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April 23, 2010, 12:49:26 PM »
I was just thinking... If all depends on narration, what stops the players with low Screen Presence from abusing their small hands to set backwards stakes. "Will I be defeated in this duel? Oh, I have only one card. It's black. I'm not defeated at all!" "Will I fail in winning a large sum of many on lottery? No, I succeed!" etc
My own group wouldn't do this, but it could be a problem in convention one-shots. Any ideas?
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The book clearly states that Stakes are about character goals. What does the *character* want out of the conflict, not the player.
Those Stakes simply break the rules of the game.
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Is it even the player who establishes the Stakes? I seem to remember that it's the Producer, with the player's stated character intent as his input.
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Quote from: jburneko on April 23, 2010, 12:53:05 PM
The book clearly states that Stakes are about character goals. What does the *character* want out of the conflict, not the player.
Great rebuttal! I was automatically thinking in TROS terms where the SAs handle what the *player* wants. A very important distinction. Thanks!
Quote from: Eero Tuovinen on April 23, 2010, 01:10:32 PM
Is it even the player who establishes the Stakes? I seem to remember that it's the Producer, with the player's stated character intent as his input.
It's the player as far as I get it. Producer frames the
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with the player's input, but stakes are by players themselves. Bottom box on p. 28 backs this up too.
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