Re: When feats fail catastrophically from samclau_at_lF3r2k9r7trAfJHGL_0oGfw0-toZTNCgcDeVbKZ3gKKTOwuA1PLbEYUPzEABCeeY6P2o on 2007-06-26 (World of Glorantha)

From: samclau_at_lF3r2k9r7trAfJHGL_0oGfw0-toZTNCgcDeVbKZ3gKKTOwuA1PLbEYUPzEABCeeY6P2o
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:25:03 -0300

Rob then Adept
>> However, if a situation is framed in such a way as the destori is
>> literally putting his magic on the line, and the player and story
>> has built up to this moment of high drama, then a complete defeat
>> can mean losing faith in Orlanth, becoming an apostate; losing the
>> ability to use magic from that affinity; but whatever, the stakes
>> must be set out fairly clear and we are talking extended type
>> contest.
>
> That sounds fair, but stops the game while we work it out. My idea is
> that any time one performs magic _something_ happens. Failure with a
> fizzle is supremely undramatic, and doesn't seem to fit the logic of
> magic either. When you set your Will to work magic, there is always
> 100% commitment. If something goes wrong it still means that things
> happen, sometimes spectacular things.

[BTW, needn´t be EC necessarily, IMO]

I don't think it stops the game - I think it takes the game in a different direction - isn't that the point of rolling dice?

And, I would see this as whiff/fizzle. Losing the major source of magic is going to be a big big thing for a PC. More spectacular than falling off a cliff and breaking your leg. Like losing a loved one, losing a job, only less gruesome to play.

> When you are doing feat magic you are emulating a god. When you mess
> up, I have no idea what happened. If you fail utterly, it may indeed
> take a huge chunk from your confidence in your magic and the power of
> the deity. This should propably be rare.

I'd make it the default. A priest starts reading the funeral service out at a wedding - he's going to find it difficult starting the next wedding.

If you want fireworks, though, you just have a whirlwind go out of control, an Umbroli attack the hero. Just, wind goes wrong.

Sam.

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