Let's Talk About Character Resources To Power Abilities

[Umbran]

I like that a lot. It's a common trope in many media where the characters go "screw this, I'm pulling out my grenades/flamethrower/big guns!". Rolplaying games are often bad at gradual escalation and tension build-up that doesn't go from 0 to 100 in nanoseconds.

Agreed. It gives mechanical support to pulling out stops as things get more dire, rather than always opening with the biggest gun in your arsenal.

 

[Reynard]

Agreed. It gives mechanical support to pulling out stops as things get more dire, rather than always opening with the biggest gun in your arsenal.

I have not played it yet, but I am pretty sure Draw Steel! went for a solution to this problem as well.