> it's a mutual loss. You could just as likely have a mutual win,
> etc. I think that's what was being asked.
In a sense. But I think the point that the character lost and therefore dies is a good one - I suppose it depends on whether both characters are viewpoint, or where only one is. If only the human is viewpoint (PC in the bush) then the contest was implicitly to "survive without getting poisoned and killed", which they failed. If the snake was the viwpoint character (say, a PC transfomred for assasination purposes) then the snake lost the "pison the human an get away" contest, too. the mutual death bit could arise from any decision arising from a tie requiring GM's judgement, such as a mutual failure where both combatants are PC's.
> see this being a very common occurrence in interpersonal conflicts,
> where (for example) you may have deeply offended someone or made a
> nasty enemy, but he/she doesn't necessarily have to make that
> obvious. Question for the list: have people done this much so far,
> or is it almost too much to keep in a DM's mind?
I would be inclined to give them a Relationship tor reflect that enmity, even if they did not know about it.
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