Hey MotW Roadhouse,
First, thank you for being such a great resource for folks trying to run and play MotW. Like many others, I’m sure, I got interested after listening to the short arc on TAZ. I was pretty much in love with the system once I realized combat didn’t devolve into two hours of dice rolling.
I ran my first session of MotW this past Saturday, and came away with rave reviews from everyone involved. I have some great players, and we found we were able to work through the rules pretty intuitively. Only one thing came up that left me at a bit of a loss. The group had a cop friend (NPC) that was present for a mid-mystery battle. He ended up taking a few shots at the bad guys, and since I was a little unclear on rules for when an NPC helps the PCs in combat, I ended up assuming he had +0 on all his stats, and just rolling for him. I’m aware this goes against the rule of the keeper never rolling dice.
To sum up, are there appropriate rules/moves I should be flexing when an NPC is helping the PCs during a fight?
