Paul Beakley​​​ it can be that, but also…Hmmm…ok, say I’m a Battle Babe and you marked my Hot instead of Cool this time.

We’re in this situation where I’m trying to provide a distraction so others can sneak past or whatever. So ordinarily I’d stride all in all bad ass and draw some hostility so I can act under fire or whatever…but you wanted to see me Hot, so ok…I’ll deliver.

So I do this whole slinky “hey babe” routine…it’s not a seduction or manipulation…the trigger for that is “tell them what you want” (like an overt negotiation) and I’m not about to say “hey I want you to ogle me while my friends sneak past.”

Without intentionally forcing some questionable thing just to have a roll, there’s no move here. So you judge that these bozos are likely to be into me and that I sold sleazy-and-maybe-interested pretty well, so you say “sure, the team manages to slip past while they’re all jostling for your attention” and then you cut to the team and I just Hotted my ass off for no XP.

I know some groups play fast and loose with the rolls, doing things like make Act Under Fire a generic derring-do roll and the like, but as you know, the moves aren’t really supposed to work that way.

When the move simply doesn’t apply, the MC adjudicates and play continues…no roll…no XP.