http://316carnage.com/2009/10/21/2-optional-rules-making-nfa-challenges-cost-threat-and-failures-act-first/ "The best 3:16 site on the web. Thumbs up." - Gregor Hutton Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:20:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://316carnage.com/2009/10/21/2-optional-rules-making-nfa-challenges-cost-threat-and-failures-act-first/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Darren Hill Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:13:37 +0000 http://74.53.20.230/316/?p=72#comment-10 Re: Failures Act First - I like the idea of this. In my groups, the failure narration tends to be bland, an afterthought, but putting it first gives a chance for other people to spin off it with their successes - it sounds worth trying. Re: Failures Act First – I like the idea of this. In my groups, the failure narration tends to be bland, an afterthought, but putting it first gives a chance for other people to spin off it with their successes – it sounds worth trying.

]]> http://316carnage.com/2009/10/21/2-optional-rules-making-nfa-challenges-cost-threat-and-failures-act-first/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Darren Hill Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:42:13 +0000 http://74.53.20.230/316/?p=72#comment-9 I think the GM is *supposed* to do things like that with NFA rolls, though I can see it would be easy to hose players. It would be nice to have it tied to the budget in some way, but I think a threat is too high a price to way without more concrete guidelines over for the effect. I call for NFA rolls a lot, but most of them don't have lasting effects. I can't commend to on the spotlight scenes rule, since I haven't seen it *wail*. I think the GM is *supposed* to do things like that with NFA rolls, though I can see it would be easy to hose players. It would be nice to have it tied to the budget in some way, but I think a threat is too high a price to way without more concrete guidelines over for the effect. I call for NFA rolls a lot, but most of them don’t have lasting effects.
I can’t commend to on the spotlight scenes rule, since I haven’t seen it *wail*.

]]> http://316carnage.com/2009/10/21/2-optional-rules-making-nfa-challenges-cost-threat-and-failures-act-first/comment-page-1/#comment-8 admin Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:59:31 +0000 http://74.53.20.230/316/?p=72#comment-8 I've tried out the second optional rule: failures act first. But I didn't notice any real difference. Can you gives examples how players who have failed did color narration? I’ve tried out the second optional rule: failures act first. But I didn’t notice any real difference. Can you gives examples how players who have failed did color narration?

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