[IaWA] Question on Consequences
Alan:
In a chapter yesterday at ConQuest story games lounge, I GMed this situation:
An NPC priestess declared that she and Balthior, a PC pass through a marriage arch and say the vows during a fertility ritual (as representatives of god and goddess but also for real committment.) We rolled this out and the priestess won. The player elected injury or exhaustion and I chose injury (getting slapped).
The question I have is: does the wedding still happen or did the player take injury _rather_ than stepping through the arch?
Darren Hill:
The loser has the option of taking Injury/Exhaustion _instead_ of the winner's desired consequence, so I'd say the wedding didn't happen.
lumpley:
Exactly.
By the same token though, the marriage didn't NOT happen. By the rules, you can have the priestess say "now walk with me through the marriage arch, or do you want another one? Next time I won't treat you so gently."
Beating people into submission is a viable tactic, if you mean it and if you can keep winning rolls.
-Vincent
Moreno R.:
Yes, the loser can always choose to simply get the standard consequences without agreeing to any negotiation.
But then the priestess can simply slap him again, and again, and again, until he agree "by his own will" ... ;-)
Alan:
So for confirmation: the initial declaration "we get married" is not a stake that is indicated by winning the contest, it only happens if the loser agrees to it as a consequence? If they don't agree, the worst that can happen is a exhaustion or injury.
Oh, another question. In a multiple player contest, where A and B are both challenging C over different things and A knocks C out of the contest, can B still challenge C? Or do they call their action unresolved and start a new conflict?
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