An important thing to remember is that FATE is more a toolbox than a
complete game. Spirit of the Century is not the same as FATE 2.0.
It's more a specific implementation of (a theoretical, unpublished)
FATE 2.5.

Similarly, Dresden Files is a specific implementation of FATE 3.0.
How magic and damage and all that will work in Dresden will probably
not be the default setting for FATE 3.0, just the options used for
Dresden Files-based games.

We're told that the more generic FATE 3.0 rules will contain several
different options on how to handle magic, combat, and all the usual
stuff that goes into a game.

-Lon

--- In FateRPG@yahoogroups.com, "scifi_411" <scifi_411@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm new to FATE and to this group.
>
> I'm still learning about the system, so I'm full of questions.
>
> I hope you don't mind, but here are a few of those questions. I
> apologize in advance if any of these have already been answered
> earlier in the group.
>
> So, the Dresden Files is supposed to be more gritty? Does anyone know
> in what ways that FATE will differ in that book compared to Spirit of
> the Century?
>
> What if I don't want to use the skill pyramid? Perhaps I want a skill
> point system to buy skills. Has anyone come up with variant rules for
> that?
>
> Does magic in FATE 3.0 work the same as magic in FATE 2.0?
>
> Thanks,
> Marx
>