Skills in Encounters

[Mytholder]

Your quotation is correct, but I think it leads to a contradiction. In the previous paragraph, Tolerance is described as being "the maximum number of rolls that the companions may collectively fail before their behaviour puts an end to their chances of getting further assistance or cooperation." This means if Tolerance is 1 the encounter ends when you have failed once. By your quotation, if Tolerance is 1 the encounter ends when you have failed twice.

Another thing to keep in mind is that Tolerance can never be lower than 1. By your quotation, that would mean it always takes at least two failures to end an encounter. Why cut off Tolerance at 1? If your quotation is correct, why not let it go to 0, where the encounter would end after one failure?

I wonder if the word exceed, both here and in Tales from Wilderland, is being misused.

I've always interpreted it as "Tolerance is the number of screw-ups you're allowed. If you screw up *again* after using up all your Tolerance, the Encounter ends."

So, if the Tolerance for an encounter is 1, that means your host is prepared to overlook a single poorly chosen word, but after that, he's just waiting for an excuse to throw you out.

[helghast]

By the way, it's rude to reply to someone by saying the single-word sentence "wrong.

Sorry Stormcrow. I was in a hurry yesterday, so not bad intention behind my single-worded sentence.

But back to topic. The question about how many rolls you are allowed to fail in an encounter is IMO a core aspect of the encounter rules, and should be clarified by Francesco or Amado. Maybe someone can addres them to do so.