Post originally by Per at 2005-01-28 10:27:08
Converted from Phorums BB System

Thanks for the review, some good points made.

It does sound like you get an extra die to add to your roll in conflicts, which may sound different from what it actually is. You get to add the die to your pool when rolling, but when determining the roll, you only get to choose the two highest dice and add them together. Similar, when having penalty dice, you get less dice to roll and also have to add the two lowest dice after the roll. I don't think that was exactly clear in the review.

Bringing Down the Pain (BDtP) is a stroke of genius. Whenever you don't like the outcome of a resisted ability check, you can call upon BDtP. The game then zooms in on the conflict, which is resolved in rounds until one side wins or gives in. Thus, hopefully only important conflicts get increased focus and extended playing time, while less important ones can be dealt with in a moment.

Per