“Favored enemy and similar nemesis-type of abilities are notoriously hard to make them work properly; too potent, and you marginalize the threat of the targets; as a situational benefit, it must remains potent, though. Oh, and favored enemy as a base ability, is simply not that interesting. The idea of favored enemy focuses, adding some active abilities and agenda to the chassis, is one I absolutely adore. That being said, the execution feels uncharacteristically rushed for author Luis Loza and Everyman Gaming. The small hiccups accumulate pretty quickly over the course of the brief pdf, in some instances influencing rules-integrity. Since some focuses use the highest bonus and some the specific bonus due to balancing concerns, it’s somewhat harder to determine a proper baseline. As a whole, I love a lot of what’s proposed here, and indeed, the concept is cool and worthwhile. That being said, I have to rate what is RAW here and, well, that aspect leaves a bit to be desired in a couple of instances. Thus, while I maintain that this has serious potential (and most GMs should be capable of making it work properly with minimum work), I can’t go higher than 3.5 stars, rounded down for the purpose of this platform.”