Complete victory (was: Interesting Failure)

From: Toksickburn_at_...
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 10:42:08 EST

Sam said:
<Absolutely. If the players know what a complete victory means, then
<they have the option to cement it, say as a new ability, if it is
<interesting to them. You can award a directed HP for this if you wish
<it to be cost-free. The book-keeping is then a simple process - if the
<players remember it and wish to use it in the future, it goes on the
<character sheet, if they don't remember it, it doesn't.
 

Well yes, but i think this isnt what Mike´s analysis really said. Remember the hunting example.
and
Complete Victory drastically changes the challenge.  

So hunting for food is no longer a challenge meaning you come home with food everytime as an automatic success.
While i like this, its an exception to the existing rules. And giving your player an ability for free (for example) doesnt solve the problem because that would most, likely (?) start at 13, which does not grant in  any way an automatic success.
So thats how i came to the question: how do you bookkeep the results of a complete victory ?
Can you write down: automatic hunting success in the woods of X ? Also i would tend to say: this cant be cemented.....it last for one story, not longer.  

all the best  

Christian

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