Conflict Actions

Conflicts
Conflicts happen when two or more characters are in opposition in a fashion that cannot be quickly and cleanly resolved. A conflict is broken down into a number of exchanges — acting in turns, each party attempts to achieve their goal. Anyone affected by that attempt may be called upon to roll a response, such as defending against an attack. Each party accumulates gradual success, affecting their opponents in a momentary (resulting in stress ) or lasting (resulting in a consequence ) way. Eventually, one of the parties will take enough stress or suffer enough consequences to be taken out ; alternatively, opponents may preemptively offer a concession to mitigate their loss. Conflicts involve the most complex game actions, and an entire scene may revolve around a single conflict. Examples of conflicts include:

 ·          Any kind of fight scene

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Social, Mental & Physical
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;margin-left:24px;"><span style="font-family: "AJensonPro-Regular","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:AJensonPro-Regular">Keep in mind that while most of the text below uses physical conflict as an example— because, frankly, it’s just easiest to explain that way—the conflict system works just as well to model several kinds of social and mental conflicts, such as lengthy negotiations, resistance against mental conditioning, and interrogation.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;margin-left:24px;">Also see Running Conflict.