"When you use something on your character sheet, mark it for experience. When you mark the 7th, improve and erase your marks."

This seems kind of vague (when exactly am I using something?) and also a bit fussy, like I'll be marking 3 or 4 things all at once.

For Oaths in particularly, is "using" it when you follow it, or when someone else determines you've followed it at the session's end?

Does that include sex moves?

Attributes:
‘Ard - experienced, scarred, tough
Cunnin’ - sharp, thinkin’, plannin’
Brutal - mean, savage, nasty
Git - sneaky, dirty, thievin’
Weird - crazy, psychic, explosive

Ork Size, only applies to brawls. Size stages damage up and down in the same way that group sizes do. A boy does -1-harm against a nob, and the nob does +1-harm against the boy. These coincide with group sizes, so a small gang of boyz will be about an even tangle with a couple nobs. (I’ve considered a step between boy and nob - skarboy - but that might be too many). Some playbooks will have the ability to gain size through advances.
- Grot
- Yoof
- Boy
- Nob
- Big Boss
- Warboss

Gear:
Standard ork kit - 1-armour - a metal plate over your belly or maybe a big spiky metal shoulderpad.
‘Eavy Armour - 2-armour - metal plates here and there, and probably a big metal gob.
Mega Armour 3-Armour - big power armor with a power klaw and all that business. Dead stompy.
Weapons to follow.

Moves

Act Under Fire
As per AW-core. Roll +ard instead.

Get Stuck In
Roll +ard when you’re in a brawl. On a 10+ choose 2. On a 7-9 choose 1. Getting stuck in when the other boyz have got guns will often require a prior Act Under Fire roll.
- If you had a goal, you achieve it. Otherwise, you don’t.
- You inflict terrible harm (+1harm dealt)
- You receive little harm (-1harm dealt).

Dakka Dakka
Roll +cunnin when you’re in a gunfight. On a 10+ choose 2. On a 7-9 choose 1.
- They get shot up. Inflict +1harm.
- They gotta keep their heads down and hide behind cover.
- You’re dead-eyed. Inflict harm on a specific target of your choice.

I’m Da Biggest
Roll +brutal when you’re trying to get your way. Against NPCs, on a 10+ they do as you say. On a 7-9 they do as you say but MC chooses one:
- They need a thumpin’. Inflict harm on each other as established. If you would kill them, you can optionally choose to inflict no harm on each other and they are terrorized into doing what you say as though you rolled a +10.
- It won’t be cheap. You need to pay ‘em 1-teef.
- Yeah but it ain’t wot Zadgul wants me doin’, ‘n he’s bigga. ‘E’s not gonna like dis.

Sneaky Git
Roll +git when you’re trying to sneak somewhere or steal something unnoticed. On a 10+ you succeed! On a 7-9 MC choose 1:
- They know you’re up to something, but what?
- You get away but you’ve left your grubby fingerprints all over. They’ll figure it out, and they’ll know who.
- Offer a cost or a hard bargain or sumfing like that.

Open Your Mind to Gork... or is it Mork?
Roll +weird when you stop flapping yer gob for a minute and listen to the gods of the orks.
On a 10+ the MC will give you an itch towards what Gork or Mork want. Take a +1 to rolls towards that agenda. It’ll be something either cunningly brutal or brutally cunning. (that’s how you can tell who it is) On a 7-9 take the above, but take S-harm. That’s why you normally leave this business to the weirdboyz!

Playbooks to come

Unlimited Playbooks:
Grot
Boy

Limited Playbooks:
Driver
Gunner
Slaver
Mek
Weirdboy
Doc
Nob (though this might be fulfilled through advancement of the Boy playbook)

First rough pass. Moves need tuning. What turf means needs to be detailed. Also, sex moves? Not sure what to do with them. Thought about making them based on Outlook but had a total brain fart for them.

Also, general power level is way higher than Apocalypse World and the original setting. Might do something like "may use move once per session" and allow you to ratchet that number up as an advance.

To do:
weapons and crap tuning
Z'bri moves
turf
names
maybe a synthesis rating as a way of scaling things? dunno


Anyway here it is. To those not familiar with the original setting, a lot of this probably needs explaining that is not explained. Sorry.

Moves

Open your mind to the Psychic Maelstrom replaced by Open Your Mind to the Dream

Additionally, you may Enter a Trance to gain an appropriate +1 to any roll based on your eminences. Roll +weird. On a 10+ you gain the bonus. On a 7-9 you gain the bonus but expose yourself to danger, cost, or retribution.


Choose Your Former Tribe

Joanite

Select one of the following Attribute sets:

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

Choose an Eminence: Fury or Devotion

Choose two Moves:

Battle - Ritually prepare for battle. Roll +hard. On a 10+ hold 3. On a 7-9 hold 1. Hold may be spent during the battle: to grant a +1 to a roll to go aggro or seize by force or to gain 1-armor when you would take harm.

Righteousness - When fighting the Z’bri, the MC may not use custom moves against you that represent the Z’bri’s special abilities and you gain +1-armor against Z’bri attacks.

