Fair call, Chris.

In my first few sessions of AW, I think this happened a lot, when the players and I were both getting our heads around the move. We'd go to out-of-character "My leverage is X" "Well, I don't think they really want X, so it's not a move".

I can remember a few times where I outright said "I'm being a dick. You're offering something she might want, let's see if it's enough" and roll the dice. I also remember a few times where I said "Manipulate is not mind control. You can't just make people do what you want".

Now we're all much more on the same page about what people might want or not want, and what counts as leverage, and it flows more smoothly, I think.

Oh hey you're right, I was forgetting that bit of the move.

Let me think about it more.

It's cool that we both answered with exactly the same interpretation, citing the same sources in the principles.

Moves can reference things in the real world, right? Like "at the start of the session" and so on. So:

When you can't make it to a session, choose one:
- You vanish, sloping off to some hideout in the waste or following up other business. You are safe.
- You stick around in the thick of it. The MC will play your character, but you are not safe.
- You are taken by the psychic maelstrom. You pass out cold, right where you stand. You are not safe.

That's a basic move. It'd be kinda cool to make custom, character-specific moves to though right? If you know you're going to be flaky, why not make it part of your character, like:

When you can't make it to a session, choose one:
- You're off doing murders and raiding in the waste. Take +1 barter when you come back, but there might be reprisals.
- Someone from your past is hunting you, so you're laying low.

I had a little idea for a AW hack for playing hunter-gatherers of the pliestocene. It'd be quite an extensive piece of work, so pretty daunting, but it's an interesting idea:

You'd have a handful of basic moves, maybe some things like "Stalk something" and "run something to ground" as well as some more basic stuff. But instead of playbooks, you'd have individual moves for the objects each person owns. For example:

Rope: When you test your rope's strength, roll +hand (or something) plus your rope's craft (or something). On a hit, it holds. 10+, haul something heavy, go somewhere inaccessible, tie something down, or hold something together. 7-9, the MC can offer you a worse outcome, a tough choice, or a compromise. On a miss, the rope breaks, and the MC will make a hard move.

Spear: When you hurl your spear, roll +eye (or something) and your spear's craft (or something). On a hit, you hit and do harm. 10+, choose 3. On a 7-9, choose 2.
- Your spear is buried deep
- Do terrible harm (+1 harm)
- Do little harm (-1 harm)
- Remain hidden
- Your target is knocked down, frozen in place, or pinned

Headdress: When you dance with your headdress on, roll +spirit (or something) and your headdress's craft (or something). On a hit, the spirits are pleased. 10+ hold 3. 7-9, hold 1. Spend hold 1 for 1 to:
- give someone dancing +1 forward
- heal someone dancing one segment
- something else cool.

Yeah?

Looks fixed at my end. Cheers Vincent!

Hey Vincent,

I think something is kind of borked on the forum. There are messages that are not showing up, and odd behaviour in general. For example, I'm only seeing two topics in this subforum.

I noticed someone else saying the same thing.

Cheers,

Simon