Editing Unwritten: System Reference Document/Playing a Scene (section)

====Conceding Dangerous Actions====

Sometimes, discretion is the better part of valor. When you are facing a dangerous action, you can interrupt it at any time before the roll is made to declare that you concede the action. This is critical—once dice hit the table, what happens happens, and you deal with it. 

Concession gives the other person what they wanted, or in the case of more than two relevant participants, removes you from the scene. You are overwhelmed, period.

But it’s not all bad. First of all, you get a fate point for choosing to concede. The fate point may be used once this scene is over.

Second of all, you get to avoid the worst parts of your fate; you have a say in how your character is removed from the scene.  Yes, you lost, and the narration has to reflect that. You can’t use this privilege to undermine the opponent’s victory, either—what you say happens has to pass muster with the group. It may mean that you have a choice between dire consequences and merely dangerous consequences. But sometimes that is better than nothing.