Hey, this is looking good so far. One question I have is about attributes used to face a trial. Say, for instance, the 2 of Spades is a trial of Combat and Exploration. How many rolls do I make? For instance, do I roll first against Combat, and then again against Exploration? Or do I instead combine the two attributes and roll using that total of dice? Or is it just one roll, choosing either Combat or Exploration?
As far using a different statistic goes, can I simply choose to use a different stat whenever I feel like it? If so, from the consequences that I've seen so far, it doesn't seem like there's a downside to just rolling 3 dice with your highest stat whenever it's called for. The odds of success are so much higher (70% vs 33%), that I'm not sure that the extra damage balances it out, at least at early levels.
Have you considered having failed non-standard rolls also increase the Fear rating by an additional +1?
Anyway, I'm not done with my read-through yet.