Starting a new contest

From: Hibbs, Philip <philip.hibbs_at_...>
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 09:09:08 +0100

Getting back to the Great Troll vs Oscar situation, let's say the Great Troll truly doesn't care about humiliation. It barely understands the concept. How should this be handled? In a situation where the referee decides that an ability is useless, say for persuading a rock that it ought to roll uphill, then she can disallow it. But lets say the she says it is possible, but is very difficult. The Great Troll doesn't have "Stupid 15W", so it can't use that as a defence.

Should Oscar just have a penalty imposed, due to the nature of his opponent?

Can the Great Troll just whack Oscar regardless of his debating defeat?

If it had ben a financial negotiation contest, and the Great Troll was now poor, then he could still thump Oscar as a separate contest, and take all the money back.

PS. I did a heroquest some time ago, and we *did* persuade a rock to roll uphill, but HQs are a bit odd sometimes.

Philip Hibbs http://www.snark.freeserve.co.uk/ Opinions expressed may not even be my own, let alone those of any organisations, nations, species, or schools of thought to which I may be affiliated.