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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 9315792" data-attributes="member: 82106"><p>Well, you become tough, but yes, you can choose whether or not to resist any given consequence. You can even resist on behalf of other characters (and thus have a choice not to do so). MOST of the time you are going to be resisting Harm, and it RARELY makes sense NOT to resist it, at least assuming you have some stress left to manage, as harm degrades effect, and stacks pretty quickly! Honestly I would say that it is pretty rare to resist 'narrative' type consequences. Instead you might use Devil's Bargain to avoid them, or possibly some special armor use case granted by equipment or a special ability. </p><p></p><p>Also, in the case of harm, resist generally just reduces the harm by one bracket, so you are still getting hit, and probably need to burn Armor. My character was stupidly tough at Tier 5. He had a couple ways to increase his load, so he was pretty much ALWAYS tanking around in full armor, plus he had a special ability to invoke special armor (you can't 'equip' special armor, it is only granted as an ability/asset). However, with all that, my main claim to fame was stuff like "Not to be Trifled With" which let me push (expend a stress) in order to perform a superhuman physical feat, or eliminate the scale difference between himself and a group of enemies. He also has 3 pips of Command and "Savage" which lets him gain ANOTHER die on Command whenever the enemy is frightened by his show of physical violence (basically always unless they are seriously boss). I can also expend Special Armor to Push, so in effect I get a 'free' "Not to be Trifled With" in any situation where I expect to kick ass and not need 3 armor.</p><p></p><p>So, at least for Takeo, it isn't so much being able to pick and choose which consequences to accept, it is just being so sheer badass that very few people can stand long enough to deliver serious consequences! Of course if the scene was a complex negotiation, then all his 'stuff' is a bit less useful and basically he's going to resist better due to more pips than a lower tier PC, but that's about it. He can certainly look intimidating standing behind Tal Rajan with his arms crossed!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 9315792, member: 82106"] Well, you become tough, but yes, you can choose whether or not to resist any given consequence. You can even resist on behalf of other characters (and thus have a choice not to do so). MOST of the time you are going to be resisting Harm, and it RARELY makes sense NOT to resist it, at least assuming you have some stress left to manage, as harm degrades effect, and stacks pretty quickly! Honestly I would say that it is pretty rare to resist 'narrative' type consequences. Instead you might use Devil's Bargain to avoid them, or possibly some special armor use case granted by equipment or a special ability. Also, in the case of harm, resist generally just reduces the harm by one bracket, so you are still getting hit, and probably need to burn Armor. My character was stupidly tough at Tier 5. He had a couple ways to increase his load, so he was pretty much ALWAYS tanking around in full armor, plus he had a special ability to invoke special armor (you can't 'equip' special armor, it is only granted as an ability/asset). However, with all that, my main claim to fame was stuff like "Not to be Trifled With" which let me push (expend a stress) in order to perform a superhuman physical feat, or eliminate the scale difference between himself and a group of enemies. He also has 3 pips of Command and "Savage" which lets him gain ANOTHER die on Command whenever the enemy is frightened by his show of physical violence (basically always unless they are seriously boss). I can also expend Special Armor to Push, so in effect I get a 'free' "Not to be Trifled With" in any situation where I expect to kick ass and not need 3 armor. So, at least for Takeo, it isn't so much being able to pick and choose which consequences to accept, it is just being so sheer badass that very few people can stand long enough to deliver serious consequences! Of course if the scene was a complex negotiation, then all his 'stuff' is a bit less useful and basically he's going to resist better due to more pips than a lower tier PC, but that's about it. He can certainly look intimidating standing behind Tal Rajan with his arms crossed! [/QUOTE]
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