Questions tagged [conflicts]
For questions about an in-game conflict mechanic. Conflicts can be social, physical, or any other realm of conflict.
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Can you allocate more than 10 dice to an action/defense for 'free' Nudges?
Normally, any die pool made with more than 10 dice converts each additional die into a free Nudge.
During Conflict, you can create a non-pool of more than 10 Action Dice. From this, you allocate a ...
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Can you add dice from Traits when you make a defense roll (and didn't do Active Defense)?
For example, if you labeled a trait 'shield fighter' and are currently using a shield, could you add a die for that trait when defending against a physical attack, even if you declared an attack ...
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Fate conflicts are taking too long due to players stacking advantages
I am looking for advice regarding Fate/FAE conflict.
In my group, the conflict takes quite a while. Not because our team is just doing simple attacking and defending. We spend lots of time on "...
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Can you concede to a wild animal?
My last session ended with a fight on the high seas that spilled blood and attracted sharks. One of my players now wants to concede to one of the sharks.
As I understand it, this should mean that the ...
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How Exactly Do Concessions Differ Between the Editions?
There are two things that make discussions of Concessions sometimes confusing: people carrying over rules and assumptions from a different edition, and people melding their house rules or speculation ...
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Running away from a conflict
This might be an easy one, but i had a situation where a rogue character fought against a guard who shouted to the other guards to come and help. The rogue got a boost and wanted to trip the guard and ...
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Can Dogs in the Vineyard handle multiple healers?
Can healing be a multi-PC conflict in DitV? The rule book only refers to a single healer, but it also doesn't explicitly state that only one PC can heal.
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How can I make battles to the death less random?
This is the thing:
One of my players has a character with Fighting in 6. Last session, the entire patrol fought an Owl, and the last action was an Attack vs Attack with lots of successes, so they ...
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When is it hammer time?
In a Dogs in the Vineyard game earlier this year, my character Brother Wiley was a blacksmith in his home town. He brought his hammer with him, marked as a “1d8 Excellent blacksmithing hammer” in his ...
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Can't I just attack the unarmored mice?
I've been reading through the Mouse Guard 2nd edition rulebook, planning on eventually GMing a game.
As I understand it, in combat it's a battle of teams rather than individuals. However, in the ...
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What does a more Careful player going first in a mental Conflict represent narratively?
It's unclear what is meant in the rules:
Determine Turn Order (page 21)
In a mental conflict, compare your Careful approach—attention to detail will warn you of danger.
What "danger" is it ...
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How do you handle changing the nature of conflict?
How are you supposed to handle changing a conflict in Fate Core? I'll explain what I mean by way of example:
Example 1: We're in the middle of a social combat that isn't going well for me, so I go ...
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Does a “Let us discuss this further” house rule to break “But only if” chains break anything else?
I've been struggling with escalating But only if chains in Polaris for a while. A solution I've come up with is to create a new conflict phrase “Let us discuss this further” with the following rules:
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Damage from a Like who I don't like
It generally makes sense that a Sleuth takes +1 damage when she takes Cool damage from a Like relationship; that sort of betrayal stings ("Damage" BGS 66).
But BGS 89 ("You Hate Me but I Love You") ...
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How to roleplay maneuver in a journey conflict as the GM/season/environment
I'm new to Mouse Guard and am having a hard time with the journey conflict. How do I describe the use of maneuver as employed by the season/environment? Maybe it just doesn't make sense and I ...
