Splatbook*

Basic Moves

The basic moves are the ones that every player and PC can use, the ones that get used most often, and the ones that drive most of the game.

Each move has a trigger, which tells us when the move kicks in. The trigger is almost always fictional; the player declares that their character does something that meets the trigger, and the rest of the move tells us how to resolve that course of action.

Players might trigger a move intentionally, describing actions that they know meet the trigger. Or, they might also say "I want to Clash" or "I Defend." That's fine. But when they do, it's your job to draw the fiction out of them. "Cool, what do you do?" "Okay,

The opposite is also true: if they do it, they have to do it. When they say that they run past the crinwin and you deem it dangerous, high-stakes, and chancy, they're Defying Danger. They can back out ("Oh, I didn't realize, I don't want to do that"), but if they carry on, the move triggers and they need to roll.

It's everyone's job to watch for moves getting triggered, even if it's usually you who makes the call. Any player can, at any time, say "isn't that Defend?" and if the table agrees, then the triggering player makes with the dice. If there's disagreement about whether a move is getting triggered, or which move is getting triggered, talk it out, ask questions, and remember to follow your principles and pursue your agenda.

When a move says to "roll +[STAT]," that means: roll 2d6 and add whichever stat is indicated (STR, DEX, etc.). A result of a 10+ is a strong hit; a 7-9 is a weak hit (but still a hit). The basic moves all say what happens on a 10+ or a 7-9.

On a 6 or less, it's a miss. That means:

Your hard move might reflect the PC screwing up, but it could also reflect something preventing them from succeeding or even attempting the action they declared. It could even reflect them doing what they set out to do, but with terrible consequences.

The basic moves don't say what happens on a 6-; this is just how they work.