And now a question about Debts! Is there anything official on how multiple Debts should effect a Refuse the Debt roll? If someone is willing to spend multiple Debts to get something to happen, would you just give the roll a -1 per extra Debt being leveraged?
Also, any thoughts on adding some things to the Debts list more akin to Strings from Monsterhearts? Seems like being able to force them to Keep their Cool to do something would fit really well, as would effecting their rolls against you. Would give more reason for Debts to be collected, as they provide protection against people, as well as make you more dangerous to them; you owing the local Immortal who runs the mob a few debts is going to make it a lot harder for you to hurt him, because everyone knows the position you’re in. At the same time, if he owes you, things become a little easier, because people don’t worry as much about people who have done them favors.
Hey Scott!
Each Debt roll is an individual request. If someone has multiple Debts over someone, it doesn’t give them greater hold when they try to cash in one of those Debts, but it does mean they can make someone’s life more miserable in the future…
Andrew Medeiros and I have actually worked hard to differentiate Strings from Debts because we want Debts to be political instead of emotional. Yeah, it sucks for people to have hold over you, but that doesn’t mean they can affect your rolls or mess with you emotionally. The options that are available are the ones we felt were the best suited to a political game.
That said, if you want to come up with a custom move for your game that lets your players spend Debts in new ways, that would be awesome! Please share it with us!
Mark Diaz Truman So does that mean, they will be different enough that you could play with both Strings and Debts?
Dave Bozarth – You could! It might be a lot to handle for new players, but absolutely! People have political and personal relationships!
But you would probably need to add in some new moves… like Turn Someone On / Shut Someone Down?
That may be something worth trying later on. It would be awesome to watch someone being torn apart by a politico (ex-)lover. Using Strings to “force” Debt