Sacrifice - You may take wound’s taken by others on yourself. This must occur on the moment it is inflict. Roll your +hx with them or +hard if they are an NPC. On a 10+ take one less than the amount inflicted on the target in ap harm and everyone within. On a 7-9 take the full harm. If you take 3-harm or more, all nearby allies take +1 forward.

Magdalite

Select one of the following Attribute sets:

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

Choose an Eminence: Sensuality or Conflict

Choose two Moves:

Manifestation: whenever you want to appear as someone you have seen in the past, roll +hot. +weird. On a 10+ your appearance is flawless. On a 7-9 you succeed but the MC may say that the deception fades at an inopportune time. In either case you may take +1 forward for an action where you are utilizing your deception.

Nitrous: you may enter the dreams of a target. On a 10+ you may hold 3. On a 7-9 you may hold 1. You may spend 1 hold to ask any question which will be answered by the dreamer’s mind.

Passion: you may place someone in the throes of ecstasy by rolling +hot. On a 10+ the target is incapacitated (a PC is acting under fire). On a 7-9 they take -1 forward or otherwise flinch and stumble.

Treason: if you wish to find a weakness in a target, roll +sharp. On a 10+ you find a mental and a physical weakness and may take +1 forward to go aggro, seize by force, or seduce and manipulate the target when acting on the weakness. On a 7-9 choose one or the other, mental or physical.

Dahlian

Select one of the following Attribute sets:

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

Choose an Eminence: Illusion or Motion

Choose two Moves:

Dahlia’s Doorway: to open a hole in any material, roll +cool. On a 10+, you may open a hole up to the size that a loaded wagon could drive through. On a 7-9 you open the hole but it only lasts an hour.

Dance of Masks: to become to all appearances a person that a target trusts, roll +weird. On a 10+ your appearance is flawless. On a 7-9 you succeed but the MC may say that the deception fades at an inopportune time. In either case you may take +1 forward against the target.

Metamorphosis: when you wish to transform an object, roll +weird. On a 10+ you may physically transform an object up to man-sized into something else of similar size. On a 7-9, you may only present the illusion of a transformation.

Puppet Show: you may summon up the shadows of a target’s worst fears by rolling +hard. On a 10+ they are a small gang, 2harm(ap close) 1-armor and the target must act under fire to attack them. On a 7-9 they are insubstantial, but the target must act under fire if seeking to do anything but flee them.


Agnite

Select one of the following Attribute sets:

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

Choose an Eminence: Capriciousness or Inspiration

Choose two Moves:

Hide and Seek: when you do not wish to be seen or found roll +sharp. On a 10+ you may travel through or escape danger without being seen or found. On a 7-9 the MC may choose 1:
- You are spotted after it’s too late.
- You may have gotten in but you cannot get out the same way.
- An opportunity or hard choice presents itself, but you must reveal yourself to pursue it.

Luck: at the beginning of a session you may roll +weird. On a 10+ hold 1. You may spend that 1 to gain an automatic 10+ on a roll (before rolling). On a 7-9, you may spend it for an automatic 7-9. On a miss the MC holds 1 and may spend it to make you automatically fail a roll.

Naivete: roll +weird to bring out a childlike naivete in the target. On a 10+ they are incapable of taking complex actions and are likely to revert to their childhood selves for the rest of the sessions. On a 7-9 this effect only lasts the scene. When used on PCs, for as long as this is in effect they may gain an experience for playing and get a -1 to +sharp rolls.

Wonder: when you wish to summon playmates out of the rubble and debris around you, roll +weird. On a 10+ they arise and will accompany you, acting as a small gang (2-harm, 1-armor) who will also give you advice, should you ask for it, giving you a +1 to actions following that advice. On a 7-9 they will only last for a scene.

Sheban

Select one of the following Attribute sets:

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

Choose an Eminence: Truth or Wisdom

Choose two Moves:

Tradition: when you wish to know the truth about the past of a person or object, enter a trance and roll +sharp. On a 10+ hold 2. On a 7-9 hold 1. You may spend your hold to ask a question about the past of that person or object which must be answered truthfully.

Truthsaying: when you wish to compel someone to tell the truth, roll +hard. On a 10+ you may ask them a question. If their answer is a lie they take 2-harm (ap) and -1 forward. On a 7-9 they take 1-harm (ap) if they lie.

Habeas Corpus: When trying to find an answer to a question, roll +weird. On a 10+ the MC must frame a follow-up scene with you that contains the lost item or answer. On a 7-9 the MC will frame a follow-up a scene with a clue leading to what you are looking for. The MC is under no compulsion to not make these scenes dangerous.

Yagan

Select one of the following Attribute sets:

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

Choose an Eminence: Death or Fate

Choose two Moves:

Celtic Cross: when trying to divine information about someone, roll +weird. On a 10+ the MC will reveal a secret they are hiding or an event that will soon occur to them. On a 7-9 the MC will do so but in symbols or impressions.

Dream Travel: To travel as a spirit while your body sleeps, roll +weird. On a 10+ you may travel the world unseen or inhabit the body of an animal. On a 7-9 you may still do so, but your body is at risk and vulnerable.

