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Hi! I ran my first game using the Blades in the Dark ruleset this past week. I overlayed it with the Fantasy world we generally play D&D-based. Our group had been wanting to move toward something else, like Fate but with some more supporting mechanics, and the BitD/FinD ruleset seemed a great middle-ground. Afterward, I stumbled upon your work, bought it, and read it end-to-end. Can't wait to use this with the Foundry VTT for our next game session!

Do you all have a Discord server or anything that is joinable for sharing stuff, asking questions/for clarifications, and getting the latest updates?

We were wanting to ask more about the amount of bonus dice that spells may bring, their impact on position, and their impact on effect. For example, if you cast a fireball (level 3), other than it affecting a group of enemies and using the hunt skill...does it only add 1 bonus die when the Wizard, without Hunt normally, rolls his fireball (giving him just 1d without other bonuses considered to use by default)? Since he isn't say, right amongst 3 bugbear (figure monster tier 2 + a +1 scale bump since there are 3) where he would otherwise be at a Limited/Desparate approach, does it instead put him at Controlled (due to range and being out of immediate retaliation)/Standard (due to damage and radius of fireball) as well

That's great to hear!

I do have a Discord I just made public that you can join at https://discord.gg/eWkxcBHSy3

Magic spells in general do not give bonus dice. Though there are feats, magic items, pushing oneself, assisting, and devils bargains can give bonus dice. (I'll be working on magic items soon to help on that front.)

Magic in general follows the fiction on what kind of bonuses, if any, one may get. For the fireball example, if the bugbears happen to be close to each other it would make sense for the fireball casted to have improved effect and if the wizard has distance from them possibly improved position. (Though if the bugbears have an amulet of fire resistance the effect may be reduced.)
Hopefully that helps some. Feel free to join the Discord to talk about the minutia and ask questions!