Maestro D' inner
☐ You call this hot?: when you act under fire, roll+hot instead of roll+cool.
☐ A devil with a blade: when you use a blade to go aggro or seize something by force, roll+hot instead of roll+hard.
☐ Fingers in every pie: when you put the word out that you want some thing – could be a person, could be somethin somethin, could even be just a thing – roll+hot. On a 10+, it shows up in your establishment for you, like magic. On a 7–9, well, your people make an effort and everybody wants to please you and close is close, right? On a miss, it shows up in your establishment for you with strings wicked attached.
☐ Everybody eats, even that guy: when you want to learn about someone important (your call), roll+hot. On a 10+, ask 3. On a 7–9, ask 1:
☐ Just give me a motive: when you name someone who might conceivably consume eat/drink/ingest something you’ve touched, roll+hard (if an NPC) or roll+Hx (if a PC). On a 10+, they do ingest it, and they suffer 4‑harm (ap) sometime during the next 24 hours. On a 7–9, it’s 2‑harm (ap). On a miss, some several people of the MC’s choice, maybe including your guy maybe not, get it, and all suffer 3‑harm (ap).
How are they doing? What’s up with them?
What or who do they love best?
Whom do they know, like, and/or trust?
When next should I expect to see them?
How could I get to them, physically or emotionally?
When you hook another character up – with sex, with food, with somethin somethin, whatever – it counts as having sex with them.
MAESTRO D’ MOVES
ESTABLISHMENT
Your establishment features one main attraction supported by 2 side attractions (like a bar features drinks, supported by music and easy food). Choose one to be your main act and 2 for lube:
☐ luxury food ☐ music ☐ fashion ☐ lots of food ☐ sex ☐ spectacle ☐ easy food ☐ games ☐ art ☐ drinks ☐ coffee ☐ drugs ☐ scene (see and be)
For your establishment’s atmosphere, choose & underline 3 or 4:
bustle · intimacy · smoke · shadows · perfume · slime · velvet · fantasy · brass · lights · acoustics · anonymity · meat · eavesdropping · blood · intrigue · violence · nostalgia · spice · quiet · luxury · nudity · restraint · forgetting · pain · kink · candy · protection · grime · noise · dancing · chill · masks · fresh fruit · a cage
Your regulars include these 5 NPCs (at least):
Lamprey, Ba, Camo, Toyota, Lits.
Who is your best regular?
Who is your worst regular?
These 3 NPCs (at least) have an interest in your establishment:
Been, Rolfball, Gams.
Who wants in on it?
Who do you owe for it?
Who wants it gone?
For security, choose this:
☐ a real gang (3‑harm gang small 1‑armor)
Or else choose 2 of these:
☐ a convenient shotgun (3‑harm close reload messy)
☐ a bouncer who knows his biz (2‑harm 1‑armor)
☐ plywood & chickenwire (1‑armor)
☐ secrecy, passwords, codes & signals, invites-only, vouching, etc.
☐ everybody’s packing: your cast & crew are a gang (2‑harm gang small 0‑armor)
☐ a warren of dead-ends, hideaways & boltholes
☐ no fixed location, always new venues
CAST & CREW
Your cast & crew can consist entirely of the other players’ characters, with their agreement, or entirely of NPCs, or any mix. If it includes any NPCs, sketch them out — names and 1-line descriptions — with the MC. Make sure they suit your establishment’s scene.