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Nev the Deranged
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Shock: 1.1 Q&A
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July 27, 2007, 03:25:54 AM »
I emailed Joshua my questions, since I wasn't sure if it was kosher to post about 1.1 yet, but he said it was cool, so I am cut and pasting my questions and his answers here.
My text is black, Josh's answers are in blue.
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Question 1- Narration rights: Just want to confirm my understanding of this. If the Protag wins their intent, the Protag narrates. If the Protag FAILS their intent, the Antag narrates- UNLESS the Protag failed due to an Audience d4, in which case the Audience member narrates. So narration rights hinge entirely on the Protag's success or failure, regardless of the Antag's, correct? And the Audience only narrates if their die caused the Protag to fail, but not if it caused them to succeed- success is always the Protag's narration. Do I have all that right?
Yep. You never get to narrate someone else's success if you're a *Tag.
2- In the case of Escalation, the Protag only rerolls d10s and the Antag only rolls d4s, the Audience leaves their dice out, and the highest Audience d4 that has not already been used can be invoked. Is that correct?
Yep.
3- On that same note, I notice that whereas in 1.0, every Audience member got to contribute a d4, in 1.1 only the highest one does- if the highest roller passes, does the option pass down to the next highest, etc? Or does on the highest roller get the option, and if they don't use it, no minutia for that scene?
Anyone else then has the option to.
4- When the Protag risks a link, a new conflict starts- does this mean the Protag gets a Feature from the one that just ended, BEFORE the Link-Risking conflict begins? Does this then mean that theoretically a Protag could earn 3 new Features during one scene (one for the original conflict, and one each for risking both Links), is that right? Is there a maximum number of Features a Protag can acquire?
No, you're right. There is no maximum. That guy's going to fucking deserve some victory after all that failure by the end. Also, that's not going to happen, both because the player won't want it to and because, if zie does want that, the dice will betray hir desires.
5- When risking a link, the Protag can choose new Praxis, does the Antag spend new credits, or just recycle the ones from the previous conflict?
Recycle them. Good way to put it. It's just like a reroll for escalation in that respect.
-J
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Based on the differences between the text and the AP reports, it looks like there's been a lot of paring back and simplifying, streamlining the game considerably, which I can totally appreciate. Really looking forward to trying this sucker out.
Thanks!
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Re: Shock: 1.1 Q&A
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July 27, 2007, 06:40:40 AM »
Thanks for posting this, Nev!
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Nev the Deranged
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Re: Shock: 1.1 Q&A
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July 29, 2007, 09:06:40 AM »
This is going to sound like a stupid question, because it is, but everyone uses the same Praxis scale descriptors, right? Each *tagonist sets their own fulcra, but the scale descriptors are the same across all the stories in the current game... right?
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Re: Shock: 1.1 Q&A
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That's correct. Everyone's Praxis are the same. Their fulcra are whatever they like, between 3 and 8, with the guidance in the book on which ones to choose.
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Nev the Deranged
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Re: Shock: 1.1 Q&A
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Check, and check. Thanks!
With any luck, I'm'a twist some arms and get a game together this weekend.
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Re: Shock: 1.1 Q&A
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July 30, 2007, 02:46:07 PM »
Sweet! I'd love to hear how it goes.
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matthijs
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Re: Shock: 1.1 Q&A
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Quote from: Nev the Deranged on July 27, 2007, 03:25:54 AM
3- On that same note, I notice that whereas in 1.0, every Audience member got to contribute a d4, in 1.1 only the highest one does- if the highest roller passes, does the option pass down to the next highest, etc? Or does on the highest roller get the option, and if they don't use it, no minutia for that scene?
Anyone else then has the option to.
Just checking my understanding here... If Bob rolls 4, Nancy rolls 3 and James rolls 2, which of the following are right:
A. If Bob passes, Nancy can use her 3; if she doesn't, James can use his 2.
B. If Bob passes, Nancy can use her 3;
whether or not she does so
, James can still use his 2.
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Re: Shock: 1.1 Q&A
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August 01, 2007, 06:01:22 AM »
Only one Minutia die stands for this piece of the conflict. It's the largest one that anyone wants to use. So option A is correct.
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Joel P. Shempert
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Re: Shock: 1.1 Q&A
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September 07, 2007, 07:58:22 PM »
Say, I had a couple of questions, based on a Shock: session I played recently (my first! fun game!).
1) There seem to be two rulings in the text on resolving ties in Audience members' D4s. On Page 35: "everyone with the highest die should roll anther die each," and on Page 36: "the player who wants the *Tagonist in question to win gets to use hir die and Minutia." Which is it?
2) On Escalation: The text says: "The original Intent is still unsettled." So what happens to that original intent? The new Intent is settled, the victor of that Intent wins both? Or something else?
3) Do the content of Features have any mechanical effect on play? I understand that the
number
of features does, but what a feature actually
is
doesn't seem to do anything beyond telling other players about your character. Which is cool, but I keep wanting to directly
invoke
a Feature like PTA Edges to gain something-or-other.
Anyway, love the game so far, can't wait to play again. Our next session is Sunday, so here's hoping you see this before then.
Peace,
-Joel
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Re: Shock: 1.1 Q&A
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September 07, 2007, 08:58:56 PM »
1) Hm. Yeah, I guess that's kind of vague. The people with the highest die roll off if they disagree whose minutia will stand
and they both want the Protag to lose or the Antag to win
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xenopulse
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Re: Shock: 1.1 Q&A
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September 08, 2007, 07:47:49 AM »
Joel was in
the game I wrote about on Story Games
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Joel P. Shempert
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Re: Shock: 1.1 Q&A
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September 08, 2007, 12:22:18 PM »
Christian: Yo wrote about it? Cool, I'll have to read it!
Joshua: Follow-ups:
2) The thing that came up in our game was, we were leaning toward an option that didn't seem possible: like, you get away from the Police, BUT, you get shot. "You win, BUT. . ." is a generally cool thing to have around.
3) Let me see if I've got this right: when you say "they give the player strategic options for when to lose and when to win," do you simply mean that the increasing number of features gives you more dice allocation options? Or something else?
Thanks for the answers!
Peace,
-Joel
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September 08, 2007, 04:25:28 PM »
Quote from: Melinglor on September 08, 2007, 12:22:18 PM
2) The thing that came up in our game was, we were leaning toward an option that didn't seem possible: like, you get away from the Police, BUT, you get shot. "You win, BUT. . ." is a generally cool thing to have around.Quote
3) Let me see if I've got this right: when you say "they give the player strategic options for when to lose and when to win," do you simply mean that the increasing number of features gives you more dice allocation options? Or something else?
I mean, if I choose to lose a Conflict (and therefore gain dice) then I have an interesting decision to make that then effects the decisions the Antag can make.
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Joel P. Shempert
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Re: Shock: 1.1 Q&A
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September 09, 2007, 02:01:23 PM »
OK, got it--thanks for all your answers and clarifications; this clears a lot of things up and should help our game tonight sing.
Peace,
-Joel
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September 09, 2007, 02:24:37 PM »
Awesome! I look forward to hearing about it.
-J
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