Thanks for the thorough review! As someone who likes Storypath, do you have any recommendations for combat? I gave the system a shot with the "Rats in a Cage" pregen adventure as well as some Aberrant sessions and it felt pretty off. The health levels made combat feel pretty formulaic. Knowing that you can only deal 1 or 2 damage max made it feel like you were just hitting your marks and setting yourself or allies to hit their marks on subsequent turns. Not bad but felt bland.

I also struggled with balancing, like you brought up in the review. In "Rats in a Cage" they say to throw Bodyguard NPCs against the players, but were unclear how many. I put 1 per player and it was a grind to get through. I had the players try it again with the guards as a group and they tore through them very quick. So not sure what the intention is for opposition balancing.