Attribute Challenges - Momentum or Successes

John Carter Of Mars
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On page 51 of the core rules, the description of Attribute Challenges says that you have to build Momentum. Momentum is successes OVER the minimum required for the test. If a test has a difficulty of 2, you’d have to score at least 3 successes per test in order to score any Momentum. Is that right? Shouldn’t it be successes AND momentum? If I rolled against difficulty 2 and scored 3 successes, shouldn’t that count towards three of the threshold, instead of just the one momentum? It seems a bit… severe, imo. Just wondering. Thanks!

Tim

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Hi Tim,

In actual play you’ll find that you readily generate momentum regularly and that the rules are not very limiting in this respect at all.

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Thanks, Ehrman, for responding so quickly. Good to hear that it’s not a problem. I haven’t had a chance to play yet, what with all the apocalypse going on and all, LOL. I certainly hope to be able to soon, though, as I’ve really become smitten with the 2d20 ruleset.

Tim