Author: chaosvoyager (---.verizon.net)
Date: 09-19-2005 06:50
"Performance concerns what the character does, result represents the impact of what the character does on the setting. A character moves and hits a table. That's his performance. Does the china jar fall? If it falls, does it break? That's the result."
What would the 'Result' be if the character's intent was to hit the table to knock down and break the china jar? Also, what if the character fails? Do they fail to hit the table, knock down the jar, break the jar, or even to move at all? Traditionally, a character never 'fails' to swing a sword, only to hit a target, yet the prior outcome is just as valid a result. It all seems to be based on who narrates the outcome, and how many cause and effect steps they choose to use.
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