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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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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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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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Would motivating a Stout Pacifist to join a war be a Compel or Invoke?
Assume the following situation:
The player wants to convince an NPC to help them in battle. However, the NPC has the aspect "Stout Pacifist" and would rather avoid being dragged into a war. This ...
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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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