Surely this idea weakens the deadliness of the combat system. Which I believe is there to guide players into more roleplaying solutions rather than simply pulling out their swords and hacking away.

This is interesting, it will mean players will want to push their magical abilities to get a better success. After all if the success value has no effect on damage you might as well go for the next rank and hope to pass by 1 rather than a lower rank and pass by 5 say. As the damage potential is incr...

Personally I like the combat system as is. It's quick, brutal and effective. The idea that any reasonable combat char can hit most times is good. Because it forces players to think of ways around combat, i.e. roleplaying. From the back ground it seems that this is not a world where warriors wander a...

I'm planning to run SoE in the near future and I'm not going to allow my characters to be full members of the groups. I think they'd get more in the game and learn more if they start as Ionnthen etc. It also allows me time to work out how these groups work and for the details to turn up in the main ...

Hi all, I'm one of those who came to this game late on. I got book 0 off drivethruRPG simply because it was free, and was hooked from the moment I finished it. I come from Birmingham in the UK. And I've been roleplaying for nearly 30 years now. Can't wait to run this game, and keep holding out the h...