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<blockquote data-quote="Ratskinner" data-source="post: 7554184" data-attributes="member: 6688937">The answers you seek lie in the Apocalypse Engine games like Dungeon World or even Blades in the Dark.begin loop:Cinematic Description ending with what do you do?Player Response if Not(Move.triggered) loop elseresolve move yielding narrative constraints or directivesloopSo for example, a PbtA move is usually triggered by a phrase like &quot;When you enter melee combat with enemies&quot; or &quot;When you use the force to act&quot; or &quot;When you are overwhelmed by enemies&quot;. The results of the move also (usually and ideally) also exist in narrative-space, not game-space. So, you might have a result like &quot;smite your foe with a mighty blow&quot; or &quot;your foes are driven off&quot; or negative ones like &quot;you suffer the force of the attack&quot; or &quot;choose something important that you lose&quot;. That said, many games do invoke other game-space mechanics for pacing purposes: &quot;You make progress toward your goal, mark one section of an appropriate clock&quot;, &quot;suffer +1 Harm&quot;, or &quot;Mark off a box of supply&quot;. I would also note that usually only the players make rolls, the GM is guided by the rules in other ways. Dungeon World even has HP as part of its homage to old-school D&amp;D.IME, it is super-efficient, far moreso than D&amp;D. The moves can be written to mimic almost any genre (at least in theory).D&amp;D combat is instead more &quot;boardgame&quot; based mechanically. 4e only caught the flack for acknowledging it and trying to use it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ratskinner, post: 7554184, member: 6688937"] The answers you seek lie in the Apocalypse Engine games like Dungeon World or even Blades in the Dark. begin loop: Cinematic Description ending with what do you do? Player Response if Not(Move.triggered) loop else resolve move yielding narrative constraints or directives loop So for example, a PbtA move is usually triggered by a phrase like "When you enter melee combat with enemies" or "When you use the force to act" or "When you are overwhelmed by enemies". The results of the move also (usually and ideally) also exist in narrative-space, not game-space. So, you might have a result like "smite your foe with a mighty blow" or "your foes are driven off" or negative ones like "you suffer the force of the attack" or "choose something important that you lose". That said, many games do invoke other game-space mechanics for pacing purposes: "You make progress toward your goal, mark one section of an appropriate clock", "suffer +1 Harm", or "Mark off a box of supply". I would also note that usually only the players make rolls, the GM is guided by the rules in other ways. Dungeon World even has HP as part of its homage to old-school D&D. IME, it is super-efficient, far moreso than D&D. The moves can be written to mimic almost any genre (at least in theory). D&D combat is instead more "boardgame" based mechanically. 4e only caught the flack for acknowledging it and trying to use it. [/QUOTE]

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