Questions tagged [dresden-files]
A Fate based system set in Jim Butcher's modern-magic and hardboiled-detective world.
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Can a player spend a fate point to declare it a full moon?
Is a player able to spend a fate point, to declare it a full moon? For instance, if they have a lycanthrope character who gains more power in the full moon.
I know a fate point can be spent to declare ...
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What skill is used to recognise someone?
Consider for example a character hears a voice recording of someone, such as a recording that a journalist made of an interview. Later the character coincidentally meets someone who spoke in that ...
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Can a focused practitioner throw a death curse?
Wizards are explicitly able to throw a death curse, in the events of their deaths in this setting. The "Your Story" also describes this "wizard ability".
However, if the players ...
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What skill does using a Molotov cocktail fall under?
I think it would be safe to say that some form of craftsmanship skill roll is required for Molotov cocktails to be made.
But, I'm not sure what it would be a roll call for, skill-wise, to use the ...
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How does being pulled into a demesne mechanically work?
Demesnes, are described as the following:
As a spirit that has been linked to the mortal world, you naturally create a space within the Nevernever tied to that place or concept. The space reflects ...
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Can "Emotional Vampire" aid an Empathy roll?
If an NPC or PC with "Emotional Vampire" rolls empathy to try pick up on something that is connected to the emotion they eat, by the rules of the system does Emotional Vampire give any bonus ...
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Does Goodman Grey have any official stats?
Or rather, I'm more looking for the stats for a naagloshii Scion in general (as a full naagloshii encounter would not be doable) and Goodman Grey seems the best bet for finding them, as one, as I do ...
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Are lore rolls to detect magic automatic?
I know from reading the volume 1 rule book, that the presence of magic such as with trap-wards and ghosts (examples used as they are cited in the book), can be detected by a magic user rolling well on ...
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Merits of Dresden Files over World of Darkness [closed]
For someone who is already moderately familiar with the World of Darkness (not Chronicles of Darkness) setting and its lore, what are, if any, rationales for jumping ship to Dresden Files instead? Now,...
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When should I mark the Summer/Winter Courtier condition?
Dresden Files Accelerated introduces a new way to use Conditions, by turning some ability on/off (The Third Eye, for example).
Some of them, however (which are always marked), doesn't look much ...
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Would access to fae magic start hexing technology?
Certain classes of character in the RPG, such as the Fairie Knights, get access to fairie (Seelie/Unseelie) magic and ability to use it.
I know that fairy magic when used by fairies doesn’t hex ...
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What character skill would be able to be used for medical/healing purposes?
For a character in the Dresden Files who is a doctor/medic, which of the Skills is supposed to actually be used/rolled on to try put that medical ability into use?
For instance, I'd say "scholarship" ...
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Is it safe to handle a denarian coin indirectly?
I'm currently a new player in a campaign which does have a Denarian in it and has OOC had jokes made about my PC being tricked into touching one of their coins, which has made me curious and want to ...
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Would blood bags help a Red Court Infectee manage their hunger?
Just someone reading up about the lore and templates in the system and wondering:
Is there anything on, if a Red Court infectee were to have access to and drink from blood bags, would that help ...
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Would a Medal of Valour burn a Malvora?
Since House Malvora of the White Court are fear-eaters, they've got a weakness to "selfless courage".
I was just wondering if, along with an allergy to a person exhibiting that, if like the Raith's ...
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