Question about the Controlled 1-3 result:
When you press on by seizing a risky opportunity do you keep any bonus dice you had for the previous roll (through Pushing Yourself, Help or Devil’s Bargains) or is it a completely new roll?
Question about the Controlled 1-3 result:
Question about the Controlled 1-3 result:
It’s a new roll. Taking a riskier position is like a penalty for not changing things up and trying something else. The gang leader is now suspicious of you because of the failed Sway roll and if you keep Swaying it’s gonna be riskier. The guards are in a good spot to see your approach because you failed that Prowl roll and you want to keep Prowling. That’s the way I’ve read it anyway.
Not only do you not get to keep extra dice and such, but any Devil’s Bargain you might have made is already done.
You could make another though… 😉
So the Risky opportunity has to be taken with the same action you rolled 1-3 with?
I wouldn’t say that is has to be taken with the same action, but let’s look at the passage in question:
“You falter. Press on by seizing a risky opportunity, or withdraw and try a different approach.”
To me the implication there is that you took too long trying to figure out the best approach and now things have gotten more dangerous. So now if you want to try the same sort of thing again, there will be greater risk.
See my example above about Prowling around to avoid some guards. If the player rolls a 1-3 in a Controlled position perhaps the GM says they take too long trying to find the optimal route past them, and now the guards are in a spot where they might be able to see the character if they sneak around. If the character continues to Prowl their position will now be Risky. If the character wants to do anything that would require them to be out of sight of the guards, like making a distracting noise, or shooting one of them with a bow and arrow, or studying them to see if they have any weaknesses, those could all potentially be risky because the circumstances have changed.
However, if this character of ours decides on a different approach, perhaps walking up to the guards and making small talk in an effort to gain their trust, rolling Consort, that would be a different approach, and the GM might rule that as the character being once more in a Controlled position, depending on the circumstances.
Hope that helps!
Thanks all, this was helpful! 🙂
Yannick Massa “you press on by seizing a risky opportunity”. The GM presents the PC with a risky opportunity, its up to the player how they take that opportunity and which action they roll for it. John does this a couple of times in Rollplay Blades.