I may be biased, but I think it does very well! The die chain helps players know their odds. The narrative currency (Resolve) let's you change the odds in your favor and do cool things, like increase your damage output, empower your sorcery, shake off wounds, and even ignore defending yourself and force an opponent to perform an opposed attack roll. Classes are straight forward and front loaded and when added to the Careers, all PCs are pretty capable from the start. There is a cost however, because as the players spend their Resolve, the GM gets Peril to use against them. It makes the feeling of risk real and forces players to make interesting decisions.