John Harper in a Controlled action when you roll a 1-3 it says you can seize a risky oppertunity. What kind of risky opertunities could come up, and does this make it a risky position? If so, then wouldnt rolling a 4/5 be much worse than a 1-3 because if you press on with a 5 you take a consequence where if you press on with a 1 you get a risky oppertunity. Im just confused is all 😛
John Harper in a Controlled action when you roll a 1-3 it says you can seize a risky oppertunity.
John Harper in a Controlled action when you roll a 1-3 it says you can seize a risky oppertunity.
I’m not John, but think of it this way: if you get a 4/5 on a Controlled position, you get want you want and get a minor consquence. If instead you get a 1-3 and take a risky position and roll again, you’ve got a good chance of not getting what you want at all AND suffering a heavier consequence. You might roll a 6 and get what you want, but you might not. It’s a risk (hence the name).
It’s only worse if you manage to roll a 6 or a critical on the next roll, when pressing on with a Risky action. Much more likely is that you’ll roll a 1-5, and have to face a risky-level consequence, as opposed to a controlled-level consequence. Generally, I think, it’s better to succeed with minor consequences.
And with a 4/5 there’s still the “You hesitate. Withdraw and try a different approach, or else …” which to me means “try again in a different way, either as a controlled or risky position.”
As for seizing a risky opportunity, I’ve usually just gone with “try again, but now it’s risky” which, now that I think about it, might be wrong?
I believe Thomas Berton has it covered.
Remember that you can throw multiple consequences at people. Going down to risky seems really minor but so is level 1 harm, for example. Maybe an appropriate consequence for a controlled roll would be going down to risky AND losing this opportunity, so if they want to push the issue they not only roll from a risky position but probably with an action that’s not their best.