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A short piece of #PbtA #RPGTheory.
Many of Apocalypse World's rules refer explicitly to the interactions you have when you play.
Implicit: On a 10+, your character hits theirs. They choose where.
Explicit: On a 10+, tell them that your character hits theirs. Ask them where.
Many of Apocalypse World's rules refer explicitly to the interactions you have when you play.
Implicit: On a 10+, your character hits theirs. They choose where.
Explicit: On a 10+, tell them that your character hits theirs. Ask them where.
A lot of the time, it doesn't matter. The examples above are basically interchangeable.
But compare these:
Implicit: On a 10+, your character guesses what they should be on the lookout for.
Explicit: On a 10+, ask the GM: "What should my character be on the lookout for?"
But compare these:
Implicit: On a 10+, your character guesses what they should be on the lookout for.
Explicit: On a 10+, ask the GM: "What should my character be on the lookout for?"
These aren't interchangeable in the same way. In the implicit version, you have to kind of guess or interpret what interaction you should have with the GM, to get the result the rule describes. The explicit version describes the interaction directly instead.
