Proxy Encounter Question

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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 09:03:45 +0100
   From: "Laurence G. Tilley" <lgtilley@morespeed.net>
Subject: Re: Proxy Encounter Question

At 01:26 12/04/2004, Matt Ashley wrote:

I recently had a character bite it when I tried to have another character
take the encounter for
them (a proxy). Harley stated that this kind of proxy reaction is only
100% reliable when the
characters are in a company but I cannot recall EVER having a failure like
this!

What kind of luck have the rest of you been having? Has anyone else EVER
had a failure where
another character tried to take an encounter from another?

No, I don't think so. But my thoughts on the matter would depend on which
encounter it was.

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     Laurence G.Tilley

Laurence,
The encounter was the Celgor vampire encounter. The character who got the encounter was not in an
army while the character who attempted to react to the encounter was IN an army but was not the
commander.

The reply from Harley did not state that being IN an army had any effect on my ability to react to
an encounter in the hex, just that you can't always take an encounter reaction for another
character (i.e. character #1 gets an encounter and character #2 issues a 285).

matt

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Remember that they moderate the game but did not program it. They can't be
expected to be thoroughly conversant with every last nook and cranny. Your
added detail rings an old rusty bell somewhere in the back of my head about
characters in armies not being able to react with character encs, and I
think your experience proves that they cannot. It's the only logical
explanation I can think of. Anyway, it's a good time of year I understand
to be planting out your garlic seedlings...

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     Laurence G.Tilley

http://www.lgtilley.freeserve.co.uk

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At 17:33 13/04/2004, Matt Ashley wrote:

At 01:26 12/04/2004, Matt Ashley wrote:
>I recently had a character bite it when I tried to have another character
>take the encounter for
>them (a proxy). Harley stated that this kind of proxy reaction is only
>100% reliable when the
>characters are in a company but I cannot recall EVER having a failure like
>this!
>
>What kind of luck have the rest of you been having? Has anyone else EVER
>had a failure where
>another character tried to take an encounter from another?

No, I don't think so. But my thoughts on the matter would depend on which
encounter it was.

mefacesmo.gif
     Laurence G.Tilley

Laurence,
The encounter was the Celgor vampire encounter. The character who got the
encounter was not in an
army while the character who attempted to react to the encounter was IN an
army but was not the
commander.

The reply from Harley did not state that being IN an army had any effect
on my ability to react to
an encounter in the hex, just that you can't always take an encounter
reaction for another
character (i.e. character #1 gets an encounter and character #2 issues a 285).