Category: The Dungeon World Tavern: Discussion

I’m hoping to start a Dungeon World game soon using the Innistrad setting from Magic: The Gathering.  This setting only has humans, so to provide a little more variety in racial moves, I wanted to give the players the option of taking a move related to the province they were born in if they don’t like the Human option from their class.  I came up with three choices for each location.  Do any of these moves look out of whack?

Innistrad Regional (alternative race) Moves

Gavony – rolling moors dotted with small towns and villages

Townsman – When you spend a little while in a town or village, you can quickly work out the location of the important places and who is really in charge.

Hard Won Knowledge -When you spout lore about undead or geists, take +1

Self-sufficient – You learned a craft in your youth.  What can you make/repair?

Kessig – dense woodland with small settlements carved out of the forest

Sterner Stuff – When you are faced with a scene of grisly horror, take +1 to any rolls to resist fear.

Folk Wisdom – When you come up with a pithy saying, a wise parable, or an Old Wives tale, take +1 forward to the next action that the wisdom applies to.

The Beast Within – When you spout lore about werewolves, take +1

Nephalia – misty sea coast with busy port cities

Hard Bargainer – Take +1 to the Supply move, and subtract an additional CHA from the cost of items (minimum cost = 1 coin)

Born on the waves – Take +1 to rolls made on boats, ships, or the sea

Disturbers of the Blessed Sleep – When you spout lore about skaberen or ghoulcallers, take +1

Stensia – mountainous land of eternal twilight and stoic peasants

Stoic – When you must roll to endure a hardship, take +1 

Our hungry masters – When you spout lore about vampires, take +1

Mountaineer – When you Defy Danger or Spout Lore in the mountains, take +1

Thraben – the great city, home to the Cathedral of Avacyn

Urban Sophistication – when dealing with rustics or others who might be impressed that you are from the great city, take +1.

Prominent Piety – You know well the ways of the Avacynian church.  Take +1 when you Parley with members of the church or especially devout laymen.

See beneath the surface – When you Discern Realities to determine a person’s motivations, take +1