Hey folks,

Again, I want to thank this community for all the help I've received over the last month or so! I appreciate it! Know that your ideas are showing up in my game and making it better.


Here is another Questions.

In D&D, players wonder unwittingly into traps (if they fail a perception roll, or if their passive perception isn't high enough) and then they have to deal with the consequences.

In AW, can we spring 'custom moves' associated with our threats without player knowledge of the consequences?  I've done it once, and the players liked it, they "Went to one of Cash's parties" (i stole the move from a thread) and didn't end up being the party favour. But they definitely weren't aware and I wasn't sure if "Honesty demands" that I tell players all of the consequences before hand.


here is another move I'm thinking about springing if they continue with narrative (i.e. it makes narrative sense to spring it):

When you have a dance competition with another gang, Roll+ Hot

On a hit - you win
On a 10+,   Choose 2
On a 7-9, Choose 1

*You humiliate the other gang
*You impress the crowd + 1 barter
*They forget about the loss and won't bring it up later
*A patron comes forward

On a miss, it turns into a rumble, and they're ready for it
 

Alex,

I don't think it is having a negative impact at all. I spoke with people last night around your suggestions and they seem cool with the way characters are advancing. They are also very generous with their highlighting of stats so that works out well for them. Generally, they are all close enough anyways.

Ebok, I don't have any grinding, yet. If I do, I'll dump in the 1 highlight per scene. Thanks for the timely suggestions. I'm trying to unlearn D&D habits on leveling.

How do y'all deal with PCs improving at different rates? I'm a few sessions in on my first game and I've noticed that some players are one or two improvements ahead of others and I'm doing my best to create equal amounts of screen time.

Any ideas? Does it even matter? Should I push them to make highlighted rolls?

Another quick question - If the Hardholder scavenges and retrieves some oddments worth 1 barter, does he get to carry those forward to the next session, or does it disappear like the barter from the wealth roll?

It didn't work out well for Boner, who got a sucking chest wound but the trawler now belongs to the hold. It continues to be such a weird experience to have the NPCs and the my threats in the crosshairs! Very different and refreshing take from good ole 5e D&D although it continues to hurt when they die.

Wealth (hardholder): If your hold is secure and your rule
unchallenged, at the beginning of the session, roll+hard. On a 10+,
you have surplus at hand and available for the needs of the session.


Does, "for the needs of the session" mean that the barter disappears after the session?

 had a really interesting, for me anyway, moment after last night's game - I felt jumpy, jittery, and a little bit terrified of what happened in Apocalypse World. In short, 'pragmatism' is scary, very scary. (But also pretty damn fun to experience, vicariously). It sucks that people in our world have to make those choices on a daily basis, for better or worse. It's crazy how unsettling (yet exciting) it is to not have control over the narrative anymore.

I basically asked a million questions and when they failed their moves, had bad things happen. They provided the movement and I had the pleasure of being part of it.


My 1 sentence Recap:

A beautiful day ends badly (for some).

I like it when my players ask me me leading questions about NPCs :x

It allows a good balance if they can go with the flow, so can you.

Ebok, do you make this known up front for your players?