SURVEY QUESTION: MOVES!

[Strazio Rockwell]

I really don't think that an overhaul would be the best, if I'm honest. I believ the core of the system is good.

I think 2 major factors of the system need ot be tightened up and polished:
1: What counts as a "variable"
2: What details are pertinent for other writers to know about a move.

These are my ideas as of thus far:
1: A variable is something that adds narrative functionality outside of the powers that you already have.

Just as a rough, unpolished stream of thought for 2:
What does it look like?
If it's a physical object, what are some of the important dimensions?
If it's something that doesn't appear in the real world, what's important for us to know about how it operates?
What happens if you are targeted by this move (outside of the expected)?
What are some of the downsides (if it's beyond what we expect)?
What is it especially good at doing (if it does anything beyond what we expect)?

I agree with your two points. Both aspects could/should be polished and tightened.

The second half I have some disagree with, not because it's bad in theory it just seems too nebulous to be properly defined.

What do you mean by narrative functionality? That seems like such a vague term. If I have a gun that can shoot ice bullets and fire bullets that's obviously two seperate functions narrative wise, but how is that different than our current system?

The problem I see with writing "what does this move do outside of the expected" is that the expected might not be the same between members. Not everyone is gun/sword savvy. Same as not everyone knows your particular canon universe.

For example if I have a gun that I know has 30 rounds because I'm a gun nut do I not have to write that bit of information into the move? As their opponent do I have to do google searches to find the capacity of an average magazine for said weapon? Or, God-forbid, the submitter has an incorrect idea of how that particular weapon works and they think it shoots 40 rounds but in real life it is 30.

And please dont take this as me attacking your idea, but things like this do need to be taken into consideration. I do think it is a good start though.