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<blockquote data-quote="Manbearcat" data-source="post: 8701343" data-attributes="member: 6696971">I think you mentioned upthread that there are a lot of subtle particulars that govern Apocalypse World courtesy of V.B.&nbsp; You're interacting with some of that subtlety now regarding &quot;the hardness of GM moves.&quot;Those aren't house rules. That is employing the GM’s purview to “make a move as hard and direct as you like.”On the &quot;hierarchy of hardness&quot; (lets call it), Inflict Harm is the big dog, the hardest and most direct of the hard &amp; direct (outside of straight up killing/exploderating a vehicle or hold).&nbsp; On almost every occasion (but not all of them surely), Take Away Their Stuff looks down at every other move in terms of hard &amp; direct.&nbsp; Then you basically go down from there with most every other move in terms of hard &amp; direct.TLDR - Downthrottling from Inflict Harm to a less hard &amp; direct complications is essential to deft, conscientious, Agenda/Principle-observing AW GMing. Developing your cognitive space/plan on that subject is very important.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Manbearcat, post: 8701343, member: 6696971"] I think you mentioned upthread that there are a lot of subtle particulars that govern Apocalypse World courtesy of V.B. You're interacting with some of that subtlety now regarding "the hardness of GM moves." Those aren't house rules. That is employing the GM’s purview to “make a move as hard and direct as you like.” On the "hierarchy of hardness" (lets call it), I[I]nflict Harm[/I] is the big dog, the hardest and most direct of the hard & direct (outside of straight up killing/exploderating a vehicle or hold). On almost every occasion (but not all of them surely), [I]Take Away Their Stuff[/I] looks down at every other move in terms of hard & direct. Then you basically go down from there with most every other move in terms of hard & direct. TLDR - Downthrottling from Inflict Harm to a less hard & direct complications is essential to deft, conscientious, Agenda/Principle-observing AW GMing. Developing your cognitive space/plan on that subject is very important. [/QUOTE]

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