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doppelgreener

Aug 6, 2015 13:54

Fate is basically a game about freeform roleplay plus mechanical support to help resolve things that freeform can't do alone. (This began really clicking for me when Lord Gareth basically pointed it out in this conversation.)

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BESW

Nov 24, 2014 01:02

Aspect (plucked from 'Constantine'): Jackass of all trades

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BESW

Dec 18, 2015 14:56

I need to use Die Hard as an example of Fate things more often.

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BESW

May 13, 2013 20:46

He was like a magical subway attendant, and you pushed him off a cliff!

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Magician

Oct 28, 2014 08:28

Fred Hicks on discovery in Fate.

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BESW

Oct 24, 2013 17:00

I think the honest best answer is SSD whooshing in, shouting "Narrative before mechanics!" and bat-grappling up out of the thread.

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Kyle Sykes

Sep 12, 2013 04:13

OK, so this website is pretty damn awesome. It's like a very smooth online reference for Fate and FAE.

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doppelgreener

Aug 6, 2015 14:12

Fate has you conspire against your character for drama and fun.

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BESW

Jul 1, 2015 04:35

> Early to rise and early to bed/ Makes a man healthy but socially dead.

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Problematic

Jun 1, 2013 03:03

Being a good player is hard!

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BESW

May 21, 2013 07:56

Have you read Consequences as Positive Currency?

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doppelgreener

Aug 29, 2017 18:39

Ryan Macklin revisits compel refusal and making them fun and story-building: ryanmacklin.com/2017/08/revisiting-fate-compel-refusal

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Magician

Dec 4, 2014 05:44

^This. The rules of Fate are deceptively simple, it's applying them well that's tricky.

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Magician

Oct 27, 2014 06:09

Overall I get a feeling that no given element of Fate serves a singular purpose, and any attempt to classify them as such would be falsifiable. Instead, it's a complex scaffold of rules and approaches that, miraculously, works.

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doppelgreener

Sep 25, 2014 15:02

RPG.SE Chat Fudge Dice

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BESW

Oct 21, 2016 22:16

Definitely though, usually being tied to a chair is gonna make running away a lot harder.

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BESW

Oct 10, 2016 22:31

Once again, I'm impressed at how almost every new Fate product Evil Hat releases is measurably more proficient with the system and how to wield and present it.

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doppelgreener

Oct 10, 2016 12:44

Current thoughts on Fate after the above conversations: it's a game that's healthiest when you have a firm freefom roleplay with strong player investment in the story first, and need mechanics for assting it second. Fate's totally hands-off with saying how much stuff you can have and power you can have, and with saying how hard things might be; those things have to come from the narrative and the players' shared ideas of the world.

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BESW

Dec 12, 2013 13:55

Give the player a chance to honestly be awesome.

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BESW

Aug 23, 2013 04:30

The Fate GM is responsible for all those things, but doesn't have to create it all: he invites the players to participate as much as they feel comfortable outside the game, and the game gives mechanics for them to participate within the game as well.

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Magician

May 3, 2016 06:01

....should I go through the text replacing "it" with "she" when referencing ships? This is an appropriately British thing.

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C. Ross

Jul 9, 2013 00:40

Ross's Dwarf Fortress Hack

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Problematic

Jun 18, 2013 03:03

A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Abuse of Refresh

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Problematic

Jun 14, 2013 13:37

Official Fate Core errata

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BESW

Jun 11, 2013 16:52

"Madness? THIS. IS. --" [falls down hole]

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C. Ross

May 26, 2013 17:51

Chat.SE FATE Dice

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BESW

Mar 4, 2016 03:19

That kind of skill will probably come with time and practice. Reflecting on how you could've done better is how you do better next time.

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BESW

May 21, 2013 11:54

> Players are advised to limit their characters to 1 stunt and 3 aspects, but can have up to 3 stunts and 5 aspects. However, in any given session the number of stunts and aspects each character will have access to is equal to the minimum number of stunts and aspects any character in that session has.

