Fast and easy answer: You can't convert more dice than you have. So, the upper limit for conversion is always going to be your base stat value. Whether your stance track allows you to even come close is another issue entirely. ;-)

Jaysin1414 said: I ran two games over New Year's and with 5 total characters (3 first game, 2 the second), we experienced 1 death and one KO with a fudged ruling to keep him alive. The rules specifically said that once critical severity exceeds Toughness, the character dies. My player running a Trollslayer had crits equalling his Toughness, so I let him live. However, the healing check shortly after combat was failed miserably, so technically he died there...but the game was over at that point... OK, we had 2 deaths out of 5.... Not quite true. The rules state that the *only* time you check for death is once a character is unconscious from taking more wounds than they have wound points. So, if I have 13 wound points and a toughness of 5, it doesn't matter if I have 5, 6, or 10 crits as long as I don't fall unconscious by taking that 14th wound.