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 **First a number of six-sided dice:** with 1 dice every 20 points. This can up to 4 dice at 80 Skill Value.
-Then, and only for Characters above 80 Skill Value, **an extra die:** the extra dice is d6 for 100 points, d8 for 120 points, d10 for 140 points, d12 for 160 points, and d20 for 180 or more points.
+Then, and only for Characters above 80 Skill Value, **an extra die:** the extra die is d6 for 100 points, d8 for 120 points, d10 for 140 points, d12 for 160 points, and d20 for 180 or more points.
-//Example: a character with 120 Skill Value will have 4d6 and in addition one d8 as extra die.//
+If the character has less than 20 Skill Value, then he/she will only receive 1d4 as extra die and no d6.
+//Example: a character with 120 Skill Value will have 4d6 and in addition one d8 as extra die. A character with 40 Skill Value will have 2d6. //
 === Difficulty ===
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 It is expressed with a positive sign (such as 3+ or 4+).
 === Testing against Difficulty ===
+In the usual situation of dice roll tests, dice are not used as a sum but as individual values.
 Testing against a Difficulty means rolling your entire dice pool and trying to match that difficulty.
-For instance, if you roll against a Difficulty of 3+ and have 3d6 in your Dice Pool, you roll all three dice and score one success for every die that has at least 3 in its individual result.
+If you roll against a Difficulty of 3+ and have 3d6 in your Dice Pool, you roll all three dice and score one success for every die that has at least 3 in its individual result.
-Extra die, if you have any, is also tested this way. It can add more successes or help to reach very high difficulties.
+The extra die, if you have any, is also tested this way. It can add more successes or help to reach very high difficulties.
+The test is always successful if you have at least one success, but in case of more successes it will mention the consequence of it.
 === Difficulty above 6 ===
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 In the very rare situations where because of modifications a difficulty becomes above 6 then a pair of 6s is automatically converted into an automatic success.
-It is thus not possible to succeed at a difficulty above 6 if you have only one die.
+It is thus not possible to succeed at a difficulty above 6 if you have only one die (20 Skill Value).
+=== Testing as total score ===
+In some rare cases, the dice pool is directly used as a total score. In that case all dice are rolled and we make the sum of their individual values. The result will the the **total score**.
+When tested as a total score, there is no success or failure, unless the total score itself is then tested as such.
 === Resilience ===
-Dice Pools also express a Resiliecne that is sometimes used as a way to see how many times that attribute was tested, and represent some aspect of "Fatigue" that affects this value.
+Resilience is a rule which is optionally used by a test.
+All Dice Pools also express a Resilience.
 **Every 10 points in Skill Value gives 1 point in Resilience.**
+That is sometimes used as a way to see how many times that attribute was tested, and represent some aspect of "Fatigue" that affects this value.
 Resilience has a base which is its starting value, and can be drained, and then restored, or even exceed its maximum in rare situations.
-Usually an Away Team will drain its Resilience when it tests that attribute.((''Whenever a dice Pool is tested, this can also "drain" 1 point in Resilience (usually whenever there is a (-) notation). If Resilience is already at zero before being drained, then the element tested is considered Fatigued and the roll is made with +2 in its difficulty.'')) a fatigued score in resilience can result in increased difficulty for that roll.
+Usually an Away Team will drain its Resilience when it tests that attribute. A fatigued score in resilience can result in increased difficulty for that roll. ((''Whenever a dice Pool is tested, this can also "drain" 1 point in Resilience (usually whenever there is a (-) notation). If Resilience is already at zero before being drained, then the element tested is considered Fatigued and the roll is made with +2 in its difficulty.''))
 Resilience drain only happens when a test is mentioned with a (-) notation, and Resilience is then drained for one point by - mentioned in that notation.
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 Resilience is usually not drained in tests that do not mention this notation.
-Resilience can usually be recovered once a team, character or asset is back at at colony and no longer tests this specific attribute, with one point recovered per day.
+Resilience can usually be recovered once a team, character or asset is back at at colony and no longer tests this specific attribute, **with one point recovered per day** of rest in the Colony.
+=== Resting? ===
+The Resilience mechanic implies that an Away Team has an interest in resting before going back to a new mission. This refines the production and exploitation mechanic.
+A player could use an alternate Away Team, or disband that team (losing its team experience) and set up another.
+Characters too have their Stamina which they should recover, and with time we will also develop a Resilience impact on their individual skills.
+//Note: conversion values and balance of dice rolls can be adjusted later.//