tete
Feb 12 2010, 06:29 PM
Anyone else check this game out? We just started playing it for some off time from Shadowrun and WOW! If your looking for a dice pool fantasy game it may be for you. You roll attribute+skill+gear (nwod ish) evens count as successes odds are failures. We use heroscape dice instead because the attack dice are already marked 50/50. You get style points for being in character (kinda like bennies from savage worlds) and magic is a freeform with drain (a mix of mage and shadowrun). They have twists on all your standard races like elves who are rejected by nature, but you could easily play greyhawk or something if you strip off the flaws. This game also encourages "take the average" rather than rolling if you feel you have a better dice pool than your opponent. Everything is either an opposed test or a threshold you need to hit. I like it a lot, one of the best mechanics I have seen to date certainly what I would use if I want to run a D&D style game though magic may need modified a bit as drain is very harsh.