This is mad! Dungeon research—what a move!

The things I reworked worked well for me.

I refocused the questions nd they provided some nice drives and links to the city.

I understand objects how Things can fit into a starter. I used a bunch of them at the Launch and they worked great as keys and incentives to future situations, particularly when they click with the directions of the starting questions take.

The Court Ogres were introduced early, in combination with the wonderful hat. I drifted the colour of most elements, but I still consider it an inspiring success.

The rumours came once and led some fun. More successfully was the meddlesome zealot, who I felt I had plenty to work with with only the three tags: judger, obscure, insatiable.

The unknown places, noisome street and the alone in the fog moves worked wonderfully.

Overall, I much happier with the starter/sparker/sparkler. The feedback from the first version was very helpful. I didn't really miss the dungeon moves and goals lists.

That's the next iteration.

Create at least two short lists: rooms and monsters. Roll on both when characters enter a new area. Other useful lists would be ones for traps and treasure. And maybe special/miscellaneous.

Essentially, copy Gygax's approach to solo-adventuring from Strategic Review 1.

I went with 2 Form mutations, 2 Body mutations, 2 Mind Mutations, a Supernatural Attribute mutation, an overall Power mutation and one total random. And one reroll.

2 x Body: Form 1-200
58 - Fangs. This mutant has dangerous teeth. Roll 1d6 for type of fangs: 6 - Tusks
109 - Multiple legs. This mutant has more legs than is normal for its species. Roll 1d10 for number of additional legs: 2 - 2d6 extra legs = 8 extra legs

Tusks are so sweet. This makes me think of some lumbering beast. But how many frickin legs do you want. I'm was assuming bipedal as default, so 2 arms and 10 legs. Blimey! 

2 x Body: Function 201-400
252 - Fragrant. This mutant exudes a noticeably pleasant odour that most others of its species find attractive and/or relaxing. Choose a fragrance or roll 1d12 here: 9 - Honey
227 - Decreased metabolism. This mutant’s reactions are slightly slower than normal. It may also suffer from a weakened immune system, an increased susceptibility to cold, brittle hair and nails, constipation, dry skin, irregular menstruation, poor memory, and unexplained weight gain.

Decreased metabolism actually makes me think of cold climate hibernators. That's kind of exactly what it's not, but hey! Hmm, fragrant, I might reroll that one.

2 x Mental mutations 401-600
407 - Blood rage. This mutant is prone to rages whenever it is harmed or injured. If enraged, the mutant will fight against the perceived cause of its injuries until either the threat or the mutant is neutralized.
557 - Increased mental capability. This mutant has mental capabilities far greater than the average specimen of it type. Roll 1d4 to determine increased mental capability: 4 - Willpower
Roll 1d4 to determine the amount of increase: 3 - +1/3

I'm imagining rather plodding beasts, calm and well-spirited, until blood is drawn. Kind of goes well with their increased willpower. Crazy bastards. The willpower also fits with the whole frozen landscape vibe I'm going for. 

1 x Supernatural 701-1000
796 - Energy absorption. This mutant absorbs harmful radiation, electricity, heat, and lasers directed at it and converts them harmlessly into light, psychic emanations, radio broadcasts, or some other effect. Roll for amount of energy absorbed and converted: 3 - x1/3

I'm going with non-harmful energy too. I'm imagining this big creatures, I mean tusks are for big fellas, who can survive in an arid tundra by absorbing wind energy or something.   

1 x Power 601-1000
727 - Aura of light. This mutant glows with an strange aura of light. Choose a colour, or roll on either the basic or extended colour table. 3 - Brown. Roll 1d10 for trigger: 10 - Stress-induced

I'm figuring this is some kind of defence mechanism; like a squid's ink, to confuse and conceal while they make good their escape. But combined with blood rage, maybe they blind folk who hurt them and then go bat-shit crazy

1 x Overall 1-1000
600 - Weather sense. This mutant always knows what the weather will be like, often days in advance.

So yeah, they just know where to go to best absorb the winds, even before the winds change.

Reroll - scratching Fragrant
335 - Prehensile Hair. This mutant’s hair can move and grasp objects at the mutant’s direction.

Ah ha! This would definitely help them absorb wind energy.

If we take them as having 12 legs then could be a perfect dodecahedron; filled with prehensile hair on; like a spinifex or tumble weed.

Alright, I'm calling them…

SPINIPHANTS (a.k.a. tusked tumblers)

They live on the wind-blasted, stony tundra of the north. They are usually no bigger than a dog and are often found in loose groups. Some claim to have seen ones bigger than horses. They have many legs, surprising thin and ending in large cross shaped foot with four toes. Their legs are positioned all around their central mass: a fleshy, egg-shaped head body conglomerate. They're covered in red brown hair; thick and matted on their feet; long and bedraggled from their central body. Their hair is prehensile and they use much like an elephant uses their trunk: for foraging, drinking and a whole myriad of other things.

They prefer being blown by the wind, tumbling, sailing and bouncing across the frozen tundra they call home. They can roll or even waddle under their own power but they prefer to rest when the wind is down , if they feel secure.

They absorb wind energy for sustenance—using their prehensile hair as sails—whilst they are blown to the next moss-covered rock. They use their tusks to slowly scrape rocks clean of all moss, plants clean of leaves, bones clean of flesh. They always seem to know then the winds will drop before they show any signs of doing so; almost as if the wind tells them its plans. So they always seem to have find a nook to rest in til the wind returns.

Slow moving, slow eating, slow growing, and slow to react; but woe betide any who should take them for an easy target. When injured, they will pursue their attacker blindly, even suicidally. And with the wind at their back, tumblers move fast! When in this blood rage, their body flashes with muddy brown light, confusing and blinding all around them. They are little effected because they rely so little on their sight.

Though not unintelligent, there is no evidence of any writing or even a collective dialect; spiniphants society is largely unorganised, lacking notions of hierarchy or property rights. Their tenacity and forbearance in the face of a brutal harsh land is remarkable, however; especially if you make one bleed.

Great AP!

Lots of cool embellishments: bat echolocation, venom that turns you into a snakeman/bear, the chained book, signature weapon ritual, Thor's deal... Good job!

This is the AP: Something Rotten in Blackmoore.

Great feedback and fun AP! Thanks. I knew my questions weren't focused enough. Glad to hear the locations and encounters worked.

Murder-of-crows, your posts today aren't appearing for me! I can see that you last posted at 7 today but I can't see that post.