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<blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 8249344" data-attributes="member: 6779310">of my two groups for playtest, one group very much liked it as is, save for one flaw common to all the 2d20 games (the occasional runaway on the threatpile). The other group? Love the setting, love the character building, and loved the adventures we playtested, but have a strong sense of reservation towards the game mechanics.Note, however, that 2d20 for Star Trek, JCoM, and Dune is a narrativist-gamist hybrid, and Dune is the purest of these... not even differentiating weapon damages... It's very smooth in play, but it's not a gear-details-matter game. Every tool is just another trait, either allowing something, disallowing something, adding 1 to effect, or reducing effect by 1.On a nat 20, you get a complication and have failed the success on that die. And on a nat 1, or a roll under skill if working inside focus, 2 successes.I prefer Cortex Plus/Prime, where the bad roll (a nat 1 in C+/C') does nothing for your success, but only adds a complication if the opposition gets a plot point. You get one when you accept the complication on your 1, and pay 1 when they accept it.If one wants to swap the effects to be more cortex-like, just make the nat 20 complication cost the GM 2 threat, and taking that extra success cost 1 on low rolls.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="aramis erak, post: 8249344, member: 6779310"] of my two groups for playtest, one group very much liked it as is, save for one flaw common to [I]all[/I] the 2d20 games (the occasional runaway on the threatpile). The other group? Love the setting, love the character building, and loved the adventures we playtested, but have a strong sense of reservation towards the game mechanics. Note, however, that 2d20 for Star Trek, JCoM, and Dune is a narrativist-gamist hybrid, and Dune is the purest of these... not even differentiating weapon damages... It's very smooth in play, but it's not a gear-details-matter game. Every tool is just another trait, either allowing something, disallowing something, adding 1 to effect, or reducing effect by 1. On a nat 20, you get a complication and have failed the success on that die. And on a nat 1, or a roll under skill if working inside focus, 2 successes. I prefer Cortex Plus/Prime, where the bad roll (a nat 1 in C+/C') does nothing for your success, but only adds a complication if the opposition gets a plot point. You get one when you accept the complication on your 1, and pay 1 when they accept it. If one wants to swap the effects to be more cortex-like, just make the nat 20 complication cost the GM 2 threat, and taking that extra success cost 1 on low rolls. [/QUOTE]

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