thread: 2007-08-24 : Poison'd errata and Q&A
On 2007-08-24, Warren wrote:
I'm probably being dense here, but I just want to double-check that I understand bargains correctly.
Let's say that I'm playing "Young Zeb Harris" and you are playing "Pigfuck Dan". Dan has got "Young Zeb Harris swore to back me for ship's captain." on his sheet.
Now, during play, you get to withhold up to 5 dice (Zeb's Soul) from any roll I make, right? Regardless of Dan being involved in the scene, or in the same location, or whatever? And once you do so, that bargain is voided, and I no longer have to back you for captain?
Could you withhold less than 5 dice if you wanted? Could you withhold a single die five times before the bargain was complete? Or must it be the full amount, just once (which is what I suspect).
And, with the "back you for captain" part. Who determines if the bargain is fulfilled? Me, you, the GM? I could see it being a mechanical thing sometimes, but not for others (when "X swore to help me", what counts as enough "help"?)
So let's say that I do back you for captain in a vote, I am them free of the bargain, right? Regardless of you winning or losing? No way for you to withhold any Soul dice on that bargain, and so on.
I dare say I'll find some more, as I continue reading :)
Oh, and what somebody said on RPG.Net about Poison'd sounds very accurate from what I've seen; "Poison'd is to pirates what the HBO series Deadwood was to the western".
