Re: simple contest

From: Jeff <jakyer_at_...>
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 14:18:57 -0000

> On Wednesday, October 24, 2001 4:25 AM, David Dunham
[SMTP:david_at_a...]
> wrote:
> >
>
>
> Mostly I just say "you win" (okay, I make the description more
exciting than
> that...), but if I *do* use a Simple Contest for this, I usually
hand-wave and
> assume that any Victory by the PC puts the goon out of action. I
don't care
> whether they're dazed, dead, scared, confused or whatever. They're
just not
> part of the plot any more. Then I can get onto the dramatic Extended
Contest of
> <whatever> against the main villain.

This is handled similarly in 7th Sea when brutes are taken down by any sort of successful hit on them by the heroes.

Or in Feng Shui - mooks attack in droves and die in droves. Our Resident Humakti really really wants to learn the 'Carnival of Carnage' feat - if the person attacked isn't a 'named villian', it dies when hit.

> To take another movie example - does anyone care *exactly* how badly
injured
> each one of the dozens of stormtroopers who are blasted in the Star
Wars
> trilogy is? All we need to know is that they're not going to be
shooting back
> at the heroes. Conversely, when Luke fights Darth Vader, it's all
shown in
> loving detail. Because he's more important to the plot.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bruce

Mooks vs Villians, yep. Mind you, it beats being torn to shreds by some annoying trollkin bandits because you rolled bad dice. =)

Jeff