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task, but you find out something useful. Maybe you achieve the task, but are injured during the process, or maybe you fail the task and reveal a weakness to an enemy. The difference with this and a stat based RPG system is that you can easily interpret scale of failure or success". In the test session Potts ran, the players had mixed feelings on the dice system ranging from being a "real fan of what the narrative dice system is trying to do" to not enjoying the "propriety dice" and concerns that the "system felt overly clunky".
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a 60 out of 100 and stated that the "Genesys RPG system is one of the best designed breaths of fresh air the market has had in years, but this core book comes off as a cynical attempt to sell you further books at the cost of important content". Farrell praised the design of the system, calling it
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core rulebook can be used for any setting and includes examples of six settings and six tones to get you started". He highlighted that the core of the system is the 'narrative dice' which means "when the dice are rolled, there are a variety of different ways to interpret them. Maybe you fail the
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