Unsuccessful PC Attempt

version 1 by Ron Newcomb

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  • Example: * "Road Test" - Success and failure on the road to nowhere.

        "Road Test"
        
        Include Unsuccessful Attempt for the Player by Ron Newcomb.
        
        Unsuccessful attempt by an actor doing something: say "Oomph! [Actor] can't because of the [reason the action failed]."
        
        Unsuccessful attempt by being silly: say "'What are you doing?' says Bob."
        Unsuccessful attempt by Bob being silly: say "'Making yourself comfortable?' you say."
        
        The block jumping rule is not listed in any rulebook.
        The block sleeping rule is not listed in any rulebook.
        [The block waiting rule is not listed in any rulebook.]
        
        Check an actor jumping (this is the easy but pointless rule): say "'No problem.'"; make no decision.
        Check an actor sleeping (this is the gravel road rule): say "(Can't sleep here!)" instead.
        Check an actor waiting (this is the kinda already doing rule): say "(Waiting is a little too easy.)"; rule succeeds.
        
        Carry out an actor jumping: say "[Actor] jumps quietly."
        Carry out an actor sleeping: say "[Actor] sleeps quietly."
        Carry out an actor waiting: say "[Actor] waits quietly."
        
        Sleeping is being silly.
        
        A gravel road is a room. Bob is a man in a gravel road. A stop sign is fixed in place in a gravel road. Persuasion: rule succeeds.
        
        Test me with "jump / bob, jump / sleep / bob, sleep / wait / bob, wait / take stop sign / bob, take stop sign ".