>From: "L.Castellucci" <lightcastle_at_...>
>>
>Sorry. That's what I meant. That they knew they might be hit with alternate
>effect consequences and were cool with that.
Gotcha. I'm simply having kneejerk reactions to people assuming that advice (which I've given myself in the past) to pre-set stakes, is to always do it. Instead of doing it as instructional or in dangerous player situations only.
>That's what I meant. Caught off guard, he was using an ability at 6 (plus
>an
>augment) to have a starting ability of 8 (and starting AP of 8). A lucky
>roll
>kept him from losing right off. He then switched to something better, but
>his
>desperation stake was still limited to 8. (starting AP).
>
>I let him use his current ability as the limit for his desperation stake.
Ah. Sorry, misread the example.
>Like I said, it really only came up once, but annoyed me enough that I
>thought
>stakes should be set purely by the drama. Mind you, that opens the doors to
>someone desperation stake bidding hundreds of APs, but no one's actually
>done
>that yet.
Something to think about.
Mike
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