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团队合作 Teamwork

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合作能使一些行动更加容易。因此，在数名角色在一项行动上协同合作的情况下——例如进行一次表演，医疗手术等等——你可以让每一名玩家为这项行动掷骰，整合他们的成功骰，然后更加轻松地完成这项行动。

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Cooperation makes certain actions easier. Thus, in cases in which several characters work together on a given task – say a performance, medical procedures, etc. – you can let each of those players roll for that task, combine their successes, and complete the task more easily.

这样的合作在持续动作中效果最好——当三名玩家将他们的骰子整合起来时，获得五个成功也就更加简单。不过，每一次掷骰都是互相独立的。只有进行合作的每一名玩家都进行了掷骰，结果才能够进行整合。一名玩家可能掷出了一个成功，另一名失败，而第三名则获得了三个成功；第一名与第三名玩家将他们的成功骰整合，总共算作四个成功。

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Such cooperation works best with extended actions – scoring five successes is simpler when three players combine their rolls. Each roll is separate, however. The results don’t get combined until everyone has made a roll. One player might roll a single success, another fails, and a third gets three successes; the first and third player merge their successes for a total of four successes.

一般情况下，任何玩家得到的一次大失败的掷骰都会搞砸整次尝试。说白了，一次大失败，反映了一场灾难，所以这也意味着团队中一员造成的一次大失败也是团队全员的失败。尽管如此，一名合作中的角色也可以通过将她的努力从其他角色中独立出来，从而让她独自 “接手这次大失败”。这样的话，哪怕大失败的角色前功尽弃，整个团队的努力仍然可以继续进行下去。

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Generally, a botched roll on any player’s part ruins the whole attempt. A botch, after all, reflects a catastrophe, so it stands to reason that a botch for one is a failure for all. Even so, a cooperating character who manages to separate her efforts from the other character can “take the botch on” herself. That way, the entire effort may continue even if the botching character blows her effort.

例：
发现了欢笑玫瑰的密教徒以及蜘蛛对另一人的兴趣，金克斯（Jinx）行动起来以辅助蜘蛛进行观察。因基（蜘蛛的玩家）掷出了两个成功。卡米尔（金克斯的玩家）则掷出了一个，他们总计获得了三个成功。团队合作的力量！

然而在下一次掷骰中，卡米尔大失败了。没有成功骰，还有额外的一个1。人群突然分散开来，然后密教徒发现了金克斯。“淦。”卡米尔说道。“那么，我来独自接手（大失败）。” 随着将注意力集中在密教徒身上，金克斯引开了蜘蛛的猎物，然后游戏继续......

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Example:
Spotting the Laughing Rose cultist and Spider’s interest in the other guy, Jinx moves in to support Spider’s observation. Inky (Spider’s player) rolls two successes. Camille (Jinx’s player) rolls one, for a total of three successes between them. Teamwork! On the next roll, though, Camille botches the roll. No successes, plus a 1. The crowd parts suddenly, and the cultist spots Jinx. “Shit,” says Camille. “I’ll take that on myself, then.” Pointing at the cultist, Jinx distracts the prey from Spider, and the game continues…

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失败 Failure

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法师们并非完人。如果你没有收获任何成功骰，你的角色就在手头的这项行动上失败了。蜘蛛跟丢了她的猎物；詹妮弗被发现；绘马搞砸了他的舞蹈；马尔科姆的客户回绝了生意、不管你怎么尝试，它就是不管用啊，淦。

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Mages aren’t perfect. If you score no successes at all, your character fails the task at hand. Spider loses her prey; Jennifer gets spotted; Painted Horse messes up his dance; Malcolm’s client refuses the deal. Whatever you were trying to do, it didn’t work. Damn.

再次尝试 Trying It Again

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在一次通常的失败情形中，你或许能够再次尝试。或许马尔科姆或者绘马能够说服客户/观众再给他们一次机会。或者詹妮弗设法再次藏身于黑暗之中。再一次地，玩家拾起骰子进行掷骰。

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In the case of a simple failure, you might be able to try again. Maybe Malcolm or Painted Horse can convince the audience to give them another shot, or Jennifer manages to lose herself in the darkness again. Once again, the player picks up the dice to roll.

