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From Basic Moves 2.0

Is it me or does “mislead, distract or trick” and “persuade an npc” overlap quite a bit?

Also, so I am assuming we are using highlighted stats for factions …. which means that no longer gives XP?

Last, why remove the advanced versions from underneath the basic moves? If I want to look at quick glance of it’s attached move …. i have to go to a different page.

The naming of the Unleash and Let It Out moves is a little confusing to me.

The naming of the Unleash and Let It Out moves is a little confusing to me. I keep mistaking one for the other when thinking about the game. “Unleash the power within you” makes as much or even more sense to me than “unleash an attack”. Or maybe it’s just me being a non-native speaker.

To me, renaming Unleash into something more clearly referring to an attack would be helpful. Like, “Unleash An Attack”. ^^

So with Hit the Street, shouldn’t the Debt option say:

If you cash in a Debt with person you named, treat this roll as a 10+ without having to roll it.

otherwise, using “them” like that feels like there some way of converting a Debt on a person to an entire Faction?

I’m just gonna put this here for people who want EXTRA COOL STUFF!!!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1287928832/urban-shadows-rpg/posts/883067

Hi all!

Hi all! Andrew Medeiros did a “Five or So Questions” on Urban Shadows with +Brianna Sheldon here http://briecs.blogspot.ca/2014/06/five-or-so-questions-with-andrew.html

Musings on Debt.

Something about the way Debts are phrased seems to confuse me, because it’s nothing like how we talk about owing people. I think things like “If you cash in a Debt you have with them” would be clearer if they said “If you cash in a Debt they owe you”.

“Take a Debt against X” is even less clear. It seems to mean “X owes you a Debt” but it’s a really awkward construction.

There’s a couple of specific instances where I’m not clear on the intent, though.

If you get mixed up in another PC’s affairs, you can cash in a Debt to get a 10+ (and give them a +1 or a -2). I can see the rationale for cashing in a debt to give someone a penalty: “I don’t owe you anything, you nearly got me killed back there!” But if I decide to help them out instead, they still wind up owing me less? I’m not sure how that is supposed to work in the fiction or the rules.

Another debt question, from The Hunter: “When you reset your Mortality Faction score, take a Debt against all Mortals in play (if any), otherwise mark experience.”

Since NPCs can be mortal and owe you a Debt I’m not 100% sure what “in play” covers. Active as PCs? Major NPCs? Is this one Debt that can be used against any Mortal, or do you get a debt against each Mortal?

In case you missed this on my public stream, I was on the podcasts!

In case you missed this on my public stream, I was on the podcasts!!! (My voice is dreadful though and I tend to ramble, so be warned!)

Originally shared by Christopher Sniezak

Hey everyone. We’ve been busy this week and now here’s some more content. Today I talk with Andrew Medeiros about his new game being kickstarted right now called Urban Shadows. It’s a Urban Fantasy take using the Apocalypse Engine from Vincent Bakers Apocalypse World and being published by Mark Diaz Truman’s Magpie Games. Pull up a comfortable chair, grab a drink, take a listen, and let us know what you think.

http://misdirectedmark.com/102-5-the-lounge-with-andrew-medeiros-on-urban-shadows/

http://misdirectedmark.com/102-5-the-lounge-with-andrew-medeiros-on-urban-shadows

I hope I’m not terribly out of line here, but I created a subreddit?

I hope I’m not terribly out of line here, but I created a subreddit? I’ve got some work to do to pretty up the CSS, but otherwise it’s ready for users, mods and content. I’ll probably disable the wiki and direct any constructive conversation to the official website, but given how well the Dungeon World community thrives on reddit, I figured this was inevitable.

http://www.reddit.com/r/urbanshadows