Re: Let's get ready to fuuuuuuuuumbllllllllle!

From: Eric Rowe <rowe_at_chaosium.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 12:49:23 -0700


>> attempted a fancy maneuver to
>> take out one of the peasants (against whom player characters get a
>> column shift, so it's doubly embarrassing) botched it spectacularly
>> and was knocked down.
>Doubly embarrassing, but not actually possible. The worst you can do
>in this situation is to roll a "1" -- "Big Failure", which gets bumped
>up to Failure. Pretty much by definition, a Failure is a non-falling
>- -on-arse result. (Unless the Ability being tested was "magical affinity:
>not falling on arse", of course.)
>Alex.

No, it is very possible. The falling on arse result is entirely dependent on the number of status points wagered. Judging by the description in this case it was a hefty amount, easily allowing a Failure to result in dropping below zero status points and thus landing upon one's posterior.

Only if the status points wager was relatively small would a Big Failure be required to take someone out, and then only if they had plenty of points at the time.

Eric Rowe


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