然而，这一次，难度上升了。先前每有一次失败的尝试，下一次尝试的难度等级就会+1。这一机制反映了压力与挫败感的结合，往往还有打动一名已经见证过你的惨痛失败的观众的挑战。（见位于P.391的“再次尝试”表格。）

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This time, however, the difficulty rises. For each failed attempt, add +1 to the difficulty level of the next try. This reflects a combination of stress and frustration, often added to the challenge of impressing a skeptical audience who’s already seen you fall on your face. (See Trying Again on p. 391.)

再次尝试 Try Again
难度	先前尝试次数
+1	一次失败的尝试
+2	两次失败的尝试
+3	三次失败的尝试
+4	何苦呢？
+5	滚蛋吧。

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Try Again
Difficulty	Previous Attempts
+1	One failed attempt.
+2	Two failed attempts
+3	Three failed attempts
+4	Why bother?
+5	Go home

例：
糟糕。蜘蛛在人群中跟丢了她的猎物。她瞥了一眼停着汽车的街道。他们就在那里！在密教徒和那人扫视自身周围时，蜘蛛再次试图跟上他们。但他们现在很警惕，所以她的难度上升了1，达到了难度8。

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Example:
Crap. Spider loses her prey in the crowd. She glances over at the street where the cars are parked. There they are! As the cultist and the guy glance around themselves, Spider tries once again to follow them. They’re wary now, though, so her difficulty goes up by +1 to difficulty 8.

另辟蹊径 New Tools or Tactics

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在某些情况下，你可能会尝试使用不同的工具或策略。假如，马尔科姆并未在办公室里努力争取客户，而是提出与潜在客户一起喝酒，然后从另一种角度来处理这笔交易——与客户结下友谊，从而改变他的态度，同时将推销伪装成一次闲聊——说书人（ST）就可以给玩家第二次机会，但不带有任何罚值。这一次，马尔科姆的玩家采用了【魅力+欺瞒】——同样的难度，同样需要成功，但用不同的方法来解决问题。

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In certain cases, you might try again with a different set of tools or tactics. If, instead of trying to win his client over in the office, Malcolm offers to grab drinks with the would-be client and then approaches the deal from a different angle – making friends with the client and thus changing his attitude while disguising the pitch as a casual conversation – the Storyteller could give the player a second chance without penalties. This time out, Malcolm’s player employs Charisma + Subterfuge – same difficulty, same successes needed, but a different approach to the problem.

在这种情况下，你应该明确你解决问题的方法与之前的尝试有什么不同。詹妮弗是否使用了一道隐蔽法术？蜘蛛是否会出现放弃追逐的情况？画马会不会试图把他的失败当作是故意的行为？如果玩家能想出一个新颖、巧妙的方法来解决这个问题，说书人（ST）就应让他把这当作是对这项行动的一次崭新尝试。

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In such cases, you should define how your approach to the problem differs from the previous attempts. Is Jennifer using a concealment spell? Does Spider appear to give up the chase? Will Painted Horse try to pass his failure off as an intentional part of the act? If the player can come up with a new and clever approach to the problem, the Storyteller should let him treat that like a fresh attempt at the task.

