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The Dresden Files => DFRPG => Topic started by: Faithmage on August 21, 2011, 12:49:28 AM

Title: Taken out followed by a Zone attack
Post by: Faithmage on August 21, 2011, 12:49:28 AM
So in my last session one charater took out a thrall with a gsw and specified it was not dead. It was followed by a full zone blast 5 from a different character. Is this one of the instances where it okay for the GM to declare the target dead?
The thrall was fully stressed/concequenced out.
Title: Re: Taken out followed by a Zone attack
Post by: Sanctaphrax on August 21, 2011, 01:02:52 AM
There are no rules for how people who have been taken out are affected by attacks, as far as I know.

The GM's decision sounds reasonable, but it probably should have been a compel. Players get to decide what happens when they take someone out, so why should they lose that control in this scenario?
Title: Re: Taken out followed by a Zone attack
Post by: noclue on August 21, 2011, 04:12:39 AM
There are no rules for how people who have been taken out are affected by attacks, as far as I know.

The GM's decision sounds reasonable, but it probably should have been a compel. Players get to decide what happens when they take someone out, so why should they lose that control in this scenario?

Agreed. I would consider offering a Fate point and telling them that if they make that attack they're going to kill everyone in the zone. The nice thing is they can still make the attack and not kill them, they just have to buy off the compel. Otherwise, whether they go through with it or switch tactics, they get the FP.
Title: Re: Taken out followed by a Zone attack
Post by: Onkel Thorsen on August 22, 2011, 11:37:32 AM
I'd either make the compel, as already suggested, or I would make the Zone-blasting player make a fancy attack roll to avoid killing the taken-out opponent. But they should always get some kind of warning... Unless they've already stated that their intention is to kill.