[dogs] A question about Taking The Blow and fallout dice size
JamesDJIII:
I'll post the AP for the Dogs game I ran with David Artman and another buddy later. Right now, I have questions!
Situation is that David's dog makes a Raise against an NPC:
David: I step forward and point my rifle at her face, but I don't shoot. <puts up 2 dice as his raise, it's an 11, let's say>
Me: I Take the Blow... <I put up 5 dice, totalling, say 15> ...your rifle discharges."
Questions:
1. Is this ok? Can my Take The Blow narration do this?
2. If it is ok, what size Fallout dice does the NPC accrue? The Raise is not just talking, and it's not gun fire... etc. The Take The Blow IS a bullet.
Filip Luszczyk:
I think with this particular Raise Taking the Blow should rather mean that he indeed puts the rifle at her face without shooting. Your See sounds more like a nasty Reversal to me.
However, it's a bit tricky. What was David's intent behind the Raise? Was the thing his opposition couldn't ignore specifically his character pointing the rifle without shooting, or rather specifically not shooting her? I tend to think in "mini-stakes" terms when it comes to what Taking the Blow means for a given Raise.
As for Fallout, I'd go with d6. It's all non-violent action.
lumpley:
1. No. "I don't shoot" is part of the blow you have to take. You could do it on a reverse for sure, though.
2. If you could do it, it'd be d10s fallout, because of the bullet. As it is, it's d4s, because there's no physical contact between you, just the threat.
-Vincent
JamesDJIII:
Ah! Ok, understood.
Filip Luszczyk:
Vincent,
The Fallout bit is interesting. What about Raises like "I run and block his way out of the room" or similar? Normally, I'd treat them as non-violent physical and go with d6 Fallout, due to it being a clearly physical action that doesn't include direct contact. Physical contact was a kind of grey area to me, and I usually interpret "just touching" as d6 and go with d8s when things are clearly violent.
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