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What is an Aspect allowed to do (in addition to Invoke, Hostile Invokation, Compel and Always True)?
Introduction
The common things that can be done with an aspect are:
Invoke it spending a fate point (or by free invocations sometimes) for a +2 or reroll.
Hostile Invocation.
Compel.
Permission. ...
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In which order are aspects invoked when defending in Fate Accelerated?
When a character takes one of the four actions and rolls the dice, they can decide to invoke aspects after seeing the total. For example, when chief engineer Yago Awain is trying to repair the broken ...
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Does "everything is an aspect" conflict with Fate philosophy?
For a while now, a group I play with has slowly slipped into a mode of accepting the fact that the GM cannot possibly declare all pertinent details of a scene aspects.
This developed from the notion ...
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Can an aspect be active without being invoked/compeled?
I keep finding my players in situations where this doesn't make sens.
Example: There's a gun fight in a room filled with smoke. The players and NPCs have a hard time seeing anything. It feels logical ...
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How long do Boosts stay around, if not invoked immediately or obviated by situation-change?
I have looked in several different Fate games' rulebooks, including Fate Core, DFRPG, Atomic Robo, FAE, and Jadepunk, which all describe Boosts as temporary Aspects you get to invoke for free, one ...
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What is the difference between Aspects and Invocations?
I'm trying to master Fate core (and probably Dresden Files) for a group because I'm usually the gm, and I'm having a little trouble understanding a few of the mechanics.
What's the difference between ...
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When can you invoke an aspect twice for free on the same roll?
Pages 14-15 of the Fate Accelerated PDF says this about the Create an Advantage action:
If you're creating a new aspect or discovering an existing one:
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* If you succeed with style: You ...
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Do advantages in Fate Core just "wear off?"
I have a character in my game with the aspect My Father's Sword.
So the guy who plays the character is in his first combat and he's using the sword, invoking its +2 for all it's worth, because, hey, a ...
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How can I use anger as an aspect to contribute to fire spells?
My theoretical Wizard has an aspect that has to do anger. Specifically "Fiery Temper."
I'm trying to find a way to invoke that for bonus for fire spells. Would that be acceptable by general rules?
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Is there any reason to discourage "arms racing" during exchanges?
I find that occasionally during a conflict, when trying to create an advantage or land a successful attack, the players involved will enter into an "arms race" of competing to stack the most ...
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When changing a PC's actions based on an aspect, is it better to Compel or Invoke for Effect?
We had an interesting combat last night; the PC was a very tough Changeling in the back of a limo glamoured not to be visible, and he was attempting to protect another passenger in the back of the ...
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