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<blockquote data-quote="Manbearcat" data-source="post: 7167244" data-attributes="member: 6696971"><p>If its alright with you, I'd like to stay with the interruption before we move on to scheduled programming (subsequent action and resolution) <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> Setting initial Position for Score Engagement Rolls is a big deal and fertile ground for conversation (and it overlaps with setting Position on other Action rolls).</p><p></p><p>Just quick rules stuff for anyone reading along so they can understand what the text has to say:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>With that out of the way...</p><p></p><p>I like your two examples above (and how they might relate to influencing Position) and your thinking on the initial Position I set makes sense.</p><p></p><p>I think the nature of the initial framing actually corresponds well (in a different way) to your lullaby-singing girl (especially if they walked in on the girl's mother singing that song during that meeting - which would have occurred during Gather Information/Free Play phase). Let me tell you my thinking and you tell me what you think (and maybe how you think the clarifying conversation at the table would have played out if you were a player at the table).</p><p></p><p>So the scoundrels don't have a schematic of the vice den. So this lackey (obviously serving as some kind of custodian) should know the lay of the place; where the bad guys are, patrols/infrastructure stuff, where the girls are kept, what leads where, etc. They need to find the girl and a way out. I'm thinking this is a prime opportunity to get the ball rolling downhill in a way that isn't very threatening, but still has some manner of risk associated with it (should an Action roll go horrifically) and maybe set the stage for an interesting Devil's Bargain (a Clock for when this guy gets loose if they tie him up in the closet?).</p><p></p><p>What do you think?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Manbearcat, post: 7167244, member: 6696971"] If its alright with you, I'd like to stay with the interruption before we move on to scheduled programming (subsequent action and resolution) :p Setting initial Position for Score Engagement Rolls is a big deal and fertile ground for conversation (and it overlaps with setting Position on other Action rolls). Just quick rules stuff for anyone reading along so they can understand what the text has to say: With that out of the way... I like your two examples above (and how they might relate to influencing Position) and your thinking on the initial Position I set makes sense. I think the nature of the initial framing actually corresponds well (in a different way) to your lullaby-singing girl (especially if they walked in on the girl's mother singing that song during that meeting - which would have occurred during Gather Information/Free Play phase). Let me tell you my thinking and you tell me what you think (and maybe how you think the clarifying conversation at the table would have played out if you were a player at the table). So the scoundrels don't have a schematic of the vice den. So this lackey (obviously serving as some kind of custodian) should know the lay of the place; where the bad guys are, patrols/infrastructure stuff, where the girls are kept, what leads where, etc. They need to find the girl and a way out. I'm thinking this is a prime opportunity to get the ball rolling downhill in a way that isn't very threatening, but still has some manner of risk associated with it (should an Action roll go horrifically) and maybe set the stage for an interesting Devil's Bargain (a Clock for when this guy gets loose if they tie him up in the closet?). What do you think? [/QUOTE]
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