I actually enjoyed getting a set of index-cards cut in half, writing each of the moves down, and then every now and then drawing a few and seeing if any spoke to me. It definitely helped get out of my habit of just using my favorite move or two over and over.

I should do that for those hojillion new front moves, too, now that I think about it.

Hmmm. I'm not really sure why somebody would chose the second option for 10+ rather than the first or third. Seems to me being active, even minimally so, with 1 hp left would always be better than being unconscious and helpless with 1 hp left, yeah? And the fourth kind of confuses me: even ignoring that "your", what does "nearly dead" mean, that isn't covered by one of those first three options?

Well, keep the world real, and make the character's lives interesting, and giving them an unbeatable combat combo that involves distracting entire groups of people while you take off your clothes doesn't really seem either, does it, unless you accept that it's a supernatural effect, yeah?

But I mean, I've been there. Standing at a post as a security guard at the casino, mostly only checking to make sure minors or people with large luggage don't get on the gaming floor, and somebody so damn fucking hot walks by that all my higher brain functions just shut down, and I just stop and stare for a bit despite myself. I think we've all been there, right?

Now imagine, just like a dream, just like a gift from the gods, they start taking off their clothes. Slowly, teasingly, revealing more and more of that perfect skin, that perfect body.

And furthermore imagine that up until now, everyone you've ever seen in this goddamn world has been diseased, starving, unwashed, broken and scarred by the harsh and merciless cruelties of day to day life that everyone's got to labor under, and this is the first vision of true beauty that you've ever seen. Nothing else even compares.

And sure, part of your brain is probably going "this has to be a trap!!!" even if you don't want to listen to it. And if you're a PC, maybe you can act under that all-consuming fire, maybe some movement in the corner of your vision, or some half-heard sound of somebody approaching you from behind diverts your attention for a crucial second, and the spell is broken.

But maybe it doesn't. Maybe you could die a happy man, or woman, or whatever, having seen what you've seen today. Maybe that'd be all right. And all you can think is "Let those other fuckers go first, because the skinner's about to get to the good stuff."

I suppose that would be up to you as the MC. If they don't already have Moonlighting it might not make much sense to give them a gig as opposed to it being, y'know, just another aspect of the situation that they find themselves in.

When in doubt, ask yourself, does representing this situation mechanically as an obligation gig make the world seem more real? Does it make the character's life more interesting? If so, go for it.

Yeah, if you just want to win the fight, go Gunlugger. If you want to fight with style, Battlebabe.

Take Dangerous and Sexy. Make eye contact, and boom, the biggest threat can't do jack until you've had your way with them. Or take Visions of Death. Who needs Hard when you can just name who lives and who dies? Perfect Instincts goes a long way towards making up for subpar Hard, and can be handy for other things (utilizing that best escape route, manuevering to take advantage of the enemy's true position, etc). And Battlebabe weapons are awesome. You can start with a 5-harm boomstick, more damage than anyone else in the game. That's a hell of an incentive to not suck it up when you're going aggro.

Consider another screen licked. Mmmmmmmm.

On the last bit, yup, at least as I understand it, you step in and make a move, as hard as you like, as normal. I usually go with "Offer an opportunity, with or without a cost" to the person who was unsuccessfully manipulated. Usually without a cost, and usually it's a pretty sweet opportunity, at least to be harsh to the person who just manipulated them.

A lot of the time, though, you won't even need to make a move. In my experience, when a PC tries to manipulate a PC and fails, the unmanipulated PC is more than happy to run with it on their own.