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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Campbell" data-source="post: 9708280" data-attributes="member: 16586">On a practical level when it comes to superseding rules and making rulings the vast majority of the time when it's done in the trad space is because the rules are specific and often leave no room for interpretation. It's you take X damage, climb Y feet, etc. This is not how the rules work in games like Apocalypse World. Here's a move from its kissing cousin, Apocalypse Keys:For the move to even apply it must be something you have fictional positioning to do through one of your powers of darkness (which are loosely defined and refined over time ex. Necromancy, Supernatural Speed and Strength) and what we've established in play about its limits. That's one level of GM judgement that gets applied.Then in every case the GM must apply their judgement to make a corresponding move back that fits the fictional situation. The game already integrates judgement about the fictional situation into its rules. If anything, I've had players of more traditional games feel like it leaves too much up to GM Judgement in that the GM gets a lot of say in how your powers work and impact the world.There might be reasons you want to make changes, but they aren't going to be situational this does not fit the fiction reasons. You get GM Judgement on the way and on the way out. I've never felt any desire to ignore a rule when running Apocalypse Keys because I get so much say about what the results look like.This does have the downside in that so much of the game is shaped by my moves. Sometimes it's nice to have the rules tell us more about the setting.Aside: Just a reminder that in rules parlance prepare for the worst means the GM/Keeper makes as a hard a move as they like.</blockquote>

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