<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=264906.msg13078253#msg13078253">Quote from: HairyHeretic on 26-03-2017, 15:25:20</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">One thing to keep in mind with pistols, or any kind of firearm, is that they're pretty slow to reload. Realistically in a fight you'll likely get one shot with it, and unless you have somewhere safe to reload, you're then relying on a blade.<br/><br/>One of the Swordsman schools is actually a knife fighting one, so you can fight as well with a knife as a sword as a pistol. Given the genre, I would expect most people would end up in some kind of fight at some point, so some combat skills would be recommended. I think you'll be fine with the idea you have.<br/><br/>Keep in mind as well that to my knowledge none of us have played this system before, so we may all fumble a bit with the rules.<br/><br/>Risks are your characters actions that can have consequences. I walk across the bridge isn't a risk. If it's not something challenging, you do it, end of story. <br/><br/>I climb along the underside of the rickety rope bridge to reach the island unseen by the guards ... that's a Risk. You might fall into the sea below. You might get spotted by the guards. Those are the Consequences of your risk.<br/><br/>Each of those can lead to further actions, further Risks, and Opportunities or Consequences.<br/><br/>Does that help?<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>The thing I didn't really get was how you get past a risk and all the consequences. Like, say I use a raise so I'm not spotted, a raise so I don't fall, and those are the only two raises I had. Do I get across? Do I roll again or what happens if I don't spend a raise to succeed? Or could I just put a raise into not being spotted and getting across? Does succeeding sort of cancel out failing?