Guys,
Don't you think that you are being too slavish to the result. So its
marginal on a simple contest. Do you always have to narrate it as
such? I don't.
Regards
Rob
wrote:
>
> Ian Cooper:
> > They seem to be becoming more useful now to bump a roll so as to
make sure
> > you get a level of victory. This can be useful with simple
contests to force
> > a complete or major victory. Otherwise you tend to get a minor
victory with a
> > simple contest. The other option to bumping is to call for an
extended
> > contest. So the hero point gives the player the option of
saying 'I want to
> > finish this now' without going to the extended contest. It is
really a kind
> > of 'I'm bored with this plot line' veto from the player.
>
> What I got sometimes was "I want this to be a extended contest,
for it's far
> easier that way to end with a complete or major victory".
>
> And indeed, it's very hard to reach this level with a simple
contest. We did
> some contest using both methods and is was not very satisfying.
The choice is
> "spend one HP to get the victory you want from an SC" or "go into
EC mode, and
> end with a satisfactory end, without burning any HP". :(
>
> I had to veto an EC once or twice because of this, because one
player wanted to
> do only EC.
>
> Maybe we did something wrong? Taking the same TNs and such, the
result was very
> often a better victory in EC than in SC.
>
> Philippe
>