[Trollbabe] Escaping from a fight

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MikeF:
Hi Ron, et al,

Thanks, yes, that does absolutely make sense. I'm saying this out loud to make sure I've understood properly: If the player chooses 'escape' as their intent, then a failure - whether because they step out of the conflict 'discommoded' after the first roll, or are 'incapacitated' after the third or fourth roll - means that they are captured. The narration about being discommoded or incapacitated after that is only going to affect what sort of options she has now that the monster has her in its clutches.

I think I was reading the rules as implying that disengaging from a conflict early on automatically means escaping from the threat, and that stemmed from thinking in terms of the NPCs having a goal too. In fact in my example the player has put themselves in that position by choosing 'escape' as their goal. If they had tried to evade a fight by aiming for a goal like 'hide so the monster doesn't see me', or 'run over that narrow bridge where the monster can't follow me' then a failure would not at that point automatically mean capture. Instead, as jburneko says, the PC would just be faced with a new conflict: she didn't hide successfully, the monster is still bearing down on her, what is she going to do about it?

Excellent, that really clarifies things, and confirms that Trollbabe doesn't lend itself to easy gaming of the system. Rerolls rock. And thanks for the amazingly rapid replies!

Ron Edwards:
Hi Mike,

You got it!

I'm glad you're OK with the rapid replies, which looked a bit like a good-natured dogpile for a minute there.

Best, Ron

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