Why does it have that implication? Initiate and resist might be a better characterisation.
> The HQ resolution system says that two abilities of two acting parties are
> pitted against each other in a contest, with each party having it's own
> goal.
More strictly, it says that one has a goal, and the other is trying prevent this. Sometimes in practice the situation is more symmetrical than this, or the two goals are almost at right angle to each others, but the resolution system assumes you start off with one active party, and hence one goal.
> So, if I have a Speak Eloquently charm, and am using that in the above
> situations, when is it usable, and when not? When is it "passively"
> resisting? I'd argue never - it requires me to Speak Eloquently, which seems
> pretty active.
I think the distinction intended is that if you're trying to Speak Eloquently to accomplish some discrete goal of your own, it's "active"; if it's used simply to thwart someone else's, it's a "resistance".
It's mechanically clear enough in an EC though: you can use it on someone else "action" directed at you, but not on your own.
Cheers,
Alex.
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