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In Omens of Ice, if storms leave you unable to pay a task's Stamina or Sanity cost, do you fail the Adventure and suffer its penalty?
The designer gave the rules-as-written answer in 2016, and a community reply agrees.
- Samuel Bailey · Designer · 2016-09-19
- Scarlet Witch · Community · 2016-09-19
- coyotemoon722 · Community · 2016-09-19
Yes, under the rules as written. You cannot attempt a task you cannot pay for, so the Adventure fails and its penalty applies, which can kill your investigator. The designer prefers a house rule that lets a player go out heroically on the task.