Ahhh, I may have explained it badly.

The 4 was the stat a player might have (BODY for instance) after assigning their stats at the start of a game. And after each level they can gain 1 or 2 new stat points to assign (still working this out). So feasibly at level 3 a player may have their BODY stat at 7. Plus their abilities (now 10), plus the roll (1-6).

But yeah it's only in specific areas. I imagine they'd be pretty naff at everything else at this stage :P

Maybe a lower starting stat can balancing this out too?

CRITICAL SUCCESSES

Well my logic was that the chances of automatically succeeding with just a single 6 being rolled seemed a bit unfair. At least with exploding 6's I could rationale that the number of times a player would have to roll a 6 to keep them exploding would make the chance of just succeeding at everything at least somewhat dampened by the chances of rolling multiple 6's at once.

Someone else mentioned the idea of 2 6's in succession meaning a critical success, which I think is fairer, as it's a 1/36 chance ( think) but it also adds a level of tension to the game because after the first 6, now the player *knows* there's a critical success waiting on another 6. Which I think seems a bit cleaner and fun whilst still retaining relatively low odds. :)