thread: 2006-04-13 : T equals Zero
On 2006-05-17, colin roald wrote:
So, Aquilo the drunken Black Knight attempts a seduction roll to talk Bethania, the prince's loyal young wife, into spreading her legs for him. And not suavely—he's coarse and crude and does it in front of the court, and there's absolutely no way she can do anything but call for the guards to break his face.
But Aquilo has a specialization in seduction, and his player calls for a conflict, and he throws down a 12. And Bethania's player rolls crappy and throws down a 4.
The rules seem to say, "Whatever [he] said [his] character does, that's exactly what happens." There must be wiggle room here somewhere for Bethania's player to say "no! she just would never do that!" Is she allowed to insist on exhaustion damage instead of having the described challenge come to pass? We have one exception for lethal damage; is there another one for "no mind control"?
Aquilo here I am postulating not to have any actual magical ability, just famously dangerous sex appeal. The enchantress with genuine mind control magic is a different issue.
This makes CR go "I'm not trying to be difficult"
I post these and worry a bit that I'm being a pain in the ass. I hope I'm not. But it's not so much this case I'm really worried about as figuring out where the dividing line is between this case and obviously reasonable ones like "Do I talk you into letting me come with you?"
