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<blockquote data-quote="MGibster" data-source="post: 7591635" data-attributes="member: 4534">As 5ekyu points out, the three round rule is more of a guideline for conflict resolution rather than an absolute.&nbsp; Not only is it designed to prevent conflicts from growing too tedious in length, it's designed to give players and DMs some narrative control over the outcome to make things interesting.&nbsp; This isn't something you're likely to use during the climatic event of a chapter.&nbsp; In most RPGs, at least in my experience, combat tends to be an all or nothing proposition.&nbsp; Either my side wins and we kill everyone or their side wins and we're facing a total party kill situation.&nbsp; And most people, even vampires, aren't driven to fight to the death every time they throw down.&nbsp; In Vampire, the players and DM discuss the outcome of the fight opening a lot of possibilities more interesting than just killing someone.&nbsp; One plus is that nobody need necessarily worry about their characters dying if the PCs lose the fight.&nbsp; This works for my Vampire games because typically the Prince is the only one with the right to kill someone.&nbsp; Yeah, even in self-defense the Prince can come down hard on someone who kills another vampire.&nbsp; Who says unlife is fair?&nbsp; (Though this might not work for non-Camarilla games.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MGibster, post: 7591635, member: 4534"] As 5ekyu points out, the three round rule is more of a guideline for conflict resolution rather than an absolute. Not only is it designed to prevent conflicts from growing too tedious in length, it's designed to give players and DMs some narrative control over the outcome to make things interesting. This isn't something you're likely to use during the climatic event of a chapter. In most RPGs, at least in my experience, combat tends to be an all or nothing proposition. Either my side wins and we kill everyone or their side wins and we're facing a total party kill situation. And most people, even vampires, aren't driven to fight to the death every time they throw down. In Vampire, the players and DM discuss the outcome of the fight opening a lot of possibilities more interesting than just killing someone. One plus is that nobody need necessarily worry about their characters dying if the PCs lose the fight. This works for my Vampire games because typically the Prince is the only one with the right to kill someone. Yeah, even in self-defense the Prince can come down hard on someone who kills another vampire. Who says unlife is fair? (Though this might not work for non-Camarilla games.) [/QUOTE]

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