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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 8599116" data-attributes="member: 42582">Notice how Dro's narration of his Cunning establishes fiction that is located, in time, prior to Harguld's decision to shoot, which Dro made part of the fiction (&quot;I put a bolt in his face!&quot;) before the dice were even rolled.That's what I described upthread as a &quot;retcon&quot;, which Google/Oxford defines as:a piece of new information that imposes a different interpretation on previously described events, typically used to facilitate a dramatic plot shift or account for an inconsistency.Here, the new information is that Harguld waited too long, trying to lure in the Gnoll, while the previously described event is I [Harguld] put a bolt in its face!. The different interpretation is that what initially was presented as competence is, in fact, not. And the dramatic plot shift is that Harguld, rather than confidently shooting the Gnoll, is afraid.I don't think Burning Wheel has anything quite like this - maybe the Steel rules? In which case Torchbearer makes me think about them in a new light.I don't think Apocalypse World has anything like this either, but I don't know it quite as well.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 8599116, member: 42582"] Notice how Dro's narration of his Cunning establishes fiction that is located, in time, prior to Harguld's decision to shoot, which Dro made part of the fiction ("I put a bolt in his face!") before the dice were even rolled. That's what I described upthread as a "retcon", which Google/Oxford defines as: [indent]a piece of new information that imposes a different interpretation on previously described events, typically used to facilitate a dramatic plot shift or account for an inconsistency.[/indent] Here, the new information is [i]that Harguld waited too long, trying to lure in the Gnoll[/i], while the previously described event is [i]I [Harguld] put a bolt in its face![/i]. The different interpretation is that what initially was presented as competence is, in fact, not. And the dramatic plot shift is that Harguld, rather than confidently shooting the Gnoll, is afraid. I don't think Burning Wheel has anything quite like this - maybe the Steel rules? In which case Torchbearer makes me think about them in a new light. I don't think Apocalypse World has anything like this either, but I don't know it quite as well. [/QUOTE]

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