Editing Age Of Dragons: Conflict Resolution (section)

==Defeat Option: Choosing to up the Ante==

If the GM allows it, he may give a ''Defeated'' character the option of avoiding defeat by upping the ante. Essentially the process is as follows:

* 1) The character is defeated by a finisher move.
* 2) The GM suggests a more severe defeat condition than before as an alternative to defeat.
* 3) If this option is accepted, then the finisher move is instead considered unsuccessful, but the new defeat condition replaces the previous one.

Example:
* A dragon is defeated in melee combat by a band of pikemen. His defeat condition is ''"Be driven off."'' If he accepts this he will be driven out of the combat and unable to rejoin it. However, he doesn't like this much as its critical to a greater battle that he wins this conflict. The GM offers a deal: the defeat can be negated, in exchange for upgrading his defeat condition to ''"Be killed."'' The dragon's player accepts this - in narrative terms, he refuses to be driven off despite superficial injuries, and throws himself recklessly back into battle, knowing that he risks death by doing so...
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