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Old 11-28-2006, 03:49 PM
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Re: [RPG]: Passages: Adventures Penned by Literary Giants, reviewed by Joe Sala (5/4)

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What's more or less longer? How many game sessions? And what's more important: do you clearly explain this in the book?
No. It is explicitly stated that character advancement should not be a focus, that advancement is slower than in "other" games, and that it's ultimately up to the Narrator to decide. In retrospect, I should have made this more explicit.

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Yes, but since there are six Intelligence skills (or more if you count the different Knowledges), then it's much better to buy attribute check advancements: you get an effective +6 instead of a +2.
It is better in a raw, numerical sense, but it is not an effective +6. And I made no effort to balance the different attributes. Keep in mind too that the game encourages players to find "innovative" applications of their bonuses.

In any case, I hope I'm not coming off as confrontational. I appreciate your time and interest in giving the work a critical examination.
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