Re: [HOE] Running from a fight

[Theo McGuckin <tsm@jlab.org>]

> HOE rulebook, page 68 makes it clear that while you are correct that
> beating an 8 with a 9 in an opposed roll is success, for a test of
> wills winning by 1-4 points has no effect.  It takes 1, 2 or 3 raises
> to cause an effect in a test o' wills.

Ouch. But okay. Is someone trying to trick someone into looking over their
shoulders really a test o' wills though?
In my mind a test o' wills is two people who know they're both trying to
get the other person to flinch/duck/run/whatever. They both have their
defenses up and are aware of the other's goal. 
In the case of trying to run from a fight it's not the same. It's in the
heat of the moment so the attacked doesn't know that the defender is
getting ready to bolt. So the mental part of the test (bluff, persuassion,
dodge) should be easier (you don't need to beat your opponent by 5 to get
a succcess, that's a raise). But likewise the consequences of failure are
worse (you lose an action). In a duel a failed "offensive" test o' wills
doesn't do anything bad, the staredown just continues as normal.

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