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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 6529692" data-attributes="member: 1">Great breakthrough yesterday, BTW!  I discovered the following:- Starting attributes at 3 rather than 2 works perfectly; this means that characters don't end up with 1d6 attributes. This should now be considered the default.*- Allowing a DEFENSE skill choice on every career works perfectly.  It does mean that characters need to be built with that from scratch.*We played with a wild optional rule.  Roll 1d6 for each attribute instead.  It was kinda silly, but fun!  Might be good for an A.C.M.E. game (see the N.O.W. appendix).So, here's how it works:[h=4]DEFENSE Skills[/h]Any time you take a career/tradition skill, you may take a DEFENSE skill instead.  These aren't specifically called out in the careers, but all DEFENSE skills are always available to all careers.The current list of suggested skills (remember anything can be a skill - feel free to encourage your players to invent their own!) is:Acrobatics (D)Dodging (D)Foresight (D)Concentration (MD)Meditation (MD)Plus melee skills apply to DEFENSE against melee attacks (as does weapon quality), but not against ranged attacks.You need to train DEFENSE.  Otherwise you will get hit a lot.  It's as important as training in weapons.Optional rule we didn't try, but might be fun: allow running to be used as DEFENSE if you double-move in a round.</blockquote>