Hello, this is a first-time post from a long-time lurker. A while back Landon Darkwood made a point about what the exchange- based conflict rsolution system in...
... the narration is one of the elements used to shape the overall feel of the game, not something to be justified. means to an end, not the other way round. ...
... Welcome. :) ... Well, let me first say that being too married to the idea of 'objectivity' when describing dice results might do you more harm than good in...
... Perhaps this kind of thing should depend upon the grittiness of the setting. For simplicity,one could describe ties as situations where no effective blow...
... And adjust the above for character aggressiveness... a more aggressive character is damaged more... and damages more if they are trying to damage if the...
Ok, so you have this magic system, see (stop me if you've heard this one before), and ya wanna represent some kind of 'environmental feedback' kinda thing with...
... I like this idea. I'd also, from time to time, have the points backlash against innocent people; maybe the use of the storm in the mountains causes a...
Hehe. Yeah, I love the "pile of doom points that the players put there" idea going on here. In fact, as a one-off house rule for luck magic in a game I've...
Hi folks ... ... and happy holidays. I'm (mostly) back from hiatus at this point -- haven't been keeping up with the group, but 2006 should be back to...
Hello everyone! I'm positive that I stumbled upon a German translation of the FATE rules when I scoured the web, but unfortunately I do not know where I found...
The Website is not easy to find via search engines. Thank god I bookmarked it ;) German translation site of Fate: http://www.fate-rpg.de.vu/ Have Fun, Peter...
Hi folks, Long time gamer and Fudger, first time poster here. I'm about to fire up an online 1930s pulp-style adventure game, and I've settled on Fate as the...
... Both are appropriate ways to handle it, and there are a couple more, probably. The real question is one of pacing - what do you want to resolve quickly vs....
Hi, I'm keenly awaiting Spirit of the Century's release but primarily to buy a revised version of the FATE rules rather than due to any strong interest in pulp...
... SotC and Dresden are both using a customized build of Fate v3, tailored for their respective genres and settings. There will also be a generic Fate v3 core...
... [Raptor vs. Jack] ... I've actually never used battlemaps or minis (hate 'em for RPGs), so that's not an issue. I'm just looking for some benchmarks and ...
... I'd be interested in taking a look at those, even if I'm not going to use their genres. It'd be good to get a look at how Fate can be customized for ...
Hey, It looks like Gmail's server is claiming to reject messages from Mozilla Thunderbird, and then sending them anyway. My apologies for spamming the list...
... Does the amount of ammo Jack has really matter at all? There's no implied correlation between how many rounds are fired in an exchange roll. I don't see...
... Well, thinking more abstractly, the ammo thing could be modeled as the person with more / sufficient ammo having an advantage, right? (Say, if this raptor...
... Sure. ... Oh, yeah. Bigtime. ... It's just a matter of perspective. The exchange is a conflict. The "damage" you inflict is how close you come to resolving...
New member here so I don't know if this is entirely appropriate but I'm going to be running a play by post game (via Wiki) on my website if anyone is...
... I meant "Dramatic Weapons," but you obviously knew what I'd meant. :) ... Oh. Yeah, not exactly how I think of an exchange as defined in the 2.0 rules....
... The wound track *is* a challenge grid, actually, just with labels that make it relevant for combat. Exchange-based combat is pretty much the same as a...
Hi John, When I started messing about with FATE I encountered a similar disconnect with the rules initially, so I think I know where you're coming from. I...
Hey. I was wondering how people with more experience using fate delt with combat between creatures of greatly different sizes or scales as fudge puts it. I am...
Hello, I read the list already for some months but I'm not sure, if this was disucussed already bevor. I've the GURPS: Timetravel Sourcebook, but I don't own...
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