I’m excited to run/play this game. I may wait till the full game gets released or I may not as I also have a hack of the mechanics in mind. Looking over the prerelease I have a question:
For the Martyr move “When you offer forgiveness for a sister’s sins, mark trauma, 1 for 2, to heal that sister.” Does that mean that the Mother takes 2 Trauma to heal 1 Trauma of another sister or is it the reverse that the Mother takes 1 Trauma to heal 2 Trauma? The former is powerful. The latter is heavy but possibly fine.
Also more of a game design question for Whitney Beltrán, any reason why you choose to have the only thing that rolls are used for is the Ring Moves? I ask as I could totally see moves like the Martyr move and the Bear move be more interesting with a bit of randomness. For instance, The Bear move could be rewritten as “When a Sister incurs trauma, you can step in and punish the sister who truly deserves it. Roll + Carnality. On a hit the guilty sister to marks trauma instead, on a 7-9, and mark 1 for yourself as well, as your failure to prevent this is self evident.”