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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 8321667" data-attributes="member: 42582">I'm hoping to play Agon 2nd ed this coming weekend. It has four &quot;domains&quot; of conflict: Arts &amp; Oration; Blood &amp; Valour; Craft &amp; Reason; and Resolve &amp; Spirit. By default, each character has a d8 in one Domain and a d6 in the rest.The game anticipates that some conflicts will be initiated by the players (We try to persuade the Queen of Nimios to let us in) and that some are initiated by the GM, either as consequences (The Queen, outraged by your presumption, orders her guards to take you to the dungeons!) or as an aspect of moving things along (The volcano erupts, and lava is running down its side threatening to engulf you. Can you run to safety?) In the former case, the players should have more control over which Domain the conflict takes place in; in the latter cases, the GM should, though ultimately it is still a matter of what approach the players adopt, and what their goal is. (Slightly separately, Agon also has a mechanic for establishing the leader for each session - the leader gets to decide any disputes about goal and approach, unless another player spends a resource - a Bond - to persuade the leader to agree with their hero.)Not every character is equally good at talking to NPCs, but every character can meaningfully contribute, and the players have a fair degree of control over responding to framing. There is also a support action - the character lends dice to another PC, and earns a Bond point with them, but gets fewer XP from the conflict.This is not the only way to do things, and not the only example of a relatively universal resolution framework in a contemporary game. It's just one instance of what can be done.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 8321667, member: 42582"] I'm hoping to play Agon 2nd ed this coming weekend. It has four "domains" of conflict: Arts & Oration; Blood & Valour; Craft & Reason; and Resolve & Spirit. By default, each character has a d8 in one Domain and a d6 in the rest. The game anticipates that some conflicts will be initiated by the players ([I]We try to persuade the Queen of Nimios to let us in[/I]) and that some are initiated by the GM, either as consequences ([I]The Queen, outraged by your presumption, orders her guards to take you to the dungeons![/I]) or as an aspect of moving things along ([I]The volcano erupts, and lava is running down its side threatening to engulf you. Can you run to safety?[/I]) In the former case, the players should have more control over which Domain the conflict takes place in; in the latter cases, the GM should, though ultimately it is still a matter of what approach the players adopt, and what their goal is. (Slightly separately, Agon also has a mechanic for establishing the [I]leader[/I] for each session - the leader gets to decide any disputes about goal and approach, unless another player spends a resource - a Bond - to persuade the leader to agree with their hero.) Not every character is equally good at talking to NPCs, but every character can meaningfully contribute, and the players have a fair degree of control over responding to framing. There is also a [I]support[/I] action - the character lends dice to another PC, and earns a Bond point with them, but gets fewer XP from the conflict. This is not the only way to do things, and not the only example of a relatively universal resolution framework in a contemporary game. It's just one instance of what can be done. [/QUOTE]

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