I basically like this as a way to make AW more about violence and showmanship. There are some things I'd think about...

#1 - Is this a battlebabe expansion? If no, then...

Stats, hard over hot, that's cool and works for the concept.

Gear, I kinda wish that the arena weapons were plays on the like classical arena weapons but that's merely aesthetic. On a mechanical level I'd like them to actually be less useful than practical weapons in one way or another. 9mm is good in that way 'cause its close; big knife could be infinite but that only makes it equal to hidden knives. I might argue that hidden knives are a weird arena weapon because they're...hidden.

I dunno. I feel like arena weapons should rely on 1-harm and s-harm in order to draw out fights maybe. Then you get your 2- and 3-harm practical weapons when you need to get shit done.

Moves

Showman's familiar and good.

Hot Commodity is confusing to me 'cause I don't understand the Operator and juggling. I find it interesting but I'm not sure that a playbook needs two very closely related barter-generating moves.

I share SW's unease about Resilient. Maybe something like:

"You have 1-armor when you're not wearing anything else protective, because you know how to take it in a way that hurts less. In addition, once per session when Resilient reduces the harm you take, you can hold +1 Hot, Sharp, or Cool; spend it the first chance you have, and you lose your hold at the end of the session regardless."

Tactical Mind is fine.

Moment of Clarity is fun.

You can probably take some ideas from the Hocus for fans.

I'm just gonna leave the special alone for now but basically my thought is that if it's a dual identity thing, that needs to pervade the other moves too.

That's Defy Danger, isn't it?

I mean maybe thw question isn't "is there a move for this?" but rather "Hey, help me remember to choose what response is appropriate in-play, contextual to the fictional situation at hand." which isn't a question at all.

I suspect that most of these will be more game-related, but here's a cute, sage-themed summer cocktail. Sounds yum.

http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/liquor/cocktail-friday-the-summer-sage-154669

Mechanically, sex moves between PCs are mutual.

I dunno. I'm not the boss! The way I'd run it, though, it's "you as a group" getting all of the XP equally - if there's 3 of you you all get 10xp, and if there's 5 of you, you all get 10xp too.

So here's a thing I think:

Playbook moves (cf. core moves) don't distinguish between 'things you can do' and 'stuff that you are,' not explicitly. As we played it with V, the text says 'you can' if it's a thing you can do and it doesn't if it's a thing you are.

However, I think you can see a way to deciding when you take a move, is it a thing you are or a thing you do? That decision guides whether a playbook move acts automatically or needs to be triggered by choice. I do think it's necessary, if you do this, that you must decide and record your decision for each move as you take it.

My preference is to close-read the move texts and see what they say, but to each his own.

Oh, yes. It's modifier; I should probably say something like "If a move says +key, it means your key stat's bonus.".

I was hoping it might be clearly inferred; it means "when you have at least one focus".

I guessed as much, but as a text writer your job is to make the readers never guess.

The first option's workable; most of the "focused" moves could be replaced with "spend 1" moves, probably. I don't think I want to make it more similar to the wizard/cleric, and I don't think there's a problem with the Cosmic Channeling move as such. I'd rather not provide a specific miss clause; instead, on a miss, the MC makes a move as usual.

Right sure. I'm guessing your objection to making it more similar to Wiz/Clr is aesthetic rather than structural? (Merely asking out of curiosity)

Regarding "extra time and concentration":

Meditation: When you enact your order's specific centering practices with time and concentration at your disposal, you get +2 to Cosmic Channelling.

I like the monk but I have some text concerns...

"Hold n+key" feels like it's ambiguous between "Hold n+the actual value of your stat" and "Hold n+your stat's bonus", which unfortunately is an inescapable artifact of the weird D&D3 thing that DW does with stats and bonuses.

"When you are focused" is undefined in the text.

I'd suggest one or more of the following:

- Remove "when you are focused" effects from the class or replace with focus expenditures. (I like this best to be honest)

- Rework Cosmic Channelling as such (here I'm incorporating some other thoughts I have about this move)

Cosmic Channeling: When you take some time to gather the energy of the cosmos into yourself, roll+key. On a 10+, focus 3. On a 7-9, focus 1. On a miss, your nerves are jangled and your energies misaligned, act under fire next time you use Cosmic Channelling until you focus successfully. Spend focus 1-for-1 to: (and then whatever)

with the understanding that this move is one that you can do repeatedly in a session but it's also not free to do.

- Rebuild Cosmic Channelling and the martial arts moves in a way that is analogous to the wizard and cleric's spellbook moves. Take note of the way that Wizard and Cleric use keywords to filter spell accessibility.