Curse of Dream: you may curse a target, roll +weird. On a 10+ choose 2, on a 7-9 choose 1.
- Their appearance is altered in some unpleasant way for a session.
- They take -1 for a session
- They take 1-harm(ap)


Evan

Select one of the following Attribute sets:

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

Choose an Eminence: Life or Empathy

Choose Two Moves

Anima - To heal someone who’s wounded, roll +sharp. On a 10+ heal 1-harm and ease their suffering. On a 7-9 do one or the other.

Piggyback - You may ride into the spirit world by merging with a spirit that already inhabits it. Roll +weird. On a 10+ you join with the spirit and may travel with it. Note that you can only make moves with the spirit’s permission while you have joined it. On a 7-9 choose one: the merge was incomplete, you may make no moves while inhabiting the spirit, or the spirits is hostile to your presence..

Smother - When you wish to end life, roll +hard. You need only touch the target. On a 10+ do 2-harm (ap). On a 7-9 do 1-harm (ap) or inflict 2-harm (ap) but expose yourself to risk, retribution, or cost.


Choose Your Outlook

Herite

Choose an Eminence: Freedom or Recognition

You get the following possible advances:

- get +1 Cool (max cool+3)
- get +1 Hard (max hard+3)
- get +1 Hot (max hard+3)
- get a new move from your Tribe
- get a gang and Pack Alpha
- get turf and wealth
- get 2 gigs and juggling




Doomsayer

Choose an Eminence: Mystery or Shadow

You get the following possible advances:

- get +1 Cool (max cool+3)
- get +1 Sharp(max hard+3)
- get +1 Weird (max hard+3)
- get a new move from your Tribe
- get followers and Fortunes
- Get the move Celtic Cross
- Get the Move Shadowstepping. Shadowstepping: you may step from one shadow to another by rolling +weird. On a 10+ you make the journey without problems. On a 7-9 the shadows take something from you or give you something to take with you.



Jacker

Choose an Eminence: Vengeance or Bravery

You get the following possible advances:

- get +1 Cool (max cool+3)
- get +1 Hard(max hard+3)
- get +1 Sharp (max hard+3)
- Get the move Righteousness
- Get a gang and Pack Alpha
- Get turf and wealth
- get 2 gigs and juggling

Lightbringer

Choose an Eminence: Unity or Conviction

You get the following possible advances:

- get +1 Cool (max cool+3)
- get +1 Hot(max hard+3)
- get +1 Sharp (max hard+3)
- get a gang and Leadership
- get turf and wealth
- get followers and Fortune
- get 2 gigs and juggling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAquRuqyQQc

So I was rereading the rules and there was an audible 'click' in my brain and I feel like I get moves harder than I did before, and I finally get moves snowballs. Some friends of mine were visiting for the weekend and we ended up playing something like two six-hour sessions of Apocalypse World.

The cities are ruined. Acid rain comes down constantly. People stay inside old ruined buildings and subway stations. If you go outside for too long you get sick. The only people who seem to constantly trudge around the city are the Hazmats, the boogeymen, trudging around in groups and dragging away anyone who they notice. And then in the subway system you have the Hacksaws, rolling around in old subway cars and emerging howling and screaming.

People are organized into clans or tribes based on the building they live in. Glenview is one of those clans, in a giant tenement building holding over 100 souls. They're lead by a council of elders based on the old tenants' association. The elders make decisions for the good of Glenview, enforced by the Violent Fuckers, who are named descriptively. Glenview has a water filtration system and an old pool that they keep their fresh water in.

The cast.

Boo is a strange man. At night he sometimes steps out of the building or into an abandoned subway station and plays the saxophone. The only song he knows, though, is the saxophone part to Careless Whisper by George Michael. He listens to old vinyl records on a handcrank phonograph and earns his keep by delivering babies and patching people up. He says that angels taught him how to do this.

Burroughs lives on the roof under tarps held up by poles. He eats rats that come to him, seemingly willingly. He is mostly left alone, but sometimes the elders ask him to look inside people's brains to find out what's inside them, but they only do this when a crime has been committed like when Jakoby killed his wife. People who are found guilty of these crimes - violence, murder, thievery, etc. - are thrown from the room. He wears an old fireman's suit, complete with hat and mask.

Dusk is sex. She travels around to nearby apartment buildings and meets with men and women. She sleeps with them and they give her the plastic pretty things that are used as currency and trade. She doesn't sleep with the people in Glenview. It makes things too complicated.

More later.

Vincent, I've heard you (and Joshua Newman too) say elsewhere that there are problems with In a Wicked Age. I was wondering if you'd say what they are, because I love that game and think it's brilliant and haven't had any problems with it.

I feel like, at least a few times a game, I get hung up and have to sit and stare at the MC moves and Threat moves for a bit to figure out what I can do/what's permitted for me to do. A lot of times I fall back on "announce future badness" though that can leave things kind of limp if you go too long without someone getting gut-shot.

Thank God for Mr. Harper's MC cheatsheets. It means I don't have to keep the book bookmarked on those pages. Still, it slows things down sometimes.