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<blockquote data-quote="GMMichael" data-source="post: 9302337" data-attributes="member: 6685730">You might have a winner on your hands, velkymx.&nbsp; Here are some thoughts...In order from &quot;getting started&quot;:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">It's safe to assume that most readers will know what Hit Points are, but these can have different uses between games, and might need defining.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Under Starting Simple, &quot;tests&quot; are undefined, but I know that my new character can use a d6 for them.&nbsp; I'm not sure when that will happen though, because the rules later mention &quot;group checks&quot; and &quot;skill checks,&quot; which must be more important than tests if you define them first.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">36 XP tells me nothing about how many skills I can acquire for my new character, since I know nothing about them.&nbsp; Later, I learn that I can buy a &quot;basic&quot; skill for 12 XP.&nbsp; Why 12? And is a &quot;basic&quot; skill better than the &quot;basic 1d6 roll&quot; that I get for free?</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">I'll have to take your word that game play, with test/check pools, is smooth and fast-paced, because building a dice pool, counting up successes based on two results, but then subtracting some of results based on another, and then comparing the total to the GM's actual success hurdle, but possibly overriding that with my Benny (which sounds a lot like the oft-unused D&amp;D Inspiration), doesn't strike me as such.&nbsp; If you use a term other than &quot;success&quot; for the die results, or no term, it will make more sense to receive a final &quot;success&quot; if enough 5s and 6s came up.</li>
</ul>So far, it looks like a good game that just needs an editor pass to make the rules more clear.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GMMichael, post: 9302337, member: 6685730"] You might have a winner on your hands, velkymx. Here are some thoughts... In order from "getting started": [LIST] [*]It's safe to assume that most readers will know what Hit Points are, but these can have different uses between games, and might need defining. [*]Under Starting Simple, "tests" are undefined, but I know that my new character can use a d6 for them. I'm not sure when that will happen though, because the rules later mention "group checks" and "skill checks," which must be more important than tests if you define them first. [*]36 XP tells me nothing about how many skills I can acquire for my new character, since I know nothing about them. Later, I learn that I can buy a "basic" skill for 12 XP. Why 12? And is a "basic" skill better than the "basic 1d6 roll" that I get for free? [*]I'll have to take your word that game play, with test/check pools, is smooth and fast-paced, because building a dice pool, counting up successes based on two results, but then subtracting some of results based on another, and then comparing the total to the GM's [I]actual[/I] success hurdle, but possibly overriding that with my Benny (which sounds a lot like the oft-unused D&D Inspiration), doesn't strike me as such. If you use a term other than "success" for the die results, or no term, it will make more sense to receive a final "success" if enough 5s and 6s came up. [/LIST] So far, it looks like a good game that just needs an editor pass to make the rules more clear. [/QUOTE]

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