Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Rule Book

UPGRADE VERSUS INCREASE

Upgrading Difficulty dice (<)) in a dice pool is

different than increasing a skill check's difficul-

ty. Increasing or decreasing difficulty is simply

a measure of how many Difficulty dice «)) are

added to the initial dice pool, and is covered in

more detail on page 20. Upgrading Difficul-

ty dice (<0>) into Challenge dice (O) is generally

triggered by a special ability or the investment

of Destiny points by one of the participants.

an Ability die 4f When a Challenge die # is down-
graded, it becomes a Difficulty die •

When a special talent or effect calls for one or
more dice to be downgraded, the player first deter-
mines how many dice are to be downgraded. Once
he determines this, he removes that number of Pro-
ficiency dice O or Challenge dice # from the pool

and replaces them with an equal number of either

Ability dice 4f or Difficulty dice 4}. When an effect

requires a character to downgrade dice, the rules al-

ways state whether Proficiency dice O or Challenge

dice # are being downgraded.

DOWNGRADING MORE DICE THAN AVAILABLE

There may be situations where a player needs to

downgrade Proficiency dice O into Ability dice • or

Challenge dice # into Difficulty dice 4) If all the po-

tential dice are already in their downgraded form, any

further downgrades are ignored.

UPGRADES & DOWNGRADES IN THE SAME POOL

Sometimes abilities will call for both dice upgrades

and downgrades. When this occurs, all upgrades are

applied first. Then, any downgrades are applied. This

is important, since upgrading dice could potentially

add more dice to the overall pool.

REMOVING DICE

Just like some effects add Boost dice • or Setback

dice • to a pool, some effects remove dice from

the pool before they are ever rolled. Most often this

comes from character talents that allow the removal

of Setback dice • from a pool, reflecting a level of ex-

pertise in overcoming minor distractions or disadvan-

tages that would rattle a less experienced character.

In a similar fashion, a skilled enemy may have a talent

that removes Boost dice • from skill checks made

against that enemy.

The individual talent or effect describes what cir-

cumstances warrant the removal of dice, as well as

rthe number and type of dice to be removed. If an

ability would remove more dice of a type than

there are in the dice pool, the maximum number

of dice available are removed, and any addition-

s al removals are ignored.

Removing dice is done after all other

dice have been added and all upgrades or

downgrades have been applied.