[Dogs] A couple of questions
Simon C:
I think I see where you're coming from. Let me explain the background to make sure we're on the same page.
The demons want the dogs out of town, so they can keep escalating the conflict. One of the things the demons are doing is bringing in snows early. I've been mentioning through the whole game about how winter is coming in early, and folks kept telling the dogs that the pass is pretty much impassible once the snow comes.
Elijah doesn't want to resolve things with Virgil, because he's too proud. Elijah has just made the leap to false doctrine and sorcery, so he's able to call on the demons for help. In the conflict, while he's saying "if you don't leave, you'll be trapped", what he's really doing is calling on the demons to make that true. The dogs take the blow, effectively saying "we'll take our chances" and "if that's what it takes".
So what you're saying is that the consequences of that raise is that the pass is full of snow, but whether that means the dogs are stuck is a whole other issue?
I can see how that works.
Lance D. Allen:
Simon,
What happens if I narrate putting my shotgun against the Dog's head and pulling the trigger, then advancing enough dice that they have to take the blow?
Do I blow their head off? What happens if the fallout roll is lousy, and they don't die?
That's part of the craft of DitV, I think. Yeah, he took the blow, and I shot him. I probably didn't blow his head off, though. He gets to narrate how he takes the blow. Maybe he narrates how he rolled to the side, and my shot took him in the back, but the armored plates sewn into his coat kept him from dying outright.. Maybe he dies at the end of the conflict, maybe he doesn't. That's what fallout decides.
In your case, I'd have the Dog take the blow in whatever appropriate way he wishes.. The possibility of him getting stuck in the town doesn't even matter until he's leaving. Maybe he takes the development trait "frostbite" because he had to fight his way through the storm. Maybe he takes the trait 'delayed'. Maybe it doesn't matter. The raise had its mechanical consequences and it's narrative response in the conflict.
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