Chained simple again

From: Jane Williams <janewilliams20_at_...>
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 12:51:36 +0100 (BST)

• "L.Castellucci" <lightcastle_at_...> wrote:
  > Now, I have not ever had chained simple contests
  > adequately explained to me. I
  > understand the logic in principle - you carry over
  > successes in some way, but
  > no one has presented me with mechanics for it.
  > (Since the system only gives
  > out penalties and not bonuses, how does that work?
  > Do you use something like
  > the Hero Questing rules, with carryover bonuses? Is
  > it like a series of
  > variable augments? How do you decide when it ends? )
  

I thought we covered this for Sam fairly recently?

Searching... yes, even Yahoo search found this.

http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/HeroQuest-rules/message/23471 and the rest of the thread will be there.

What I said then was:

You do a simple contest. Unless you manage total victory/defeat, the result is that the situation changes a bit, and one side or the other takes "damage" - perhaps a -1? That damage carries through to the next simple contest, if it applies to it.

All contests are separate, so you don't need to worry about changing abilities, changing who's involved, that kind of thing. Set it up new each time, if that makes sense. Just remember the "damage" isn't automagically healed, and there you go.

Each simple contest should *be* a new contest, of course. No "I try the same thing again". Either the aim, or the abilities used, should vary. "I hit him again with my sword, but now I'm really trying to attack, not just to find out how good he is". "Drat, he's better than I thought, I'll call up some more magic."

The whole thing stops when the participants decide it's stopped.

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