This is really great, and I bet you could hack it for a variety of different kinds of situations.
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Yes! But could even be more mundane than that, more like "task resolution" where you're trying to solve a really intractable problem where complications and difficulties arise ("excuses"). Like, imagine the recalcitrant player is the GM portraying some difficult task, like you have to repair a spaceship to escape this planet you've crashlanded on. And every time you think you've got it fixed, something else goes wrong.