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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7457816" data-attributes="member: 29398"><p>Negotiation will only realistically happen when a) one side knows it cannot win and tries negotiation as a plan B, or b) both sides realize the cost of continuing (or starting) battle will be too high.</p><p></p><p>For a) to work the winning side has to consent to negotiate - which IME isn't something PCs often do, though the opposition will on occasion.</p><p></p><p>For either a) or b) to work there needs to be enough intelligence and reason on both sides to make it worthwhile. Negotiating with a purple worm, for example, is only going to get you eaten faster; negotiating with fanatical cultists is also likely doomed to failure before it starts.</p><p></p><p>And, for either a) or b) to work one or both sides has to have something to bargain with that the other side wants and can't otherwise easily get: this isn't always the case.</p><p></p><p>And whether or not the PCs give a damn about the setting, I always take it as default that the setting doesn't give any more of a damn about the PCs than it does any of its other many inhabitants.</p><p></p><p>Lanefan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 7457816, member: 29398"] Negotiation will only realistically happen when a) one side knows it cannot win and tries negotiation as a plan B, or b) both sides realize the cost of continuing (or starting) battle will be too high. For a) to work the winning side has to consent to negotiate - which IME isn't something PCs often do, though the opposition will on occasion. For either a) or b) to work there needs to be enough intelligence and reason on both sides to make it worthwhile. Negotiating with a purple worm, for example, is only going to get you eaten faster; negotiating with fanatical cultists is also likely doomed to failure before it starts. And, for either a) or b) to work one or both sides has to have something to bargain with that the other side wants and can't otherwise easily get: this isn't always the case. And whether or not the PCs give a damn about the setting, I always take it as default that the setting doesn't give any more of a damn about the PCs than it does any of its other many inhabitants. Lanefan [/QUOTE]
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