Ghost Echo Problems

One of the reasons Ghost /Echo -based systems are amongst my favorites, because the Goal and the Danger are separated, making it easy to have cross purposes OOCly and ICly.

Problem is, the design of all those games requires near-simultaneity of a live session, they don't fit in turn-based the way they're made.

Basic premise is like this though.

You are an amazon, up against a horde of slavering orcs and trying to retrieve an artifact.

Goal: Acquire Artifact
5-6=Success
3-4=Indecisive, you'll have to roll again
1-2=Goal is lost
Danger: Get gangraped by orcs
5-6=Avoid Danger
3-4=The danger lingers for future rolls
1-2=The Danger Comes True

You roll xd6 (where x is the sum of goal and dangers) and get 5 and 1.

You can assign each die result to anything you're currently facing, so that leaves you with either:
1 in Goal and 5 in Danger:
You lose all hope of obtaining the artifact by making a brave fighting retreat from the orc village
5 in Goal, 1 in danger:
You do make it to and claim the artifact. . . after getting your holes permanently enlarged by a horde of orcs.

Thusly: Since the goal was to succeed at adventures ICly and to get fucked in horrid, degrading ways OOCly, 5 Goal 1 Danger means you walk away satisfied. :D


But why wouldn't this work: Dangers are decided by negotiation with the GM. Meaning you'd have to state your desired goal, get Danger(s) from the GM/other players, and /then/ get to roll.