Originally shared by T. Franzke
So i was thinking about School in Monsterhearts. I allways felt that the actual going to school has very few mechanical stuff or general help in the text.
Then it hit me.
1. There is no moves about writing tests, but there are moves you can use on your teacher. You can manipulate her or turn him on (and then he can be monstrous) or even lash at him with violence. Those are all not good ideas in general but it could work. You can use strings against them in general.
You can maybe gaze into the Abyss during a test (good luck on a miss)
2. School has still so many cool moments you can use. Alone project work is amazing. Okay, maybe one guy can work with his favourite partner but Amy (PC) really wanted to work with Juliet (NPC) but Juliet is working with Claus now (who Amy has a crush on) the only people without partners are
Fathma (keeps to herself, is not cool but knows a lot) Herman (he is fat and smelly but an okay guy maybe) and Joey (violent, lazy, bad-boy-cool) What do you do?
Also class work where the teacher assigns you random partners.
3. A really simple move
When you do someones homework for them, gain a string on them
Maybe another move for
When you give your homework arround for people to copy
School is in Monsterhearts, you just don’t get what you want easily.
You can Gaze into the Abyss during a test,
you have to hold steady in front of the class when you have to solve a problem at the blackboard
Faery Contract on someone else as he writes the test. Infernal Bargain to get the test awnsers,
A clique that is connected probarbly has the test awnsers in advance (because someone is banging the teacher). Streaming may help to read the clever girls thoughts. There is the Watching Hex you can use maybe.
Angels profane power would be cool to turn every test into an A+
Tests are also cool to ask provocative questions right?
The book nerd in me loves this idea- especially exchanging strings for homework.
I confess I like MH more for the social drama and relationships than the actualities of day to day life in high school, but that’s just me.