[DORK] Monsterhearts: Introducing the Corbin

People don't understand the value of the things they've been given. Everything is disposable; food, items, people, and that's good for you. You have sharp eyes and a keen sense of smell, and you know that everything is just a little better when it's begun to decay. You've come from the edge of extinction to the edge of poverty, nothing to lose and everything to gain.

Introducing... The Corbin

Ane, Bram, Corey, Crosby, Eric, Karin, Plikt, Rook, Yu.

An alliterative name, a grim name, an avian name, a punning name.

Trouble, Disheveled, Shabby-Chic, Vagabond, Thrown-together.

Acquisitive Eyes, Too-Bright Eyes, Mocking Eyes, Lying Eyes, Mischievous Eyes.

Raven Form: Sardonic, Laconic, Shiny, Saturnine, Grim.

Trickster Tricked, Stolen Body, Mad Science, Youngest of the Rookery.

Your Backstory:

You stole something from someone and they caught you. They can take 1 String on you and take the thing back or 2 Strings and you keep the thing. They also get to say what the thing is and how valuable it is.

You stole something from someone that they do not miss or value, but gave you insight into them. Gain 1 String on them, say what the thing is.

Take another Corbin move.
Take a move from another Skin.
Take a move from another Skin.
You are part of a Rookery.
Add 1 to Hot (max 3).
Add 1 to Cold (max 3).
Add 1 to Volatile (max 3).
Add 1 to Dark (max 3).

Playing the Corbin

Troublesome, Larcenous, Materialistic, the Corbin is all about taking things that are not theirs. Their two bodies allow them swift and covert mobility, but one is almost always vulnerable to something with sufficient supernatural wherewithal. Corbins are tougher than they appear.

Goddamn Magpies has a lot in common with the Apocalypse World Chopper move Fucking Thieves, and combines really well with Finder/Keeper, if you want to generate Strings quickly.

Tangles in the Nest is another good one for collecting Strings, and highlights the spying nature of the Corbin, though the risks are, well, fun.

It's up to the MC or the player of the character whether a character feels rejected for purposes of Scavengers Never Starve, though, in most cases, this should be pretty clear-cut.

When you use Don't Look! to take both bodies into the Abyss, you sure as hell peer into it.

Note that the Corbin Sex Move says “you take” not “you can take.”