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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arilyn" data-source="post: 9705711" data-attributes="member: 6816042">It takes a little practice to get the flow moving but it's worth it. If you have a pile of fear but players are struggling and combat is tense, don't spend it. It really doesn't matter if GM has a fear pile. Once the players start swinging to the top, you've got fear to power abilities and grab the spotlight. Players will improve their tactics as well. I've noticed that after a few sessions, my players became very savy about their abilities, cooperating more effectively, team ups, etc. As a player, yes, it's tense watching the fear pile up but my GM doesn't use it in an adversarial manner, so we are not nervous about rolling or not taking rests when needed. The fights have been a mix of close calls, pretty balanced and ones where we had the edge. Sometimes we're overflowing with hope... sometimes not. Its your table too, so you can tinker with the hope/fear and points spent on encounter building.</blockquote>