Momentum & Inertia

What is it?

Momentum is a player resource that is generated throughout a scene. It represents the possibility for positive change in the future. Inertia is the opposite in many ways, it accumulates on players over time and hinders their actions.

How Do you gain it?

Momentum and Inertia are gained primarily by rolling Advantage and Threat and storing them for use later. Some abilities, situations, and equipment can generate it, but it is almost always through dice rolls being resolved.

How do you use it?

Before the Check

• Spend 1M to gain 1 U die
• Spend 3M to upgrade the dice pool once
• Spend M in place of Stress at a 1:1 rate

After the Check

• Spend 2M to gain 1 Advantage
• Spend 4M to gain 1 Success

Relevant Rules

• Cap on Spending
  • Can never add in more new dice to the pool than the current skill cap as a result of spending M. Upgrading existing dice does not count as adding in more dice unless it results in the addition of a new G die being added to the pool.
  • Example: Skill cap 4. Rolling a Melee check at rank 4 and perform Focus maneuver
    • Current pool: 4G1U vs 2P
    • Spend 4M to add 4U and 9M to upgrade check 3 times (Total 13M)
      • Current Pool:3Y1G5U vs 2P
    • Roll resolves such that there is no success or failure. Spend 4M to add a single success to the check.
• Cap on Receiving
  • You can never receive more M from a single roll than the current Skill Cap
• Cap on Giving
  • You can give M you generate to others. You can never give more than half of the current skill cap to any one other character.