例：
绘马嘲笑着自己，开起玩笑，让观众的注意力回到他这边。他耍着套圈，开始了一段即兴的独白，诉说自己是个神圣的傻瓜。当他发声时，他开始以一种令人眼花缭乱的新方式旋转套圈。
“【魅力+表达】，”说书人（ST）说道。“难度7。”
“绘马，“杰基说道，”在这项行动上的骰池共有七点。“
“那我就把这当作送你的自动动作吧，“说书人（ST）回应，”你进入状态了，他们的注意力在你身上了。再试一次【敏捷+艺术】的掷骰，难度7，和之前一样。"
“谢了，” 杰基说道。“来吧。”
观众注目的同时，杰基拾起骰子并准备再次掷骰…

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Example: Painted Horse laughs at himself, jokes, gets the audience back on his side. Juggling the hoops, he launches into an improvised monolog about being a sacred fool. As he speaks, he starts spinning the hoops in a dazzling new configuration.
“Charisma + Expression,” says the Storyteller. “Difficulty 7.”
“Painted Horse,” says Jackie, “has a total dice pool of seven for that.”
“I’ll give it to you as an automatic action, then,” replies the Storyteller. “You’re on. They’re with you. Try that Dexterity + Art roll again, difficulty 7, same as before.”
“Thanks,” says Jackie. “Let’s do this.”
The audience watches as Jackie picks up the dice and prepares to roll again…

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大失败与魔法 Botches and Magick
在你施展魔法的时候大失败会变得尤为致命：
• 巧合魔法效应大失败时，效应所涉及的等级最高的魔法领域每有1级都会造成1点矛盾。（一项大失败的4级领域效应=4点矛盾）
• 没有目击者的破则魔法效应大失败时，效应所涉及的等级最高的魔法领域每有1级都会造成1点矛盾，除此之外还会额外生成1点矛盾。（无目击者的破则4级领域效应=5点矛盾）
• 有目击者的破则魔法效应大失败时，效应所涉及的等级最高的魔法领域每有1级都会造成2点矛盾，除此之外还会额外生成2点矛盾。（有目击者的破则4级领域效应=10点矛盾）

在“最终清算”这一元剧情线中，大失败产生的矛盾甚至可能更多。详细与解释见位于P.550的边栏：《法师》修订版中的矛盾。

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Botches get especially critical when you’re casting magick:
• A botch on a coincidental magick Effect inflicts one automatic Paradox point for every dot in the highest Sphere involved. (A botched Sphere 4 Effect = four Paradox points.)
• Botching a vulgar Effect without witnesses inflicts one Paradox point, plus another point for every dot in the highest Sphere involved. (That Sphere 4 Effect = five Paradox points.)
• Botching a vulgar Effect with witnesses inflicts two Paradox points plus two more Paradox points per dot in the highest Sphere involved. (Now that Sphere 4 Effect = 10 Paradox points.)
Under the Reckoning metaplot, the amount of Paradox can be even higher. For more details and explanations, see Paradox in Mage Revised p. 550.

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大失败与"1之准则" Botching and the Rule of One

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还有一些失败是你无法挽回的——散落的套圈；愤怒的客户；被警卫、狗和摄像头抓住的非法入侵者。这就是大失败：一场灾难性的，使角色处于比事情开始前更糟糕的境地的失败。

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And then there are the failures you can’t recover from – the scattered hoops; the angry client; the trespasser caught by the guard, dog, and cameras. That’s a botch: a catastrophic failure that leaves the character in a worse situation than he’d been in before things started.

从故事视角看，一次大失败反映了惊人的霉运：警报器作响，跑酷专家滑倒在地，电脑在一阵烟雾中嘶嘶作响。简而言之，你完蛋了。现在是时候让自己振作起来，并且如果有可能的话…再试一次。虽然一次大失败不应该完全杀死你的角色，但它应该让他处于明显的劣势。这就是当你试图成为一名英雄时，你得承担的风险。

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Story-wise, a botch reflects spectacular bad luck: the sirens go off, the parkour expert slips, the computer fizzles in a puff of smoke. In short, you’re done. It’s time to dust yourself off and try again… if that’s even possible. Although a botch shouldn’t flat-out kill your character, it ought to leave him at a distinct disadvantage. That’s the risk you take when you try to be a hero.

