As usual with any DW stuff I post, I saw something I didn’t like as is, and I tweaked it to something that worked for me. Maybe it doesn’t work for you, maybe it does. Works for me either way.
As usual with any DW stuff I post, I saw something I didn’t like as is, and I tweaked it to something that worked…
As usual with any DW stuff I post, I saw something I didn’t like as is, and I tweaked it to something that worked…
Interesting. We haven’t played enough with the Thief to get frustrated at this, but I agree that a broader trigger would be interesting.
Well, I’m sure there’s people out there who wouldn’t use Defy Danger to decide what is and isn’t a surprising circumstance and for them the default move’s a lot more fluid. This basically is my way of getting around that.
I like it!
>So it dawned on me that the onus is upon me to determine every time whether a foe is surprised and/or defenseless, and I thought the way to do that was Defy Danger. I didn’t like that.
Why do you think the way to do it is “Defy Danger”? You just say whether or not the target’s surprised or defenceless. Your job is to determine the state of the world, and using “Defy Danger” as a randomising roll just isn’t any part of it. Ask yourself why Defy Danger would even apply. “The Danger is he’s not surprised” isn’t an imminent danger to a hidden thief.
Defenceless is generally obvious. Surprised is more of a GM decision, but when I played, if the thief thought someone surprised, he’d be right unless there was some unknown-to-him reason otherwise.
“Why do you think the way to do it is “Defy Danger”? You just say whether or not the target’s surprised or defenceless. Your job is to determine the state of the world, and using “Defy Danger” as a randomising roll just isn’t any part of it.”
Sure it is. “Play to find out what happens”
“Ask yourself why Defy Danger would even apply.”
Because there’s a possibility that the opponent poses danger until I clear that up. The danger “he is a threat because he is aware.” DD means he isn’t. That’s relevant to a thief. And besides, I already responded with this:
“Well, I’m sure there’s people out there who wouldn’t use Defy Danger to decide what is and isn’t a surprising circumstance and for them the default move’s a lot more fluid.”
What that means is that the fact that anyone operates differently than I do re: surprise and re: what an imminent danger is won’t change how I do.