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John Layton, I am thinking about removing all Penalties and Bonuses from each of the add-ons.

There are plenty of reasons World mechanic wise, but what are the pros and cons that you can think of coming from WoD?

I tell you what, this would make Tim Franzke happier!

Tim Franzke, Would you have time in the next few weeks to review the Slasher add-on.

Tim Franzke, Would you have time in the next few weeks to review the Slasher add-on. I would like to tweak out some of the +1’s (there aren’t many), but I think John Layton and I are stumped and hoping for a second opinion.

John Layton , How many moves from the add-on give people the ability to go outside of the questions when doing…

John Layton , How many moves from the add-on give people the ability to go outside of the questions when doing Study-somone? I ask because i think I heard that Thursday and that is an Advanced move for Study someone and I am wondering if as things have altered for US if things have doubled up. I would like to fix those, just need to pinpoint first if we do have an issue.

Had to make a slight variation to spell hold for wizards when using the Mage Add-on as giving people 3 spell hold…

Had to make a slight variation to spell hold for wizards when using the Mage Add-on as giving people 3 spell hold for a 7-9 was just too powerful.

3 crazy power spells for not enough penalty was far too abusable.

So, Dungeon World has Fronts, MotW has Arcs, and Apoc World has the Map of Suffering (or something like that).

So, Dungeon World has Fronts, MotW has Arcs, and Apoc World has the Map of Suffering (or something like that). Is there something along those lines for Urban Shadows, whether already existing or just in the works?

I posted Forbode here to help balance it out:

https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/107071334810365821574

John Layton and Anton Dominic, which opinion and suggestion do you like?

I really want to get Slasher to the next round, so I can get it proofread by outsiders.

John Layton, can we go through and add trigger statements to all the moves. It is the one thing they are missing.

“When X happens, roll+Y” or “When you do X, you gain Z bonus”

A lot of the moves are missing that clear, you have to do this fiction statement to get the ability to trigger the move. I understand we get it, but let’s spell it out for others.

Anton Dominic, can you help trim that last set of descriptions as you did with the first set?

Ran my first game of Urban Shadows last night, and it was fantastic!

Ran my first game of Urban Shadows last night, and it was fantastic! Awesome job, Andrew Medeiros! I’ll post an AP report later today, but I want to make a few comments now:

– I love the Debts system! While the players actually didn’t spend any Debts this session, the way they also work as bonds is really cool.

– All of the archetypes are really cool! Our group had a Tainted mafia heir, a Red Court Vamp (he wanted Dresden Files style vampire courts, but without the gross stuff from Red Court vamps), a Dragon information broker, an Immortal who’s actually a Carthaginian soldier who can only die when Scipio Africanus’ ring is destroyed, and a CEO king who controls 80% of Congress, more or less.

– I also love how quickly each player gets their own agenda, and how easy it is to push those and challenge them.

I did have one question though. How many highlighted stats does each character get? I couldn’t find it in the rules, so I only gave them 1. But at the end of the session, the most XP a player had was one. Should they have 2, like in AW?