I can see the rules for how stances work in story mode, but after flipping through the rulebook, I don't see a clear set of rules for how they work in story mode. Can anyone provide enlightenment on this topic?

If you can justify having your character in a stance during story mode then he is allowed to roll stance dice. If the Troll Slayer is raging and flipping out and gnawing on his axe because the a fat merchant just told him to shove off. Then it's reasonable to have him a level or two into the red.

In general, story mode is done in neutral stance. However, as mentioned, the GM can allow stance dice based on roleplaying. Typically, I limit this to 1 die in either direction unless the player provides a good rp and argument for an increased stance.

Normally players are in neutral stance durring story mode I believe and start in neutral in round one of an encounter. I personally do allow ONE stance die to be used in story mode and for non combat rolls if the player gives me a resonable reason.

Ditto.

They'd need a really good reason to get me to allow more than one stance die for story encounter rolls.

Thank you all! I came across the ruling in the errata, so I'm sorry to have wasted your time. I'll check there first in the future,

Venthrac said:

Don't worry about it. By asking here you can get the official rule along with any house rules that you may or may not prefer.