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Magician

Feb 23, 2016 06:55

So, a challenge. Stunts for characters that are narratively horrible at everything, while still remaining proactive and subverting the competence.

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doppelgreener

Feb 23, 2016 06:40

@Magician flailing forward :D

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BESW

Dec 18, 2015 14:14

Fate on a Plane tracking sheet

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doppelgreener

Sep 18, 2015 03:56

(* I may be an intellect devourer)

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BESW

Aug 6, 2015 13:24

Current crisis should contain the seeds of future victory.

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BESW

Jul 1, 2015 04:52

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Pixie

Jun 12, 2015 05:34

Digimon and Pokemon design principles in a nutshell (some strong language).

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doppelgreener

Dec 17, 2014 07:26

driver: "we do have priorities - safety first!"
[several shots puncture the roof]
stellata: "we'd be a lot safer with the laser cannons and jet boosters!"

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BESW

Oct 31, 2014 11:19

And Doppelgreener will be playing the plant which the scientist turned humanoid as proof-of-concept before he did it to himself (because he's not a mad scientist; you do tests first, and you don't use humans for testing!).

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Magician

Oct 21, 2014 04:53

The Door Trembles Before My Hate

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doppelgreener

Oct 21, 2014 04:20

this pep talk is definitely not landing very well

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BESW

Oct 14, 2014 13:31

> JOHN MCCLANE (using ARRPG chargen rules)
Concept: NYPD cop married to his job
Intrigue: Wrong place, wrong time
Banter: Always gotta have the last word
Action: I fight dirty
Omega: Heroic Mr. Cowboy

Athletics +4 (focused)
Burlgary +3 (trained)
Combat +2 (focused)
Contacts +4 (focused)
Deceive +4 (focused)
Empathy +2 (trained)
Notice +4 (focused)
Physique +1 (trained)
Provoke +4 (specialised)
Rapport +2 (trained)
Stealth +3 (trained)
Vehicles +1 (trained)
Will +2 (trained)

Physical: OOOO
Mental: OOO

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BESW

Oct 5, 2014 08:48

> Clutch of Kobolds (contains 5 kobolds; +1 Teamwork bonus to skills per kobold after the first)
Courage in numbers!
Instinctive trappers
Stealthy +2 (+6) [create advantage, overcome]
Teeth & Claws +1 (+5) [create advantage, overcome, attack]
Traps +3 (+7) [create advantage, attack, defend; must have ‘Traps’-related aspect on zone to use]
- Any zone to which a kobold has had unsupervised access for at least one day gains the aspect ‘Hidden traps’ with one free invoke (doesn’t stack with multiple kobolds).

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doppelgreener

Sep 17, 2014 01:44

greatest drop kick philosopher ever

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BESW

Sep 11, 2014 07:37

It's difficult to Charismatically ram open a stuck door, but I could do it Flashily.

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BESW

Sep 9, 2014 06:37

Next time, Adeptus! Next time.

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BESW

Sep 4, 2014 08:28

Honestly, The Necropolis would be a better Fate character. Which is hilarious.

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Alex P

Feb 12, 2014 05:01

There was some kickstarter for Fate dice with themed graphics on them instead of +/0/-, like, a year ago. Apparently you can now get those dice just straight-up. Not sure if this is a regular thing or just the company liquidating extra stock.

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doppelgreener

Jan 4, 2014 09:56

I've posted in the Fate Looms blog and released a draft of the tabletop. It's not functionally super exciting, yet, because I'm taking my time in programming it correctly, but the first steps toward the full version are there.

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Alex P

Dec 13, 2013 03:52

RPGnet discusses what should be an aspect. Some posts from various game-designer folk in there.

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Alex P

Nov 6, 2013 18:19

Story Games forum is having a small Fate contest:

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user61230

Aug 12, 2013 01:21

I've written an Excel sheet for FAE NPCs. It can hold 8 mooks on a page, or 4 full NPCs. Here's the link to it.

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