Review of Play: The Saga of the Westmarch DF Game

[mlangsdorf]

Originally Posted by DAT

If you limit the character point pool size available for buying success (say 5 points), and use 2-1/1-2 progression, you control things pretty tight.

To tighten it further, have a limited recharge. Players can only recharge one point in the pool (used in play to buy success/non-failure) per session...

I like it. It gives the PCs more freedom than Harald's suggestion - I do think PCs should have the option of taking an improbable shot when they're in a jam and having it come through - but it prevents people from going crazy. At best, they get 2 critical successes in a session, and another in the session after that, and then they're vulnerable for 2 sessions.