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From: David Scott <d.scott_at_nmsi.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 14:03:40 +0100

>From my take on plot points they have a number of uses:

You can use them to increase skills.
You can use them to alter die rolls

And you only get them when you roll your target number exactly.

So you don't get them very often (1 in 20 rolls).

If you use them up on altering rolls you can't use them to develop your character. I suspect that you can only use 1 per roll. Sensible players will save them, using them only in emergency situations, thus developing their characters. Silly players will use them all up and their characters won't develop. In Torg where possibilty points work in near identical fashion, players do the former.

David

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