... 4 words, Ars Magica, 4th edition. it used this system. 5th edition did not - quess why, focus is on magic and not on complex system. It's a good Optional...
for philosophical and practical reasons I have divided aspects into slots that the rest of the rules refer to. First division Physical and Mental aspects ...
... Make sure that the aspects are interesting, and consider making weapon specialties, or particular tag-quotes (e.g., "Game Over, man!") as possible aspects...
... Yup. I'm going to offer two columns of aspects, about ten in total. Players can choose between, say 'Devious' and 'Sharpshooter' or '"Death From Above!"...
... That's funny, I have ArM4 and didn't notice the similarity until you pointed it out. One difference is that in ArM carrying over an advantage from round to...
So, I did chargen for my new campaign, Spirit of the Century, this past weekend and it went quite well. it was an opportunity to experiment with a few ideas...
... I would like to subscribe to your newsletter. Love it. Great 'quote' aspects. I love the stunts. And I like how the skills and aspects intersect (something...
... In prototype. It's sort of a "story-level" fate point, with fate points themselves operating more on a scene level. -- Fred Hicks * "Curse you iago and...
ZOMBIE X Phase 1 ... Zombie X was a simple biocybernetic nutjob who liked to kill people before he was attacked by a zombie on the aptly named Planet of the...
... [snip] I don't know where this guy's from, but he was zombielicious. -- Chuk Goodin cgoodin@... Alien Light GM http://www.phoenyx.net/risusupers...
Hi! I have been lurking here for a while, and now I want to try FATE for the first time. I only GMed AD&Da few years ago and also didn't play much else, but ...
... I don't want to dismiss your other concerns, but this one is of particular interest to me. This is a fairly common situation in gaming - the overwhelming...
... foes ... usally ... threat. ... really ... [snip] To build on Rob's chasm example, I have, on occasion, interpreted a character's "failure" in situations...
... Stuart and Rob are both hitting on a standard notion promulgated at The Forge that one ought to use "Conflict Resolution" instead of "Task Resolution." To...
... at The ... [snip] It was difficult to get one d20 Simulationist player to go with this idea, until I ran an adventure in a "Dreamlands" setting. Within ...
... Note that "I make my save vs. poison" is Gamist while the in-character description of the game-world event is Simulationist. It was the mechanics used (or...
... similar case because ... compared. My ... but mandatory, ... which gives you ... instead (regardless ... like any other ... free) in the "race" ... the...
Being new to FATE, and having not played DnD for ages, this is what I did when running a Fate/dnd game. The players' racial aspects were covered by a phase,...
... So now that that's done... I've gotten the word out through our livejournal feed, and on this list and the Fudge list. If anyone has other places where we...
... First of all, congrats and thanks. Second, maybe try Usenet? rec.games.frp.misc seems appropriate, although I'm not sure how many people even still read...
... I am absolutely usenet illiterate these days. Wouldn't begin to know how to post there. :( -- Fred Hicks * "Curse you iago and your fast fingers!" - Rob...
Hey all, I'm still digesting the Fate rules, but I'm struggling on something about Aspects. Let's say a player takes an aspect of Greedy. What skills would I...
... There's a better way to think about aspects than we've stated in the past. In the past, we've said that each phase gives rise to an aspect, which in turn...
... Nah, you're not missing the boat, but (to mix metaphors) you're putting the cart before the horse. Basically, instead of picking skills based off the...
... they ... Thomas, If this is the Thomas from the Christian Gamers Guild, it's nice to see you over here. If not, it's nice to meet you. :) I don't think...
... Please! -- Fred Hicks * "Curse you iago and your fast fingers!" - Rob Donoghue Co-Author of Fate - Author of Pace - Jim-Butcher.Com Webmaster - Weirdo The...
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