Questions tagged [create-advantage]
Fate's Create Advantage action, used to manifest new advantages in the form of new aspects or leveraging existing ones.
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Can multiple characters create an advantage using teamwork?
The rules on invoking aspects state:
You can invoke multiple aspects on a single roll, but you cannot invoke the same aspect multiple times on a single roll.
Does this mean you can only benefit from ...
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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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When should Passive Opposition be 'free', and when should it cost a FP to create from an Aspect?
I've asked this elsewhere before, and am still in search of an answer that will give me clear guidelines for making such decisions in actual play (whether as a GM or as a player who's making up a part ...
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Can you use Create Advantage to create a story detail in FAE?
I've seen in a few places people talk about players creating story details by spending Fate Points. I assume this is something in Core only.
Accelerated has something similar, where it talks about ...
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Can you use create advantage to get a free invocation more than one time on the same aspect?
Let's imagine a scenario were the player doesn't want to spend fate points on a combat, so he want to stack several free invocations to go for a big hit in a conflict.
This conflict happens on a old ...
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What are the mechanics of removing a "create an advantage" aspect?
Say a character fails to defend against a "create an advantage" action. They now have a situational aspect on them. If they do nothing about it, it'll go away at the end of the scene or whenever it ...
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Fate Core incongruence in Action's outcomes?
I'm new in Fate, and I'm amazed by the game style and mechanics.
Nevertheless, reading the manual, I think I've found 3 mechanical incongruences.
Speaking about the Four Actions and their outcomes, in ...
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How do I set the Difficulty of a Create an Advantage action that represents readying for combat?
Lots of RPGs have the kind of thing where you effectively power up in combat and get a bonus to a certain stat.
The "Create an Advantage" aspect in Fate Core seems to do something similar ...
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How can I encourage my players to use overcome and create an advantage actions?
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Our group is new to Fate, but experienced in other forms of RPGs (from pen and paper to LARP). Fate is a new concept for all of us and has a very different style from what we're used to.
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How to put a limit on the "Create an Advantage" action?
Well, I'm running a FAE single player campaign and I gave my player 3 companions. He's a wizard of sorts and on his group are a girl who can paint "weathers", a super strong luchador and a girl who ...
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Creating (Aspect) Advantages in Conflicts
I'm somewhat familiar with Fate v2, and I recently backed the Fate Core Kickstarter to get an early PDF of the rules.
I have a couple questions concerning "Creating an Advantage" in a Conflict, ...
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