Maestro D'
THE
MAESTRO D'
☐ get +1 hot (max hot +3) ☐ get a new maestro d’ move
☐ get +1 cool (max cool +2) ☐ get a new maestro d’ move
☐ get +1 hard (max hard +2) ☐ resolve an interest in your establishment
☐ get +1 weird (max weird +2) ☐ add a security to your establishment
☐ get a move from another playbook ☐ get a move from another playbook
THE MAESTRO D'
Introducing
In the golden age of legend, there was this guy named Maestro. He was known for dressing up real dap and whever he went, the people had much luxe tune. There was this other guy named Maitre d’. He was known for dressing up real dap and whever he went, the people had all the food they could eat and the fanciest of it.
Here in Apocalypse World, those two guys are dead. They died and the fat sizzled off them, they died same as much-luxe-tune and all-you-can-eat. The maestro d’ now, he can’t give you what those guys used to could, but fuck it, maybe he can find you a little somethin somethin to take off the edge.
CREATING A MAESTRO D’
To create your maestro d’, choose name, look, stats, moves, establishment, gear, and Hx.
NAME
Cookie · Silver · Smoky · Slops · Chief · Rose · Angler · Chairman · Grave · Saffron · Life · Yen · Emmy · Julia · Jackbird · Francois · Esco · Boiardi · Mari · Nan · Rache · Proper · Fall
LOOK
man · woman · ambiguous · transgressing
casual wear · display wear · vintage wear · butcher wear · fetish wear · display wear · immaculate whites
pinched face · boyish face · pretty face · expressive face · full face · tattooed face · porcelain face · scarred face
cool eyes · bright eyes · inquisitive eyes · frank eyes · mischievous eyes · one eye
fat body · restless body · stubby body · curvy body · unusual body · lean body
flexible hands · quick hands · precise hands · nervous hands · sausage fingers · scarred hands · playful hands
STATS
Choose one set:
MOVES
You get all the basic moves. Choose 2 maestro d’ moves.
GEAR
You get: a wicked blade, like a kitchen knife or 12” razor-sharp scissors (2‑harm hand); oddments worth 1‑barter; fashion suitable to your look, including at your option a piece worth 1‑armor (you detail).
HX
Everyone introduces their characters by name, look, and outlook. Take your turn. List the other characters’s names.
Go around again for Hx. On your turn:
On the other characters’s turns:
At the end, find the character with the highest Hx on your sheet. Ask that player which of your stats is most interesting, and highlight it. The MC will name another stat for you to highlight too.
Cool+1 Hard−1 Hot+2 Sharp=0 Weird+1
Cool=0 Hard+1 Hot+2 Sharp+1 Weird−1
Cool−1 Hard+2 Hot+2 Sharp=0 Weird−1
Cool=0 Hard=0 Hot+2 Sharp+1 Weird=0
Choose the character you find the most attractive; tell that player Hx+2.
Tell everyone else Hx+1.
Choose your favorite character; ignore the number that player tells you and write Hx+3 next to the character’s name instead.
Everyone else, whatever number they tell you, give it +1 and write that next to the character’s name.
1‑barter will cover your cast & crew’s cut of a spectacular event or two.