从游戏视角看，你所掷出的每一个1都将抵消你掷骰中的一个成功骰。把这看作是“1之准则。”如果你的1抵消了所有成功骰，你就失败了；扔出三个1，扔出三个成功骰，然后你就等同于没有进行行动。

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Game-wise, every 1 you roll takes away one success from your roll. Think of this as “the rule of one.” If your 1s cancel out your successes, you fail; roll three successes, roll three 1s, and you’re left right where you were before.

假设你在 "1 "抵消你所有的成功之前，哪怕只掷出了一个成功，那么你的角色就只是普通地失败了。

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Assuming that you rolled even one success before the 1s cancel out all your successes, then your character simply fails.

但如果你没有掷出任何成功并且你掷出了一个1，那么你就迎来了大失败。

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But if you don’t roll any successes and you roll a 1, then you botch.

这也是事情变得难看起来的地方。高难度会使你更难以取得成功，所以当你尝试更具挑战性的壮举时，发生惊人灾难的几率也就会上升。如果詹妮弗试图在光天化日之下溜入院子里的话（难度9），她被公然抓住（一次大失败）的可能性也会上升，因为她不太可能掷出多个9或10。

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That’s where things get ugly. A high difficulty makes it harder for you to score a success, so the odds of a spectacular catastrophe go up as you attempt more challenging feats. If Jennifer tries to sneak through the yard in broad daylight (difficulty 9), her chances of getting caught right out in the open (a botch) go way up because she’s not likely to roll any 9s or 10s.

如果你掷出了数个1而没有成功骰，那么你会以一种壮观的方式迎来大失败。一次普通的大失败或许会让人感觉尴尬，但一次有着三个1的大失败——即三重大失败——可能是致命的。说书人（ST）有着最终解释权，但令人难忘的大失败也应该有与之相应的可怕后果。

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If you roll several 1s and no successes, then you botch in a big way. A single botch might prove embarrassing, but a botch with three 1s – a triple botch – could prove fatal. The Storyteller gets the final say, but impressive botches should have impressively terrible results.

例：
蜘蛛的猎物知道她就在那里。而她在人群中追踪他们的难度是8。因基掷出她的骰子，然后得出了以下结果。1，3，5，7，1，6。一次双重大失败！ 蜘蛛那笨重的靴子磕碰到人行道的边缘，把她绊倒在三名她一直想用来做掩护的女孩身上。饮料洒落。骂声四起。蜘蛛瞥了一眼，但那个欢笑玫瑰的密教徒和她一直在跟踪的那个人都已经走远了。

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Example: Spider’s prey knows she’s out there. Her difficulty to track them through the crowd is 8. Inky rolls her dice and gets the following results: 1, 3, 5, 7, 1, 6. A double botch! Spider’s bulky boots catch on the edge of the pavement, tripping her into three girls she’d been trying to use as cover. Drinks spill. Curses fly. Spider glances up, but the Laughing Rose cultist and the guy she’d been following are both long gone.

大失败与难度阈值 Botches and Thresholds

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由于高难度会使人难以掷出一个成功，玩家与说书人（ST）可以决定用难度阈值（见P.387）而非一次普通的掷骰来处理这项行动。以故事术语来说，就是角色决定采取需要时间更长，更为谨慎的策略。以游戏术语来说，就是说书人（ST）以一次持续掷骰降低难度。这样一来，行动需要更长时间但大失败的概率也会更低。

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Because a high difficulty number makes it hard to score even a single success, the player and Storyteller can decide to handle the task with a threshold (see p.387) rather than with a single roll. In story terms, the character decides to take a longer, more careful approach; in game terms, the Storyteller lowers the difficulty in exchange for an extended roll. This way, the task takes longer but might have a lower chance of botching.

例：
马尔科姆这次做事很谨慎。他没有急着催促这笔生意，而是带客户出去喝酒...然后前往一家脱衣舞俱乐部...再前往另一家脱衣舞俱乐部痛饮。史蒂夫说：“我要把一整晚都用在说服这家伙上。“ ”先别急。“说书人（ST）同意了一次更低难度的持续掷骰——三次掷骰，四个成功，难度6。”

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Example: Malcolm works carefully this time. Rather than pressing the business deal, he takes the client out for drinks… then to a strip club… then for more drinks at another strip club. “I’ll work this guy all night,” says Steve. “No hurry here.” The Storyteller agrees to an extended action at a lower difficulty – three rolls, four successes, difficulty 6.

