / Re: I thought a lot about this and this is what I think about Apocalypse World
« on: July 18, 2010, 02:12:03 PM »Maybe you all start with the "Ordinary person" playbook, and it's got 12+ results like this:...
And similarly for the other basic moves; each basic move expands into one or more advanced character types.
That's an awesome idea. Allows for the characters to become what they do. You might still want some slight differentiation in the starting characters, just so people's roles are less likely to overlap, but it could be a matter of one special move.
Maybe the Ordinary Person book has a list of special moves, and only one PC can take each. It'd be a way of saying, "I'm interested in being the sneaky guy" or whatever without it being a big thing at first, and they could grow into their roles.
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brainstorming & development / Re: I thought a lot about this and this is what I think about Apocalypse World
« on: July 16, 2010, 12:45:22 PM »
New character types, mainly.
Suburbanite: Life is not supposed to do this. You know how life is supposed to be, and this is not it. But at least you have some idea of how to use the camping gear in the basement, and you've got a cabin in the woods if you can get there, and the car's big enough to hold the kids and maybe one or two neighbors.
Veteran: The only real difference is, this time the people shooting at you come from the same country you do. Also, a distinct lack of MREs. Even herding civilians isn't too far off from dealing with new recruits and their bullshit ideas about how the world works. You're gonna get your unit out of the badness or die trying.
Scientist: It would help if you could make people see all this in a rational fashion. Maybe if you could get enough data together, you could figure out a way to reverse this. Failing that, at least you can survive it. But keep an eye out--future generations will thank you for your observations.
Messiah: You always knew it was coming, and now it's here. With the end of the world upon us, can the New Millenium be far behind? Yes, there's the small matter of living long enough to see it, but the Lord will not allow His faithful to be struck down in the moment of their triumph.
Warlord: You've always dreamed of an opportunity like this. The Army's still holding it together, but that won't last long, and in the vacuum that's left will be golden opportunities for anyone hard enough and smart enough to take advantage.
Suburbanite: Life is not supposed to do this. You know how life is supposed to be, and this is not it. But at least you have some idea of how to use the camping gear in the basement, and you've got a cabin in the woods if you can get there, and the car's big enough to hold the kids and maybe one or two neighbors.
Veteran: The only real difference is, this time the people shooting at you come from the same country you do. Also, a distinct lack of MREs. Even herding civilians isn't too far off from dealing with new recruits and their bullshit ideas about how the world works. You're gonna get your unit out of the badness or die trying.
Scientist: It would help if you could make people see all this in a rational fashion. Maybe if you could get enough data together, you could figure out a way to reverse this. Failing that, at least you can survive it. But keep an eye out--future generations will thank you for your observations.
Messiah: You always knew it was coming, and now it's here. With the end of the world upon us, can the New Millenium be far behind? Yes, there's the small matter of living long enough to see it, but the Lord will not allow His faithful to be struck down in the moment of their triumph.
Warlord: You've always dreamed of an opportunity like this. The Army's still holding it together, but that won't last long, and in the vacuum that's left will be golden opportunities for anyone hard enough and smart enough to take advantage.
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Apocalypse World / Re: Images of ApW
« on: July 13, 2010, 12:10:40 PM »
--This hillside was ready for a subdivision. Now there are rice paddies on the terraces. Nice thing is, there are some paved roads.
--A sheltered bulletin board in the train station still holds homemade Missing posters and messages: "Will, if you read this, I'm taking Robin to the cabin. Please find us there. I love you."
--She has to pollinate the blossoms by hand, but by God she'll have apples come fall.
--He's weird and mutters and kind of smells, but he can tell when the bloodstorms are coming so they feed him.
--Snowshoes work on ash too.
--She remembers when she couldn't hear the voices.
--A sheltered bulletin board in the train station still holds homemade Missing posters and messages: "Will, if you read this, I'm taking Robin to the cabin. Please find us there. I love you."
--She has to pollinate the blossoms by hand, but by God she'll have apples come fall.
--He's weird and mutters and kind of smells, but he can tell when the bloodstorms are coming so they feed him.
--Snowshoes work on ash too.
--She remembers when she couldn't hear the voices.
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the preapocalypse / Re: Help me pitch sales?
« on: July 11, 2010, 09:44:25 PM »
Mal is EXACTLY an operator. Book is a Hocus. Obviously, things have drifted with the setting. But those character types work well together, on the archetypal level.
Inara's a Skinner, Simon's an Angel, Jayne is a Gunlugger, Zoe's a Battlebabe/Gunlugger, Wash is a Driver, Kaylee is a Savvyhead, and River's a Brainer.
Mal's almost a Hardholder, only his hardhold is the Serenity. Operator is probably a better fit, all around.
I should point out here that the first time I read the Skinner description I thought, "Oh, like Inara." :)
Inara's a Skinner, Simon's an Angel, Jayne is a Gunlugger, Zoe's a Battlebabe/Gunlugger, Wash is a Driver, Kaylee is a Savvyhead, and River's a Brainer.
Mal's almost a Hardholder, only his hardhold is the Serenity. Operator is probably a better fit, all around.
I should point out here that the first time I read the Skinner description I thought, "Oh, like Inara." :)
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the preapocalypse / Folding Player Books
« on: July 11, 2010, 08:35:59 PM »
Is there some super sekrit way to fold the little character booklets so that I don't have to do all this cutting and stapling and taping?