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<blockquote data-quote="Manbearcat" data-source="post: 7972826" data-attributes="member: 6696971">[USER=6785785]@hawkeyefan[/USER] [USER=42582]@pemerton[/USER] addressed your core question there.&nbsp; I agree with him that it is very, very much like Blades in most ways.&nbsp; Like Blades (and unlike something like AW), I wouldn't say there is a &quot;core mechanic&quot;.&nbsp; There are several very important core mechanics that all interact elegantly, with careful design to create a very brutal and testing play.&nbsp; Just like Blades you've got phases of play that look almost exactly the same;&nbsp; Town phase is Op-prospecting like Information Gathering/Free play &gt; Adventure is Score &gt; Camp and Town again are basically Downtime.&nbsp; If there is a &quot;core&quot; aspect of those two games, I would call that it.&nbsp; Then both games share Conflict mechanics (Blades would be Clocks while TB is Conflict), basic action resolution that yields Success, Major Complication, or Success With Complication (Blades is Action Roll and TB is Tests/Obstacles).&nbsp; Then they each have a whole suite of beautifully integrated attrition/wear-down mechanics and PC build/resource-leveraging/tapping mechanics that let you test/push yourself, etc.Yup.&nbsp; Exactly.&nbsp; I've just checked out the character sheet.&nbsp; Under Creed for this particular character it says:Endure a moral test driven by your creed and earn a Persona point.So, yeah.&nbsp; Its basically Alignment/ethos for Persona.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Manbearcat, post: 7972826, member: 6696971"] [USER=6785785]@hawkeyefan[/USER] [USER=42582]@pemerton[/USER] addressed your core question there. I agree with him that it is very, very much like Blades in most ways. Like Blades (and unlike something like AW), I wouldn't say there is a "core mechanic". There are several very important core mechanics that all interact elegantly, with careful design to create a very brutal and testing play. Just like Blades you've got phases of play that look almost exactly the same; Town phase is Op-prospecting like Information Gathering/Free play > Adventure is Score > Camp and Town again are basically Downtime. If there is a "core" aspect of those two games, I would call that it. Then both games share Conflict mechanics (Blades would be Clocks while TB is Conflict), basic action resolution that yields Success, Major Complication, or Success With Complication (Blades is Action Roll and TB is Tests/Obstacles). Then they each have a whole suite of beautifully integrated attrition/wear-down mechanics and PC build/resource-leveraging/tapping mechanics that let you test/push yourself, etc. Yup. Exactly. I've just checked out the character sheet. Under Creed for this particular character it says: Endure a moral test driven by your creed and earn a Persona point. So, yeah. Its basically Alignment/ethos for Persona. [/QUOTE]

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