The Artiste
You're no brute. Your monsters are comments on the human condition. The screams of their victims, also, comments. You're sensitive and creative and you have something to SAY.
| Goal | Attention |
| Boon | Command reactions, influence minds |
| Bane | Perfectionism |
| Catnip | Make it a performance |
| Mania | Micromanage until they stop fighting back |
| Setup | What is your distributor and your audience? How do the hater vloggers trash you? |
| Grounding | What do you need to express? Whose approval do you crave? Who did your success leave behind? |
| Flair | Smock smock smock / Robot helmet / Guerrilla grunge |
| Opus | Crawling graffiti / Uber-puppet / Generative AI |
| Fiend | Brushtail sphinx / Camouflage parrot / 2d shadow |
PRESENTATION!
Analyze / Research: What is the organizing aesthetic of your workspace?
Invent / Repair: What signature do you install?
Dominate the Room: What genre is your performance?
Befriend the Strange: What culture do you expect they'll appreciate?
Stunt: How would this exercise be scored in figure skating?
Sabotage: What is the delicious irony of the method?
Work Together: What will you NOT compromise on?
Go Mad: Your own appearance reveals its final form - what?
Create Art
When you create a work of art, decide how you're being vulnerable, don't tell anyone at the table, then roll plus Bio, Eng, Soc, or Ath.
What are the materials? What are you doing with them? How does it get you messy? What are you like, mid-expression?
Choose one result from Invent / Repair, or from the following:
10+:
- It creates an obsessive fandom.
- It hypnotizes and implants ideas.
- It's an Asset that will help Befriending the right kind of Strange.
6-:
- It remains maddeningly unfinished; you must obsess over it or cut off your ear.
- It gets you cancelled.
- Nobody cares. This Move doesn't even advance the plot.
Captivate the Room
Extra options for Dominate the Room:
- Command awe
- Gain followers
- Gain a patron
Can't Take You Anywhere
As a Move consequence, you may encounter a rabid fan or vehement hater, who will go to extremes to demonstrate their passion.
How do you act with your fans or haters in person? Does it thrill or alarm you?