Editing Samsara:Contests (section)

==Ending the Contest==
A contest ends either when one of the actors gives up or when one of the actors can not possibly win.  The first is a character decision; the second is mechanical.

A character might decide to quit the contest for a variety of story reasons.  Maybe just to save himself from being beaten up at this time.  Maybe to run away and try again later with a better plan.  Whatever.  A good rule of thumb with NPC’s is that they will think about quitting once they take checks equal to half their starting modifier. Thus if a bandit attacks our hero and the bandit has modifiers for the contests of +4, he might think about quitting after he takes 2 checks.  This is just a quick and dirty measure and is, of course, open to revision depending upon the personality of the NPC and the needs of the story.

If an actor can not possibly deliver checks to his opponent, no matter how high his roll, then he has lost the contest.  In other words, if an actor is functioning with a net modifier of -6, even if he rolls a 12 on the die, he will have a Contest Roll of 6, which means that he delivers checks to himself.  He cannot win and has thus lost.  The contest is over.

Note that if an actor enters contest with a modifier of 0, it will take only 6 checks to put him out.  However, if he enters with a modifier of +10, it will take 16 checks to put him out.  It pays to be the best.  And to choose the sorts of contests in which one is skilled.


[[Samsara:Main Page|Main Page]]

1.[[Samsara:Fundamentals|Fundamentals]]

2.[[Samsara:Contests|Contests]]

3.[[Samsara:Modifiers|Modifiers and the Character]]

4.[[Samsara:Attributes|Attributes]]

5.[[Samsara:Abilities|Abilities]]

6.[[Samsara:Motives|Motives]]

7.[[Samsara:Checks|Checks]]

8.[[Samsara:Character generation|Character Generation]]

9.[[Samsara:Samsara points|Samsara Points]]

10.[[Samsara:Long term play|Long Term Play]]

11.[[Samsara:Examples of play|Examples of Play]]

12.[[Samsara:Ultramundane abilities|Appendix A - Ultramundane Abilities]]

13.[[Samsara:Settings|Appendix B – Settings]]