史蒂夫通过马尔科姆的【魅力+欺瞒】来让他显得魅力四射。到夜晚结束时（三次掷骰之后），史蒂夫已经积累了六个成功，马尔科姆成功地让客户对他言听计从。

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Steve piles on the charm with Malcolm’s Charisma + Subterfuge. By the end of the evening (three rolls later), Steve has accumulated six successes and Malcolm has the client eating out of his hand.

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成功 Success

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成功，很明显，就是成功。你进行了掷骰，积攒了足够的成功骰，也没有大失败。你真棒。

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Success, obviously, is success. You made the roll, gathered enough successes, didn’t botch. You’re golden.

不过，有些成功比其他的要更有意义。你可以跃过屋顶之间的缝隙，狼狈地摇晃，抓住一个屋顶的边缘，勉强把自己拉过去...... 或者你可以像体操冠军一样在空中滑翔，拿下着陆点，然后优雅地起身，准备接受掌声。特别是对于像表演和运动型创举这样的行动，勉强成功和非凡成功之间的区别可能好比一场半成品音乐会和吉米·亨德里克斯在蒙特利流行音乐节上点燃他的吉他之间的差别。

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Some successes, though, mean more than others. You can leap across a gap between roofs, flail awkwardly, grab the lip of one rooftop and barely pull yourself across… or you can sail through the air like a champion gymnast, nail the landing, and roll to your feet with a grace that leaves folks ready to applaud. Especially with regards to tasks like performances and athletic feats, the difference between a marginal success and a phenomenal one can mean the difference between a half-decent concert and Jimi Hendrix burning his Strat at the Monterey Pop festival.

自动成功 Automatic Success

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在许多情形中，掷骰是不必要的。你的角色擅长于他所做的事情，而骰子只会拖慢故事的进程。在你的法师 "就是那么优秀 "的情况下，你的讲故事的人可以直接说出，"你做到了——我们继续吧。"这就是一次自动成功。

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In many cases, there’s no point in rolling dice. Your character excels at what he does, and the dice would simply slow the story down. In situations where your mage is “just that good,” your Storyteller can simply say, “You did it – let’s move on.” That’s an automatic success.

作为参考，如果你的骰池等于或超过了行动的难度，而且故事在当时并不取决于你的成败，那么你就获得了一次自动成功。马尔科姆善于达成交易；蜘蛛能如英雄般舞动火焰；詹妮弗善于偷偷摸摸并且与动物相处融洽；绘马能够旋转套圈，吸引观众。这些人物在这些方面做得很好，以至于在大多数情况下，我们甚至懒得进行掷骰，看看他们在各自的领域做得如何。

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As a guideline, assume that if you’ve got a dice pool that equals or exceeds the difficulty of a task and the story’s not hinging on your success or failure at the time, then you’ve got an automatic success. Malcolm’s great at making deals; Spider spins fire like a champ; Jennifer’s good at sneaking around and gets on well with animals; Painted Horse can spin hoops and charm an audience. These characters do these things so well that under most circumstances we don’t even bother to roll and see how well they do in their respective fields.

但是，当氛围白热化，或者当玩家和他的角色想要真正把他人打败的时候，骰子就该出场了。自动成功的规则不适用于有战斗的情形（除非是一位空明大师跟俩醉汉在酒吧里那种情况），并且它也不适合持续动作——除非这个角色是他妈的如此精于此道以至于成功是这么唾手可得。（举例来说，马尔科姆最擅长于达成交易；而这也是为什么他能在公司里坐稳高位。）如果一个成功骰就是你需要的全部，那么自动成功规则就正合适。

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But when the heat is on, or when the player and his character want to really blow folks away, then the dice come out. The automatic success rule doesn’t apply to combat situations (unless perhaps it’s an Akashic Master and two drunk morons in a bar), and it’s not good for extended actions – much less resisted ones – unless the character is just so damned skillful that success is still pretty much assured. (Malcolm, for instance, excels at sealing deals; that’s why he’s That Guy at his corporation.) If a single success is all you need, the automatic success rule works just fine.

