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<blockquote data-quote="Manbearcat" data-source="post: 7166216" data-attributes="member: 6696971"><p>As far as the enemy gang goes, you wouldn't recognize it. We chucked The Wraiths (because they were pretty much what the PCs were) and added a sex slavery/prostitution racket gang (the HFS) at Tier 1.</p><p></p><p>Yeah, there are plenty of judgement to be made in the system and while establishing Position is much more codified than it is in standard AW or DW, there are still judgement to be made (and possibly disputes to be sorted out). The Engagement Roll certainly has its share of judgement including the one you mentioned ("Is this bold and daring?"). For the most part though, judgement calls in Blades hews pretty closely to classic PBtA stuff (what is reasonable, when is a move/action roll triggered, how effective can stuff be, kind and level of danger for consequences, xp triggers, etc etc) </p><p></p><p>I went with "yes" for both objective and subjective reasons:</p><p></p><p>Objective - The sex den has 10-15 ruthless toughs, several lackeys, and dangerous clientele at any one time. Also, while ingress is guaranteed in this case, egress certainly isn't. Assuming the "snatch and grab" works, they aren't going to be able to take the girl out the tight, vertical chute. They're going to have to go out the front door or find an alternative!</p><p></p><p>Subjective - The alternatives they explored were much more indirect; (1) Blackmailing a major Bluecoat Inspector into action by exposing the blind eye that allows the illicit sex trade to exist...(2) paying off and then enlisting an HFS lackey to smuggle her out into the canals with the soiled linens.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yup, exactly. Effect levels for PC actions that push toward "Find Her" or "Get Her Out" would yield 3 ticks (Great), 2 (Standard), 1 (Limited) with the fiction moving forward accordingly.</p><p></p><p>Same thing goes for the HFS "The Jig is Up" Clock but with Consequences. Desperate Positioning in an Action related to the Clock and negative result? You're looking at 3 ticks on the Clock so you're probably thinking about a Resistance Roll to downgrade the Consequence (if you can spare the Stress).</p><p></p><p>Pretty tired, so hitting the sack. Probably tomorrow I'll post more on the initial framing, the initial PC Action and resolution and then we can talk more about Positioning (and if you feel like I gave them enough for Controlled or if you think you would have asked for a bit more if you were at the table!).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Manbearcat, post: 7166216, member: 6696971"] As far as the enemy gang goes, you wouldn't recognize it. We chucked The Wraiths (because they were pretty much what the PCs were) and added a sex slavery/prostitution racket gang (the HFS) at Tier 1. Yeah, there are plenty of judgement to be made in the system and while establishing Position is much more codified than it is in standard AW or DW, there are still judgement to be made (and possibly disputes to be sorted out). The Engagement Roll certainly has its share of judgement including the one you mentioned ("Is this bold and daring?"). For the most part though, judgement calls in Blades hews pretty closely to classic PBtA stuff (what is reasonable, when is a move/action roll triggered, how effective can stuff be, kind and level of danger for consequences, xp triggers, etc etc) I went with "yes" for both objective and subjective reasons: Objective - The sex den has 10-15 ruthless toughs, several lackeys, and dangerous clientele at any one time. Also, while ingress is guaranteed in this case, egress certainly isn't. Assuming the "snatch and grab" works, they aren't going to be able to take the girl out the tight, vertical chute. They're going to have to go out the front door or find an alternative! Subjective - The alternatives they explored were much more indirect; (1) Blackmailing a major Bluecoat Inspector into action by exposing the blind eye that allows the illicit sex trade to exist...(2) paying off and then enlisting an HFS lackey to smuggle her out into the canals with the soiled linens. Yup, exactly. Effect levels for PC actions that push toward "Find Her" or "Get Her Out" would yield 3 ticks (Great), 2 (Standard), 1 (Limited) with the fiction moving forward accordingly. Same thing goes for the HFS "The Jig is Up" Clock but with Consequences. Desperate Positioning in an Action related to the Clock and negative result? You're looking at 3 ticks on the Clock so you're probably thinking about a Resistance Roll to downgrade the Consequence (if you can spare the Stress). Pretty tired, so hitting the sack. Probably tomorrow I'll post more on the initial framing, the initial PC Action and resolution and then we can talk more about Positioning (and if you feel like I gave them enough for Controlled or if you think you would have asked for a bit more if you were at the table!). [/QUOTE]
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