This is a very cool game! The genre merge of Sci-Fi/Fantasy is the most seamless I’ve seen so far in any game. The world and its inhabitants are well presented and multidimensional. Character creation is very robust while not being too complicated or a chore to work through. You can easily build out your characters race, skills and talents without having to jump around the book.
Combat and skills are all resolved with 3d6 which is great; it really helps move things along quickly. Couple that with a “Crit and Fumble” system based on 1’s and 6’s that really gives the GM opportunities to interpret rolls and explain outcomes without having to send the roll to the lab and wait for the results, looking at you Edge of the Empire.
The 3d6 system also allows for less complicated interactions with Players assisting each other in resolving skill checks. Need help pulling the incinerator door shut to whack that pesky Orc? No problem! Your team mate can assist you by rolling a 3d6 and you can replace one of your die for theirs! Fiery orc incoming! But in all seriousness it’s a really great easy-to-use system.
Lastly, the talents, which are basically tiered feats. The talents are broken up individually by type such as “Gunfighting” or “Invocation” and then tiered ranging from 1 (being above average) to 5 (being near-god-like) each tier containing 3 talents. These talents interact more or less with your stamina pool, which is kind of like Mana in a video game (my opinion). The execution and maintenance of talents draws from this pool during the turn, and then stamina regenerates a certain amount at the beginning of every turn based on your build. It’s really cool because unlike in other game where you just use the feat, here with the associated cost and limited resources you really feel the success and failures more. It can create a resource balancing act because other actions that aren’t talents also leverage Stamina, it adds another fun and interesting layer.
All in all it’s a great game; you should definitely check it out if you’re looking for something fresh that won’t disappoint.
Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!] |