> It isn't an interpretation. It's directly stated (at
least in the
> Continuum edition) on p69
Ah, that clause as I see it is not advice to not use pass fail to inform the resistance so much as don't let it dictate the resistance.
> I don't see why you can't use "New Conditions. New Resistance" (p72)
> during an Extended Contest - aside from credibility concerns.
Neither did I until it felt wrong to us.
> My gut feeling is that it depends on how extended
the contest is in
> game-time. If you're talking about a fight scene or
some other short
> conflict, then the credibility condition requires that
the resistances
> shouldn't change very often. In something that
takes place over a
> longer period of time (weeks or months or even
years) then the
> conditions could change for every exchange.
>
See that kind of thinking sits well with me for old style extended contests but there is
somthing more discrete and singular about the new style. It implies a more itterative and
less freeform approach. As I stated in my previous post it feels like a mechanic that
models a single scene or a montage, whereas old extended contests were appropriate for
a sequence of scenes each with a single roll. The difference is in the pacing of the
mechanic and in their differing relationships with the narration.
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