Three sided contest help?

From: Bryan <bethexton_at_...>
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:24:50 -0000


Mechanically, how would you handle the following, in terms of an extended contest.

A heads up a regiment/troupe/family, and wants everyone available for guard duty/the big show/Aunt Gertrude's dinner. B wants permission to leave for a while, to travel to McGuffin place. C just wants to be with B, whether both staying put, or B going off with guards/companions/servants (which include C).

The contest between A and B is pretty straightforward, either B gets permission to go, or A enforces the desire to keep everyone together.  But C could argue for either case (or even both ways depending on the situation). C has distinct goals, so should have a separate AP pool, but during the discussion at times might be solely supporting one of the others.

First of all, does this model even work at all?

Second, if C is augmenting one of the others, and they lose an exchange, per the rules I see no effect on C. However C could rather use this to not risk any AP for most of the contest.

Third, if C wants to make the grounds that either B stays or B goes but with one or more companions (including C), to win would imply driving both others to zero or less AP—but that doesn't mean that the discussion between A and B is done yet.

Help!

-Bryan

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