消耗意志力 Spending Willpower

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专注力能够产生重大的影响，尤其当你是名英雄人物的时候。以游戏视角来说，哪怕在你身处压抑的环境中也能够通过消耗一点意志力（见第六章-“使用意志力“一节，P.330）来获得一次自动成功。借由全神贯注在手头的行动上，你的角色就能够超越他平时的极限。尽管你每回合只能消耗一点意志力——但在一项持续动作中能够消耗数点——你可以避免大失败，并让你的角色有更大的可能获得成功。

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Focus makes a huge difference, especially when you’re the heroic type. In game terms, you can spend a point of Willpower (see Using Willpower in Chapter Six, p. 330) to get one automatic success even under stressful conditions. By putting serious focus behind the task at hand, your character pushes past his usual limits. Though you can spend only one point of Willpower per turn – but several during an extended action – you can avoid botching and give your character a better chance at success.

例："我要消耗一点意志力，"杰基说道，并且掷出骰子。无论他怎么掷，这都是一次成功。哪怕他们输的很惨，绘马也不会在这次表演上迎来大失败…并且如果他真的失败的足够“出色“，他可能会出大事。

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Example: “I’m spending a point of Willpower,” Jackie says, casting the dice. That’s one success, no matter how they roll. Even if they fall badly, Painted Horse won’t botch this performance… and if they fall WELL, he could score a serious coup.

多重成功与成功程度 Multiple Successes and Degrees of Success

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一次普通的成功代表你取得了得体的成功：你找到了要找的东西，你的音乐会进展顺利，，尽管他看起来对你不太感兴趣，但你还是拿到了那名俊俏小哥的电话号码，等等。然而，正如成功程度的表格所示（见P.387），成功有着数个不同的等级。通过以最低限度的成功完成游戏，你的角色能够真正的令人难忘…不是普通地过关而是有风格地拿下这场游戏。

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A single success means you succeeded decently: you found what you were looking for, your concert went okay, you got that cute guy’s number even though he didn’t seem too interested, whatever. However, as the Degrees of Success chart shows (see p. 387), there are different levels of success. By exceeding the minimum degree of success, your character can be truly memorable… not simply getting by, but nailing the game with style.

例：在取得六个成功骰之后，马尔科姆有了一名热心的新合伙人与朋友。詹妮弗，排除万难，溜进网络老总的家里并且带出了足够毁灭他职业生涯的丑闻。当绘马将那套圈舞成功变成一场有着五个成功的演出时，他成功取悦了精魂，他的观众，以及最重要的，他自己。
至于蜘蛛与金克斯，祝他们下次好运吧——当然，一定会有下次…

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Examples: Six successes later, Malcolm has an eager new associate and friend. Jennifer, despite all odds, sneaks in and out of the network honcho’s house with enough dirt to destroy his career. Painted Horse pleases the spirits, his audience, and most of all himself when he turns that hoop dance into a five-success gig. As for Spider and Jinx, better luck next time – and there WILL, of course, be a next time…

一次带有数个成功的惊人掷骰，能够在故事层面上让事情大为不同，一个成功意味着合格的胜利，而四个成功意味着重大胜利。这也是大失败的另一面：正如你会搞砸一切并且以惨败收场，你也能以胜利震撼世界。

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A great roll, with several successes, makes a huge difference in story terms. Whereas that one success means an acceptable win, four successes mean serious victory. That’s the flipside of a botch: just as you can screw up miserably, you can also rock the world with triumph.

而且说真的…这不正是魔法的意义所在么？

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And really… isn’t that what magick’s all about?