WOIN Max dice pools

[Steve Cansdale]

I understand that the mechanism for defining a maximum dice pool is based on the Grade is Attribute + Skill + Equipment (and that there are some factors that can add/subtract dice but these are not included in the Grade cap).

Q1. For skill checks, I assume any excess dice (Attribute + Skill) over the maximum for the Grade are just lost?

Q2. Does this limitation apply to Combat? If so, what happens to any "excess" dice? Example: if the Grade 5 PC ends up with a basic (A+S+E) dice pool of 7d6, what happens to the excess 2d6? Are these just lost or can they be "converted" to a bonus damage dice?

Q3. Does the maximum dice pool for a Grade also bite when calculating derived statistics? These are driven by the core attributes plus dice from the skills (example: Health is END + WIL + Hardy) and might exceed the Grade maximum.

Just want to make sure that I'm not diddling my players out of dice!

 

[Morrus]

1. Yep.
2. Also lost. An attack is just an attribute check.
3. Health isn’t an attribute check, so no. Defenses, however, are (averaged) attribute checks.

 

[Steve Cansdale]

That's what I thought from reading... Thanks for confirming!

 

[M3woods]

We use a houserule for Maximum Dice Pool: after building your dice pool for a check, each 2d6 over MDP may be converted to a +1 bonus to the current check. Or, a player can let them accrue (notating the extra dice) and may trade them, 6:1, for a Luck dice recharge. So far, there's been no issues with it. But my games tend to lean toward closer to taste paced space opera; more Buck Rogers, less ST:TNG.

 

[Steve Cansdale]

We use a houserule for Maximum Dice Pool: after building your dice pool for a check, each 2d6 over MDP may be converted to a +1 bonus to the current check. Or, a player can let them accrue (notating the extra dice) and may trade them, 6:1, for a Luck dice recharge. So far, there's been no issues with it. But my games tend to lean toward closer to taste paced space opera; more Buck Rogers, less ST:TNG.

I do like the +2d6 == +1 houserule and I think I'll pick that up for my game - thanks!