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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 6105125" data-attributes="member: 4937">It's been pretty clear I think that no one, not me, not N'raac, not anyone is particularly interested in the possiblity of a below average quality horse.  Lots of horses have been purchased in my recent game with no real fuss, and I've never rolled to see if the horse went lame nor have I suggested that I always would.  What I have suggested is that the possiblity is open, which gets repeatedly turned into, "If there is a possibility of failure then I will always fail" by some posters.  What I have suggested is that occasionally a horse going lame would be part of the challenge of the playing out a scene.  And if it isn't, I've asserted that my own campaign proves it won't come up.There is a scene in "The Deed of Paksenarrion" where the young mercenary heroinne of the story learns that her mercenary company has been betrayed, and she has to race herself down to the bloody bones in this epic sleepless marathon to return to camp and warn her commander.  If we are playing out that scene, then it matters whether the horse goes lame, and suddenly being able to appraise horseflesh is critical to the resolution of the scene and the sort of story we are telling.  In that case, we reward the character whose chargen investment makes choosing good horseflesh easy by putting them a step or two along toward victory, whereas failure introduces a complication and the road becomes harder and that belief ("I will never give up."), that loyalty that is really being tested ("I will do anything to protect my comrades in arms.") gets strained.</blockquote>

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