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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 8949551" data-attributes="member: 42582">I can't comment on PbtA in general (I'm not sure that would even make sense).But in Apocalypse World there is NOTHING irregular about declaring an action for a PC that doesn't trigger a player side move. The rulebook is full of examples - Marie goes looking for Isle to visit grief on her; a PC asks a NPC for a favour; etc. And the rulebook states a clear rule for resolving such action declarations: the GM makes a soft move, unless the player hands the GM an opportunity on a plate in which case the GM makes as hard and direct a move as they like.Part of the &quot;skill&quot; (if that's the right word) of declaring actions for your PC in AW can include deciding whether to not trigger a player side move, and hence allow the GM to continue to build the rising action, or to trigger a player side move, which (if it involves going aggro, seizing by force, seducing or manipulating) is likely to produce some sort of resolution one way or another.Lasers &amp; Feelings isn't identical, but I suspect it will work pretty well approached in a similar spirit. The GM is told,Before a threat does something to the characters, show signs that it’s about to happen . . . Call for a roll when the situation is uncertain.The players are told,When you do something risky, roll . . . If you’re using LASERS (science, reason), you want to roll under your number. If you’re using FEELINGS, (rapport, passion) you want to roll over your number.So if there is a situation in which neither LASERS nor FEELINGS are in play, we infer that the outcome is not uncertain - the GM makes a soft move that continues to reveal a threat.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 8949551, member: 42582"] I can't comment on PbtA in general (I'm not sure that would even make sense). But in Apocalypse World there is NOTHING irregular about declaring an action for a PC that doesn't trigger a player side move. The rulebook is full of examples - Marie goes looking for Isle to visit grief on her; a PC asks a NPC for a favour; etc. And the rulebook states a clear rule for resolving such action declarations: the GM makes a soft move, unless the player hands the GM an opportunity on a plate in which case the GM makes as hard and direct a move as they like. Part of the "skill" (if that's the right word) of declaring actions for your PC in AW can include deciding whether to not trigger a player side move, and hence allow the GM to continue to build the rising action, or to trigger a player side move, which (if it involves going aggro, seizing by force, seducing or manipulating) is likely to produce some sort of resolution one way or another. Lasers & Feelings isn't identical, but I suspect it will work pretty well approached in a similar spirit. The GM is told, [indent]Before a threat does something to the characters, show signs that it’s about to happen . . . Call for a roll when the situation is uncertain.[/indent] The players are told, [indent]When you do something risky, roll . . . If you’re using LASERS (science, reason), you want to roll under your number. If you’re using FEELINGS, (rapport, passion) you want to roll over your number.[/indent] So if there is a situation in which neither LASERS nor FEELINGS are in play, we infer that the outcome is not uncertain - the GM makes a soft move that continues to reveal a threat. [/QUOTE]

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