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Is the Choice of Scale Effects Limited per Roll or per Conflict?
System Toolkit page 67 offers the Scale mechanics for attacks and defences between different-sized opponents, groups etc. However, I'm not sure how to interpret inner 'or' (i.e. the 'or' within each ...
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Consequences/Downsides of Allowing Ranged Defence (Dodge) with Fight?
The House Rule Proposed
I'm intent on making the following rule addition/change in my campaigns:
In addition to parries and blocks in mêlée combat, the Fight skill also covers training in dodging ...
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How to Interpret Defending Others vs. Shoot Attacks?
A situation occurred in which the party needed to defend a 'sitting duck' in the form of a small robot against ranged enemy attacks. There was the consideration for party members to take the bullets ...
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Can you Defend against your own action in Fate?
In Fate Accelerated can you Defend against something your own character did? For example can you reduce the damage of an Attack that damages everyone (including yourself) in a zone.
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Is there any way to defend with magic in DFRPG? [duplicate]
I feel like I am missing something obvious.
Evocation/Channeling can be used for a great deal of fun effects on your turn.
But what about when you need to make a defend roll against an enemy? As far ...
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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 does defending on behalf of others work in Fate Core?
There's actually multiple answers to that question in Fate Core and The Fate System Toolkit, but they seem a bit contradictory. I'd like your help to sort them out.
Note: I know characters can ...
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