I did in fact forget that option. My assumption was only 1 FP because 1 character suffers mechanically (even though B incurs some social debt to A I don't see...
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Nobilis Reed
authornobilis
Mar 6, 2013 9:04 pm
That makes sense to me. Our group is finding that handing out compels is more fun than not. ... -- Stories that don't stop at the bedroom door - or the castle...
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PK Levine
pkitty@...
Mar 6, 2013 9:06 pm
... Both! IMO, (A) more FP are good and (B) if a complication directly harms multiple people, they all deserve FP. PK...
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Fred Hicks
iago23
Mar 6, 2013 9:08 pm
"things go wrong when A doesn't get a chance to recover" "things go wrong when B gets on A's bad side by not giving A a chance to recover" I think it'll pass...
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Corc Hamr
gaarik
Mar 6, 2013 9:09 pm
The way I'd play it, Player A only gets the Fate point if the minor consequence is tagged as a part of Player B's "Extremely Curious" aspect. So initially,...
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aussievamp2
Mar 6, 2013 9:09 pm
You could even have :- Big Stompy Robots (with really big swords) Vs. Tiny Squishy Humans (with swords). ... From: FateRPG@yahoogroups.com To: Cc: Sent:Sun, 3...
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Hollis McCray
ascensionschild
Mar 6, 2013 9:32 pm
... I never thought of seeing the compel formula as Mad Libs before. I'll have to remember that. It's right up there with the quote from Lenn about being the...
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Leonard Balsera
jhudsui
Mar 6, 2013 9:36 pm
... They're the default presentation of compels now for a reason. :) -- Leonard Balsera, Fate System Developer for Evil Hat Productions lbalsera@... ...
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Jonathan Lang
dataweaver42
Mar 6, 2013 10:13 pm
On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 4:18 AM, Jeff Johnston <drnuncheon@...> wrote: I'm really hoping they wind up closer to the high-end stunts from SotC (like Master...
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Leonard Balsera
jhudsui
Mar 7, 2013 12:11 am
... This is a pretty fair summary of what I *think* the final spread will look like - my editor and I have finished kibbutzing over the revisions, so I'll be...
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Bill Johnson
Keryth_98
Mar 7, 2013 1:25 am
Ok, I know if you concede it is negotiated by everyone at the table and if you are taken out the one taking you out decrees your fate. What if it was you who...
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Bryce Perry
sandchigger
Mar 7, 2013 1:26 am
That sounds more like a story than a conflict. "When you arrive in the villain's lair you find her slumped over her desk, a gunshot wound in her skull and a...
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Jonathan Lang
dataweaver42
Mar 7, 2013 3:18 am
I'm pretty sure those guidelines apply to what happens when player characters ge taken out, the idea being that your fate is in the hands of your allies —...
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Jonathan Lang
dataweaver42
Mar 7, 2013 3:24 am
... And some riffing on Skills; and it won't surprise me if you do some riffing on Aspects, too. In effect, a big book of officially endorsed house rules....
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PK Levine
pkitty@...
Mar 7, 2013 4:08 am
... It's a concession, and in this case the "deal" the NPC is "making with the GM" is that she's fine being defeated, but doesn't want to be captured alive. So...
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Jonathan Wells
sarrathos
Mar 7, 2013 4:36 am
... I was once in a gaming table argument about how hard it is to stop someone from committing suicide. But we got the most memorable quote from the campaign...
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Jonathan Lang
dataweaver42
Mar 7, 2013 4:46 am
... I once won a campaign by having my character suicide: I had lured the big bad onto my boobytrapped ship and taunted him; he could have fled the ship and...
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Darren Hill
darren0hill
Mar 8, 2013 9:33 am
... I'm not sure that's a concession in Fate terms. Imagine how that would play out, "Okay, I've just taken a consequence, I'm losing the fight. Let me offer...
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galacticcmdr
Mar 8, 2013 12:21 pm
I agree, that is not a concession. You cannot take victory away from the winner via concession. You can only dictate the terms of your loss. Chip...
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Chester Mealer
cdmealer
Mar 8, 2013 1:16 pm
It's important to remember the concession is offered to the player/gm not the character. It's perfectly reasonable that the GM decides the NPC is too focused...
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Hollis McCray
ascensionschild
Mar 8, 2013 1:38 pm
... Also, remember that a concession has to 'make sense' in terms of the story as well. If you want your character to go out in a blaze of glory, that's ...
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galacticcmdr
Mar 8, 2013 2:48 pm
Yes, but under "Conceding the Conflict" (p.171 Dec4 Preview). It says quite clearly that "You can't use this privilege to undermine the opponent's victory,...
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galacticcmdr
Mar 8, 2013 3:19 pm
Background: Cut my teeth on D&D/AD&D. First system I really loved (and my goto system for 25 years) was HERO. My first experience with Fate came when the...
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Bill Johnson
Keryth_98
Mar 8, 2013 3:47 pm
Well, we've strayed a bit far from my original question. What I was looking for is not about a PC taking themselves out, but an NPC. This is the bad guy if one...
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Jeffrey Hosmer
jhosmer1
Mar 8, 2013 4:41 pm
Well, the first thing I would do is ask the players, "Hey, do you mind if he commits suicide, right here, right now?" If no one objects, then BANG. He's dead....
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Chester Mealer
cdmealer
Mar 8, 2013 4:42 pm
She could in theory take herself out by attacking herself. Pg 166 says "you *can* take stress or consequences to stay in the fight" There is an implied ...
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Brett Ritter
swiftonespeaks
Mar 8, 2013 4:54 pm
... As with others, I see this as a story event, not a Concession. As a player, I'd be pretty ticked if the GM prevented me from getting what I wanted AND took...
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Joe Formoso
thudthwacker
Mar 8, 2013 5:31 pm
After discussions here and on RPG.net, I hacked together a Ghostbusters setting for Fate Core that I think might work. My wife and daughter have made their...
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Bryce Perry
sandchigger
Mar 8, 2013 5:32 pm
Two things: the entire Real Ghostbusters series is up on Youtube. Legally, as near as I can tell. And also, Extreme Ghostbusters was not a bad show, but is...
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Joe Formoso
thudthwacker
Mar 8, 2013 5:47 pm
... The collection I found doesn't say (or imply) anything about being posted with permission; where's the one you found? Aside: I loved "The Real...
