Hi This issue has generated a lot more feelings than I expected. My reasoning for suggesting the 8 point limit was that except in special situations like this, players do not typically *have* more that 2-6 fudge points to spend. Jeff plays differently (which is ok, no problem, I would probably do the same) in that he saves them up and spends them all at once. I just felt that in this special situation if somebody used 24 points *at once in a single turn* having 3 more or less *guaranteed* Great successes (and fair chances of a few of them being Superb successes), the feeling of *game* would go out of the window. Thus the limit. Jason lined out that 8 points is the maximum, and 4 points is the maximum if the action effects other societies (external). In principle I think this is ok. On the other hand, using fudge points is under GM discretion anyway, so it is upto GM to rule out any inappropriate usage of fudge points (whether internal or external). And IMHO, simple rules are always better than complex ones (of course, this line of thought directly leads to the original situation: no limits). Anyway, after Jason's post Andrew suggested the 16 points limit. Please, let's hear Jason's final ruling on this, ok? Remember that for the first 6 years the game was played without *any* fudge points. They were added to the game 2 years ago. juuso ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send mail to celandra-off@phoenyx.net.
