High Skill and/or Nature?

Mouse Guard Getting Started with Mouse Guard
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  1. If Nature hits 7, does the mouse need to retire, or can he play with the new trait that Nature 7 brings (say skittish)? Can a mouse’s nature go above 7?

  2. Can skills go above 6 in play?

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  1. You cannot play with a Nature 7.

1a) No.

  1. No.
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However, if Nature hits 7 in the midst of a session, can you not tap “against” your Nature to do something extremely difficult and thus be taxed? Then you could opt to reduce Nature by 1 and remove 1 point of tax, thus keeping your mouse in the game and possibly accomplishing something really amazing.

(Sorry, paraphrasing from p. 234.)

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Correct. You only retire at the end of the session. It’s pretty easy to avoid that.