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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 9227401" data-attributes="member: 42582">Do you mean <a href="http://lumpley.com/hardcore.html" target="_blank">this example that Vincent Baker provides, of conflict resolution</a>?you can conflict-resolve a single blow, or task-resolve the whole fight in one roll:

&quot;I slash at his face, like ha!&quot; &quot;Why?&quot; &quot;To force him off-balance!&quot;
Conflict Resolution: do you force him off-balance?
Roll: Loss!
&quot;He ducks side to side, like fwip fwip! He keeps his feet and grins.&quot;That's conflict resolution.Because scene resolution frameworks - eg Herowars/Quest; MHRP; 4e D&amp;D skill challenges; Maelstrom Storytelling; conflicts in Torchbearer 2e - are all examples of conflict resolution.So understanding how these frameworks work is a helpful on-ramp to understanding conflict resolution.So what is the &quot;game state&quot; in this context? Can you give me an example, from actual play or from a RPG system, of what you are talking about?I mean, obviously, a RPG in which it is typical for the player to declare &quot;I open the safe to see what is inside&quot; and similar sorts of things and that triggers a check is using task resolution, not conflict resolution. But you and [USER=71699]@clearstream[/USER] seem to have in mind some context in which it would be an instance of conflict resolution. Can you actually spell out what the case/context is that you have in mind?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 9227401, member: 42582"] Do you mean [url=http://lumpley.com/hardcore.html]this example that Vincent Baker provides, of conflict resolution[/url]? [indent]you can conflict-resolve a single blow, or task-resolve the whole fight in one roll: "I slash at his face, like ha!" "Why?" "To force him off-balance!" Conflict Resolution: do you force him off-balance? Roll: Loss! "He ducks side to side, like fwip fwip! He keeps his feet and grins."[/indent] That's conflict resolution. Because scene resolution frameworks - eg Herowars/Quest; MHRP; 4e D&D skill challenges; Maelstrom Storytelling; conflicts in Torchbearer 2e - are all examples of conflict resolution. So understanding how these frameworks work is a helpful on-ramp to understanding conflict resolution. So what is the "game state" in this context? Can you give me an example, from actual play or from a RPG system, of what you are talking about? I mean, obviously, a RPG in which it is typical for the player to declare "I open the safe to see what is inside" and similar sorts of things [I]and that triggers a check[/I] is using task resolution, not conflict resolution. But you and [USER=71699]@clearstream[/USER] seem to have in mind some context in which it would be an instance of conflict resolution. Can you actually spell out what the case/context is that you have in mind? [/QUOTE]

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