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<blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 9140876" data-attributes="member: 6779310"><p>There are three places the random input can happen: </p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">before the declaration and resolution</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">between declaration and resolution</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">after narration of the story outcome</li> </ul><p>I've only encountered one Fortune in Front game - Brute Squad.</p><p></p><p>I've also only encountered one fortune after - and it wasn't published.</p><p></p><p>Lets take Fortune after narration as it was done by a friend of mine:</p><p>You declare your action and its success level, and narrate that. </p><p>The roll is then made to determine how much it cost you.</p><p>If the cost was too high, you exit the story in some way <em>between scenes.</em> Optionally, you can go down now, to boost an ally's point pools.</p><p></p><p>Fortune in Front: Brute Squad.</p><p>The GM selects a difficulty die from the difficulty pool. </p><p>The GM then narrates a suitable challenge.</p><p>First player to speak up picks up the die for the attribute they're going to use.</p><p>Both roll their dice. </p><p>The player then narrates the action and the outcome to match the dice. (If it doesn't, and the majority of the rest agree it doesn't, a penalty is imposed)</p><p>If the player failed, the next brute tries. If all have failed, the GM adjusts the situation a bit, and everyone tries again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aramis erak, post: 9140876, member: 6779310"] There are three places the random input can happen: [LIST] [*]before the declaration and resolution [*]between declaration and resolution [*]after narration of the story outcome [/LIST] I've only encountered one Fortune in Front game - Brute Squad. I've also only encountered one fortune after - and it wasn't published. Lets take Fortune after narration as it was done by a friend of mine: You declare your action and its success level, and narrate that. The roll is then made to determine how much it cost you. If the cost was too high, you exit the story in some way [I]between scenes.[/I] Optionally, you can go down now, to boost an ally's point pools. Fortune in Front: Brute Squad. The GM selects a difficulty die from the difficulty pool. The GM then narrates a suitable challenge. First player to speak up picks up the die for the attribute they're going to use. Both roll their dice. The player then narrates the action and the outcome to match the dice. (If it doesn't, and the majority of the rest agree it doesn't, a penalty is imposed) If the player failed, the next brute tries. If all have failed, the GM adjusts the situation a bit, and everyone tries again. [/QUOTE]
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