Goodman Games

I'm a bit confused on how the Augment effect works.

Let's say my caster has a d8 +d6 for his casting.

He rolls a 10 for an Augment effect to the Basic Melee skill of an ally.

Does the ally get +10 to his Melee Ability Rolls for the duration of the effect?

I didn't see any ERP listed on the last, updated event calendar. Was it there somewhere and I missed it? I'd love to sign up.

What's everone planning on doing with ERP once it's available? I've spent the last few years playing "heavily-themed" games like Legend of the Five Rings and Harn/Harnmaster, so I'm looking for something more open. I had pretty much decided on using the Dawnforge setting from Fantasy Fligh...

My understanding of the combat system is that if your character gets attacked often and does not take either "Sacrfice" or "Revitalize" action, he will eventually run out of defense points and every attack after that will hit him until the end of combat. Is that correct?

Does ERP have anything like Fate Points, Hero Points, Bennies, etc. that exist in other games?

It's almost the middle of March, and I haven't seen anything definitive for a release this month. Is it still on target?

I'm looking forward to checking out this game!

About how many sessions until the characters level does the game expect?