That reduced spending hero points to bump for us a lot.
They seem to be becoming more useful now to bump a roll so as to make sure you get a level of victory. This can be useful with simple contests to force a complete or major victory. Otherwise you tend to get a minor victory with a simple contest. The other option to bumping is to call for an extended contest. So the hero point gives the player the option of saying 'I want to finish this now' without going to the extended contest. It is really a kind of 'I'm bored with this plot line' veto from the player.
In fact that may be the way to think about hero points in bumping, it's a way of vetoing some story developments.
Ian Cooper
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