Anyway...I've come down to realizing that IMG if Oscar wants to insult the Troll, it's the Narrator's call. If it's conceivable that it works, use it. If it's critical to the scene, make it an extended contest. But if (as the original example posed) he's trying against a ZZ berserker?
Narrator fiat: give the player a chance to reconsider. if they try it, it would be like trying to use Rapier Wit to fly, ergo "As the troll rushes you, he smacks you with the Maul, ignoring your witticism."
The question then is - how would people suggest this be handled? Sure, the contest is the easy part - I'd almost assume the troll gets a bump for Oscar standing still. But the result? Apply a wound automatically? I think a maul upside the head might KILL (or at least knock out) someone that's just going to take it - i.e. a heck of a lot more than a wound, but how much more? Since we don't have hit points, how do we penalize this character appropriately?
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