... How about "Courtly Graces" as a name? It seems to have a general sense while still being focused on more... courtly settings....
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Fred M. Sloniker
fredmsloniker
Jan 6, 2007 5:13 pm
Hey there! I'm a new member of the group, taking another curious look at FATE; it looks like a neat system, but I haven't had a gaming group in a while, so I...
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Dean Tribble
jetandt
Jan 6, 2007 6:28 pm
Spirit of the Century (an pulp incarnation of the under-development rules for Fate 3.0) has great vehicle chase rules that would be a good place to start. BTW...
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Pete Lindsay
louisxivroi
Jan 6, 2007 9:59 pm
I just found the Dresden Files novels, paperback, on offer in my local Waterstones branch, 3 for the price of 2. There are 7 books available... So I bought the...
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Matthijs Krijger
jmkrijger
Jan 6, 2007 9:59 pm
Hi, I wrote a [space-]dogfighting ruleset for FUDGE 10th anniversary which do exactly what you ask for. I handed over copyight and they were published as OGL,...
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Darren Hill
demiurgeasta...
Jan 7, 2007 1:05 am
Here's a weird science gadget for SotC: http://www.excludedmiddle.com/earthquake.htm Darren...
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john doe
opfor32
Jan 8, 2007 4:07 am
Ok, kinda off topic but has good potential for Dresden mouth watering fun... Dresden Files on Sci-Fi, Jan 21st 8 Central. http://www.scifi.com/dresden/ I know...
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Darren Hill
demiurgeasta...
Jan 8, 2007 5:32 am
It seems to me that there's an uneven balance between chaser and pursued, in the chases system. The leader/runner choose a difficulty and rolls: if he...
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Bill Burdick
zotimersnerd
Jan 8, 2007 3:25 pm
We've had a lot of fun with chases so far. There is an asymmetry there. The 'prey' has two chances to take stress and the 'predator' has only one, but the...
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Fred Hicks
iago23
Jan 8, 2007 8:03 pm
Hey, SOTC players. Check this out: http://www.treasuretables.org/forum/index.php?topic=539.0 ... guy is asking for opinions on & play experiences with Spirit...
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Fred M. Sloniker
fredmsloniker
Jan 8, 2007 11:07 pm
... Can anyone summarize this ruleset? I don't have easy access to that FUDGE book; I'd have to not just buy it, but special order it, and I'd rather not pay...
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John Earl Bogart
john_e_bogart
Jan 9, 2007 11:34 pm
This thread has been interesting, so I thought I'd throw out the magic system I've been working on. It's for a modern day occult setting so won't fit a...
7553
barna284
Jan 10, 2007 1:03 pm
OK, did a bit of thinking and while I haven't created any new Stunts yet, I have already decided on the Stunt changes I want for my conversion. Please take a...
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_M_A_W_
Jan 10, 2007 2:36 pm
How would you change SotC to play 'Aftermath' or 'Fallout'? I can't think of too many changes that would be needed except that 'resources' would take on a...
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Mike Holmes
mike_c_holmes
Jan 10, 2007 4:52 pm
... Yeah, I'd have to agree. I think that SotC would work for these settings pretty much as written. Work extremely well, too. I mean I played a lot of ...
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rick jones
rickjthree
Jan 10, 2007 6:35 pm
So, I ran SoTC for the first time last night as a playtest for a couple of rounds I'm running at OwlCon. Just some things I want to be clear about - * It was...
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Landon Darkwood
jhudsui
Jan 10, 2007 7:08 pm
... Sweet. Thanks in advance for that. :) ... If the aspects are all relevant and the player can narrate their relevance, there is no limit to how many aspects...
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Fred Hicks
iago23
Jan 10, 2007 7:27 pm
... I'd change Resources to 'Scrounge' (the ability to find useful things in the wreckage of the Old Age), or just consider that to be part of Survival, and...
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Mike Holmes
mike_c_holmes
Jan 10, 2007 9:50 pm
... The former. The guy who can find that stuff is an archtype of the source material. Uh, the unfortunate example I can think of is Costner's character in...
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Palmer
palmerofthet...
Jan 11, 2007 6:17 am
... Several of the stunts COULD be adapted to 7S with ease. The base stunt Martial Arts could be renamed "Fencing School Graduate" or the like. Mechanically,...
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Palmer
palmerofthet...
Jan 11, 2007 6:45 am
... That's a matter of balance between the minion's skills, numbers and the hero. Take a Superb +5 Weapons hero with a Weapon of Destiny for +1...
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khelbiros
Jan 11, 2007 10:13 am
My group has gotten into the habit of tagging all sorts of aspects to thrust each other into dangerously dramatic situations. When PC A tags PC B to PC B's...
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barna284
Jan 11, 2007 11:30 am
... Graduate" or the like. ... different - and appropriate. ... schools. Other stunts are ... swishing your rapier ... cannibalize it! That is a good idea...
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arsfourth
Jan 11, 2007 4:27 pm
I was surprised to hear an advertisement for The Dresden Files <http://http://www.scifi.com/dresden/> on NPR <http://www.npr.org/> this morning. Does this...
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Brandon Palas
doubledeucea...
Jan 11, 2007 4:37 pm
... Amazing! I was JUST about to post this exact question, because I'm planning on running a Fallout game. Fallout is fairly pulpy already, so I think the...
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Mike Holmes
mike_c_holmes
Jan 11, 2007 4:51 pm
... First off, I don't think that it's handwaving. That is, try to see it from the perspective that most RPGs are really fetishistic about the effects of these...
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_M_A_W_
Jan 11, 2007 5:36 pm
... my ... basically ... Academics would cover History and other knowledge of the 'old' world. To take a page from paranoia, "that 'Hoover 2000' is not a ...
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barna284
Jan 11, 2007 8:18 pm
I donīt know if his has been covered before, but as a part of my 7th Sea conversion I was thinking of introducing what I call "Aspect-dependant Stunts"....
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Brandon
doubledeucea...
Jan 11, 2007 8:19 pm
... it from ... effects of ... it. I ... I think you're right that most RPGs are "fetishistic" about weapons, armor, etc. I don't need to know the calibrer,...
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Fred Hicks
iago23
Jan 11, 2007 8:19 pm
... An *advertisement*? Or a sponsored by...? Fred...
