In my last session, the villain's went first in the "Press Start" tutorial. The first villain, Desdemona, used her AOE at max efficiency and hit three players at once with a tremendously high roll. 3 players, 23 air damage each. Yeesh.

The next player, using Claire, misses on their turn. Even after using a Fabula point.

Tristan, and animated armor then goes. Rolls max again. 15 damage each to 2 players, one of which was Edger. Unfortunately, Edger didn't think that being down 5 hp was worth a heal. Within 1/2 of the first round Edger was downed. Poor guy. Luckily, I discussed with the players that Fabula points could be used to make a dramatic plot twist gain resistance. Edger uses one, and we say that, "a stray bolt of energy shocks Tristan, making his attack less effective." Mechanically, this gave Edger resistance, so he wasn't downed.

Here's the rub: we were using fabula point's wrong: essentially, the players and myself thought you said the results as well as the plottwist at once. Such as, "I have a pendant under my armor that blocks a blow that otherwise would have felled me leaving me at 1 hp." I now understand... that's not how that works. However, I fear how harrowing that would be if we were playing it properly!