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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 8699798" data-attributes="member: 42582">I'm not sure I'm following you. To the extent that I am, I keep thinking of counter-examples.For instance: suppose that play has established that there's an old, rusty gyrocopter in the yard. A player declares that their PC goes to start it. And let's suppose there's no particular pressure at that moment of play - it's a bit like when Marie goes looking for Isle - and so there is no Acting Under Fire. Everything else being equal, I think it's fair for the GM to declare that the starter button snaps or jams (taking away some stuff); or even that a fire starts in the engine (putting the PC in a spot). Of course there are principles that are relevant besides responding with <naughtiness>, like being a fan of the PCs - so if they've sweated to find and salvage this gyrocopter then that would change what is and isn't equal, and so might rule out the moves I've suggested, which start to look a whole lot harder.So given the sorts of counter-examples I'm thinking of, and that a fuller analysis of them doesn't take me to ideas like "saying 'yes'" or not blocking, but rather to what moves by the GM will fit with the principles, I remain uncertain but doubtful about what you're saying.</blockquote>