I’ve been toying around with an alternate stress clearing mechanism inspired by Lady Blackbird. Instead of engaging their vice, players would have a ‘refresh’ scene with another player in the party. It would change the tone of the game, but it would still fit the idea of a group of criminals forming a family together.
Has anyone else tried anything like this? How did it work?
Sounds like a co-dependant family obligation to me 🙂
Is the idea that the scene clears it completely? If it’s still a roll, and if one can still “overindulge,” than it shouldn’t be hard to implement and sounds like fun.
In a hack I’m actually toying with the idea of alternatives but it goes along with a revision of the Harm/Stress balance.
I see vice not just as a way to refresh your stress (hit points)… but also an essential roleplaying aide and interesting story fodder.
Or am I misunderstanding the mechanic?
Glen Cooper I think that you’ve correctly described the mechanic thought my understanding of these things is more theoretical then applied.