thread: 2007-08-24 : Poison'd errata and Q&A
On 2010-04-13, Vincent wrote:
That's exactly what you can do. If he really surrendered, he'll endure duress and suffer the deadly wound. If he fights back, he didn't really surrender after all, he's still fighting and thus has escalated instead. His choice.
Now, he might manage to seize the initiative [not a technical term] while surrendering, in which case maybe he'll get a success roll before you can run him through, or maybe even prevent you from following through at all. It depends on the precise details of the situation.
But under normal circumstances, no, if you say "you surrender? Great! I run you through," his choice is to suck it up, or else to retract his surrender, fight back, and escalate instead.
