{"schemaVersion":1,"record":{"key":"mechanic/dialogue--family-resolution","type":"mechanic","id":"dialogue--family-resolution","lang":"en","title":"Checks and outcome resolution","summary":"A reply’s outcome depends on abilities, conditions or a random roll. A check turns the player’s intention into success, failure and the next conversation state.","updatedAt":"2026-10-21","status":"active","url":"https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/dialogue--family-resolution/","jsonUrl":"https://gamemechanics.pro/api/v1/knowledge/en/mechanic/dialogue--family-resolution.json","markdownUrl":"https://gamemechanics.pro/content/knowledge/en/mechanic/dialogue--family-resolution.md","aliases":["Dialogue checks"],"tags":["Dialogue","Game rules"],"sourceIds":["source-8fcf1671c353b49b"],"sources":[{"id":"source-8fcf1671c353b49b","title":"Disco Elysium","url":"https://store.steampowered.com/app/632470/Disco_Elysium__The_Final_Cut/","verifiedAt":null}],"sections":[{"id":"principle","title":"How it works","body":"The system determines the outcome of a dialogue line through conditions, characteristics, randomness or the quality of the player's decision."},{"id":"variants","title":"Variants","body":"### Variants and applications\n\n<a id=\"family-resolution-variants\"></a>\n\n- Deterministic threshold. Rule: The result is determined by comparing the characteristic with a predetermined requirement. <a id=\"variant-resolution-01\"></a>\n- Probability check. Rule: Success is determined by a random test with a probability depending on the conditions. <a id=\"variant-resolution-02\"></a>\n- Counter check. Rule: The speaker's abilities are compared with the abilities or defenses of the interlocutor. <a id=\"variant-resolution-03\"></a>\n- Passive check. Rule: The system automatically notices a lie, hint or opportunity without a separate choice from the player. <a id=\"variant-resolution-04\"></a>\n- Accumulation of successes. Rule: It takes several successful moves in one conversation to get results. <a id=\"variant-resolution-05\"></a>\n- Degrees of result. Rule: Instead of two outcomes, complete success, concession, complication and varying degrees of failure are possible. <a id=\"variant-resolution-06\"></a>\n- Contextual modifiers. Rule: Preparation, evidence, relationships, and setting change the difficulty of the test. <a id=\"variant-resolution-07\"></a>\n- Checking the player's decision. Rule: Success depends on the chosen argument or course of action, and not on the characteristics of the hero. <a id=\"variant-resolution-08\"></a>"},{"id":"context","title":"Context and limits","body":"Author's working taxonomy compiled for this request. Titles are descriptive; sources confirm individual principles and examples, and not the entire list."}],"relations":[],"placements":[{"catalogId":"dialogue","id":"family-resolution","title":"Dialogue","url":"https://gamemechanics.pro/en/mechanics/dialogue/#family-resolution","categoryIds":["section-2"]}],"supersededBy":[],"attributes":{"preview":{"updatedAt":"2026-10-21","title":"Dialogue checks","description":"A reply’s outcome depends on abilities, conditions or a random roll. A check turns the player’s intention into success, failure and the next conversation state.","image":{"src":"images/mechanics/disco-elysium-check.webp","width":1440,"height":810,"game":"Disco Elysium","sourceUrl":"https://store.steampowered.com/app/632470/Disco_Elysium__The_Final_Cut/","originalUrl":"https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/632470/ss_dec29c440fab2f7817d68c1380c019290eb1755e.1920x1080.jpg?t=1780913406","credit":"ZA/UM","rights":"© ZA/UM. All rights reserved.","caption":"A successful check reveals a deduction","alt":"Disco Elysium: a dice roll succeeds and Visual Calculus explains traces of an incident.","markers":[{"x":45,"y":82,"label":"The dice result is confirmed as a success"},{"x":77,"y":56,"label":"Success reveals a new deduction in the dialogue"}]},"tips":["Show what determines the chance of each outcome.","Failure can continue the scene with new consequences."],"examples":[{"title":"Disco Elysium","url":"https://store.steampowered.com/app/632470/Disco_Elysium__The_Final_Cut/"}]}},"endsAt":null,"provenance":"Original editorial design catalog consolidated from project discussions on 2026-10-20. Complete discussion item lists and contextual limitations are preserved; linked primary sources support specific techniques, not the entire classification. English translation was prepared with machine assistance and editorial review.","license":"CC-BY-4.0","codeLicense":"MIT","attribution":"gamemechanics.pro contributors","catalogKey":"catalog/dialogue"}}