> Nice. Lots of good examples in there. None about
> pursuing two goals at once, though, not that I could
> see.
>
Another approach. When the phone call comes through, you change your goal from 'Cook a meal' to 'Cook a meal AND fix my dad's computer.' You're now facing two opponents: the pan that wants to burn everything and legions of Microserfs. Every round in the EC, both of them act against you and they both have their own pool of APs. You suffer multiple opponent penalties. The actions being narrated may restrict the abilities you can use and the sizes of bids you can make.
If you defeat both opponents, you achieve all your goal and have both a meal and a happy father. If you're defeated, the narrator has the option of narrating your defeat as you failing with one or the other parts of your goal. Or even, borrowing from Mike Holmes (<http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/HeroQuest-rules/message/21006> and <http://www.glorantha.com/support/na_defeat.html> Rule 3), you succeed at both but at the cost of damaging your relationship with your dad (you got snappy on the phone) or charring your best omlette pan.
How does that sound?
Neil.
-- Neil Smith http://www.njae.me.uk Milton Keynes Roleplaying Games Club http://www.mk-rpg.org.uk
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