Questions from first playtest

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Questions from first playtest
« on: September 05, 2014, 12:36:26 PM »
We had our first session last night, and I'll do a more thorough write-up when I have more time, but I wanted to get some questions that came up on the forum in the meantime. I'm sure some of these may actually be addressed in the rules already, or have been asked by others, but I thought I should capture all of them as another datapoint. Without further ado:

1. How do you determine how a people's warriors are armed when mustered?

2. If any portion of a war company has a specific weapon, does the whole company get the weapon's benefits?

3. Likewise, if a war company has mixed arms, how do you determine its overall harm and armor?

4. Are there plans for a resources or wealth system? There are many mentions of bounties and famines, but it's all fictional for now. Are those just meant to drive MC moves?

5. If a PC loses positioning in single combat, what are his options? Suffer whatever fate the MC chooses? Leap Into Action? Other moves?

6. What is the minimum number of combatants required to use the battle moves? Two on two? Two on one? If larger, how do you resolve such small scale fights? Join In Single Combat is by definition 1v1.

7. Can NPCs possess rights? Can the MC award rights ad hoc if they follow from the fiction?

Overall everyone had a great experience even though it took a bit to wrap our heads around some of the concepts. We're eager to keep playing to explore the rules and the setting we communally created.

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Golux

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Re: Questions from first playtest
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2014, 09:26:59 AM »
I can help with 2 of these...

5. If a PC loses positioning in single combat, what are his options? Suffer whatever fate the MC chooses? Leap Into Action? Other moves?

The MC chooses 1 or 2 from the list.  It certainly makes you think about where you spend your points. 

7. Can NPCs possess rights? Can the MC award rights ad hoc if they follow from the fiction?

NPC's can SAY they have rights.  But having rights by mechanic are reserved for PC's.  Rights as mechanic pretty much allow for the move which if done by the MC kinda takes the spotlight away from the PC's.  Be a fan of the players.  Let them have the rights.

Re: Questions from first playtest
« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2014, 12:20:38 PM »
4. Are there plans for a resources or wealth system? There are many mentions of bounties and famines, but it's all fictional for now. Are those just meant to drive MC moves?

The only explicit mechanical use of bounties I've noticed so far is to fuel enchantments.

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5. If a PC loses positioning in single combat, what are his options? Suffer whatever fate the MC chooses? Leap Into Action? Other moves?

Beg for mercy, offer the opponent what they want?