Apocalypse World: Sonic Pigs

I have decided to adapt Patrick Stuart's Sonic Pigs into a custom threat for my Apocalypse World game.

In the City by the Sea slaves are forced to tend the sonic pig pits, feeding them and corralling them until they have grown fat from sucking on semi-nutrient mud. They are more than just a food source though, when the slavers want to demoralize a populace they will release the runts and mutated babies of their litters around the perimeter of a town they want to subjugate, herding the pigs toward the populace with sticks and whips while protecting themselves with earplugs or scavenged headphones. The sonic pigs will search for food amongst a town's refuse but react with terror when confronted by crowds or loud noises.

When you scare a sonic pig, roll+sharp. On a 10+, pick two. On a 7-9, pick three. If you are deafened or have a way to cancel sound, then pick one less:

• you shit yourself (you are +messy and prone to +disease if you don't clean yourself)
  
• you are dizzy (take -1ongoing until you get +far away)
  
• you are disorientated (act under fire or else stay where you are clutching your head)
  
• you are filled with despair (the MC holds 1, they can spend this hold to prevent you from gaining experience)

On a miss, all four are true, even if you are deafened - the vibrations from the sound rattle your bones and make your intestines hum.



Picture drawn by Logan Knight