... I ran a game like this for some years. The basic premise was that the players were part of an organisation employed by an advanced society in one of...
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moonhunter_88
Jan 13, 2011 6:21 pm
I have been a Fringewothy and Waunderers GM for five campaigns, each one lasting a while. (Fringeworthy is a game of extra-dimensional exploration, in case...
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Thomas Erskine
thomaserskine
Jan 13, 2011 10:19 am
Why would your "hometime"; remain constant? Not only will you have the natural progression of new inventions, but you'll also have cross-pollination of ideas...
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chris@...
cczernia
Jan 12, 2011 9:52 pm
Here are some ideas for reasons to dimension travel: They PCs are looking for someone but not sure which dimensional version of that someone they are looking...
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Max Kaehn
catslaugh
Jan 12, 2011 9:45 pm
... One of the better premises I've played in had the player characters trying to undo the effects of other time travelers when history got jerked away from...
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Bruce Anderson
germund40
Jan 12, 2011 9:16 pm
While my dimension hopping homeschool game got a little out of hand, I still would like to try a time travel/alternate earths game. The one hurdle that makes...
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Carl Brown
vis_essentialis
Jan 12, 2011 8:21 pm
My group is running a GURPS Time Travel and often alternate Earths result from time travel meddling. The main problem I'd have with switching to FATE is...
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QvO
quode2000
Jan 12, 2011 7:46 pm
The game would be in hayward btw. Ken...
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Bruce Anderson
germund40
Jan 12, 2011 7:27 pm
"Wow, a Giant Ninja Salamander King? That's extreme!" What can I say, they're 10 year olds! Bruce ... -- Bruce Anderson “If only there were evil people...
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coronelpersk
Jan 12, 2011 7:07 pm
Well, I use the Gurps Infinite Worlds setting, from SJGames (http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/infiniteworlds/), which runs around parallel Earths with...
19068
QvO
quode2000
Jan 11, 2011 5:32 pm
Hello all, this is my second post in regards to starting a game of Legends in the San Francisco bay area. My campaign is: City of Shadows. Players meet in the...
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Carl Brown
vis_essentialis
Jan 8, 2011 10:51 pm
I second that <-----Original Message-----> ... thing with ... feeling like I ... switched ... abstract for ... 7's ... universe" ... also ... deeds and ... ...
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Carl Brown
vis_essentialis
Jan 8, 2011 10:50 pm
Should work well. I did a similar thing for skills and nationality aspects in a Gulliver's travels games it played very well. THough your scope is much...
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Bruce Anderson
germund40
Jan 8, 2011 9:44 pm
Hey Coronelpersk If you are willing to share, I would love to hear more about your "multi-dimensional-temporal setting." I had tried to start a similar thing...
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Jonathan Wells
sarrathos
Jan 8, 2011 7:32 pm
... That is a difficult task you have assigned yourself. I sincerely wish you luck. ... This is very much like how Dresden Files does it. In DF the cost for a ...
19063
stanshinn
Jan 8, 2011 5:02 pm
I'm creating a home-brew, stunt-less, rules-light FATE RPG. I want to have an option for special powers and superpowers so you can play anything from a...
19062
coronelpersk
Jan 8, 2011 12:27 pm
Thanks for the ideas! I think the "scene aspects on the time/dimensions" and the "home universe" aspect can be used together to handle not only the equipment...
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Jan Willms
isenhertz
Jan 8, 2011 7:53 am
... In this setup, Consequences are driven by player choice: you choose which one to take when you want to reduce incoming stress so as to not be Taken Out,...
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Kevin
kevlar1818
Jan 8, 2011 5:10 am
So now I'm working with stress tracks... Whats this 2/4/6 rule and setup from Dresden in a nutshell? It seems pretty popular....
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Alden
alden_strock
Jan 6, 2011 3:48 pm
You might also assume that all characters have a default "home universe" aspect, to be invoked or compelled whenever appropriate. So someone from Cyberpunk...
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chris@...
cczernia
Jan 5, 2011 10:22 pm
Instead of forcing players to take equipment aspects put scene aspects on the time/dimensions. So if they went to ancient Greece there is an "Ancient Greece"...
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coronelpersk
Jan 5, 2011 7:43 pm
"Players are assumed to carry all the equipment they need to use their skills." That is the Diaspora way to handle equipment, isn't it? Well, the problem is...
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Hollis McCray
ascensionschild
Jan 5, 2011 5:26 pm
... To me, one of the biggest attractions of Fate is the built-in capacity for player control of the story. I've noticed that players are more involved the...
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Terry Stubbs
jedrakrenz
Jan 5, 2011 5:21 pm
I agree, to me the difference in shifts allows for extreme special effect storytelling... but otherwise it's just hit and miss... not like Fate has a hit...
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Lisa Steele
steele_esq
Jan 4, 2011 11:11 pm
This could also be done in SotC as a Resouces check to reflect how much equipment they have or how snazzy it is. ... Players are assumed to carry all the...
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chris@...
cczernia
Jan 4, 2011 9:42 pm
Players are assumed to carry all the equipment they need to use their skills. Now, if they have an aspect like "forgetful" or "always in a hurry" you could...
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coronelpersk
Jan 4, 2011 9:03 pm
Hi, folks! I'm a brazilian player trying to build a mini-Fate hack (in portuguese, with 10 pages) to help my new players understand the Fate Mechanics. Based...
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Mike Conway
ilnaras
Jan 4, 2011 8:37 pm
... Heck yeah! If they win by one shift, it wizzes by their ear. Two shifts, bullet time (arrow time?). Three shifts, here's a spin for ya: the character ...
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Jeff Johnston
drnuncheon
Jan 4, 2011 8:21 pm
I'd say if the defender wins by a lot (3 shifts) they should get spin. "On two occasions I have been asked, – 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine...
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Kevin
kevlar1818
Jan 4, 2011 8:18 pm
How do people handle ranged combat in FATE? I'm going to run a classic fantasy w/ FATE, but I need some guidance on archery used in combat. An attacker uses...
