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<blockquote data-quote="Guest 6801328" data-source="post: 7975662">I'm more familiar with TOR than with AiMe, but in TOR you gain Shadow not just for wicked deeds you do but also just for being in awful places or witnessing terrible things. (Although with a difference: usually the former is automatic; the latter lets you make a roll.)You become &quot;Miserable&quot; if your Shadow score exceeds your Hope score.&nbsp; It's main effect is that if you roll an &quot;Eye of Sauron&quot; (1/12 chance) on any roll while Miserable, you suffer a bout of madness.&nbsp; Four of those and you're retired.Hope is a very, very precious resource, hard to replenish.&nbsp; It can be spent to turn failures into successes, but you can only expect to restore about 1 point per session. I have a blast playing D&amp;D, but TOR is really a great system.&nbsp; As long as you're not into tactical combat and zero-to-hero roleplaying.P.S.&nbsp; TOR also has &quot;Weary&quot;, entirely separate from Miserable.&nbsp; If your Fatigue exceeds Encumbrance you are Weary.&nbsp; Its effect is that you ignore 1's, 2's, and 3's on your skill dice (d6's).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Guest 6801328, post: 7975662"] I'm more familiar with TOR than with AiMe, but in TOR you gain Shadow not just for wicked deeds you do but also just for being in awful places or witnessing terrible things. (Although with a difference: usually the former is automatic; the latter lets you make a roll.) You become "Miserable" if your Shadow score exceeds your Hope score. It's main effect is that if you roll an "Eye of Sauron" (1/12 chance) on any roll while Miserable, you suffer a bout of madness. Four of those and you're retired. Hope is a very, very precious resource, hard to replenish. It can be spent to turn failures into successes, but you can only expect to restore about 1 point per session. I have a blast playing D&D, but TOR is really a great system. As long as you're not into tactical combat and zero-to-hero roleplaying. P.S. TOR also has "Weary", entirely separate from Miserable. If your Fatigue exceeds Encumbrance you are Weary. Its effect is that you ignore 1's, 2's, and 3's on your skill dice (d6's). [/QUOTE]

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