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What are the consequences of using Fate Accelerated approaches for magic, but skills from the Core book elsewhere?
Some time in the future I want to run a game of FATE, with magic, but reading through the example characters used in the Core SRD, but it looked like it might be smoother to base the magic 'system' (...
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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 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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How Do Core and Accelerated Resolution Mechanics Differ?
The differences between the two versions of the game are quite noticeable, and also spelled out in the conversion guide. Differences in various resolution mechanics seem subtler, and easier to ...
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Is the Opposition Rating for a roll known to the player?
In Fate, is the Opposition Rating for a roll known to the player? Is it an option to keep this number a secret? Actions and Outcomes (Fate Core) does not explicitly say.
What I mean by "opposition ...
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Is there any simple way to migrate player characters from FAE to Fate Core?
I'd like to start campaign in a more narration focused system with an existing group of players. They're used to systems with heavier mechanics than Fate Core, so I decided to start campaign in FAE, ...
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Create/use aspects in game that do not fit well with approaches
How do you deal in Fate Accelerated with actions that would be based on either material (resources) or relational (rapport, contacts) skills from Fate Core?
I had a couple of occasions at my table ...
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How to make Fate combat fast & fun?
I love the Fate system, both Core and FAE. However, I have been having a really hard time making combat fun for my players.
It is hard to explain the combat in Fate to my players in a non-abstract ...
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Using FATE Core to play a TITANFALL storyline [closed]
Specifically I'm looking for any advice on adapting FATE (or any generic RPG system really but I own FATE) for Titan combat. Thank You!
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How does Fate handle wildly out-of-scope attempts to declare story details?
The way I see, Fate lets anyone declare details and describe parts of the world more or less as the player sees fit. Unless the setting is based on a certain fixed universe known by all players, ...
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Is Fate style GMing "lazy"?
Newbie GM here preparing for my first ever Fate GM session. My group consists of 4-5 players with varying levels of experience in RPG games. We have previoulsy played a long Pathfinder campaing and ...
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New to Fate: how to manage all aspects at play
Newbie Fate GM here, I will soon GM my first ever session. Seeing how important being aware of all aspects at play at any given scene is, how do you keep track and announce all the various aspects ...
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What is the purpose of differently-sized stress boxes as opposed to flat stress or same-sized boxes?
I can see the point of differently-sized Consequences on entities. Light ones are a mark, moderate ones are a more realistic, lasting dent, and so on. They behave differently and have, arguably, ...
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How is Spirit of the Century different from vanilla Fate
I have a copy of Spirit of the Century, which says on the back it's "based on the award-winning Fate system." A review says it:
uses FATE (3.0) which is based on FUDGE
Is this different from Fate ...
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Do I need Fate Core to make Fate Accelerated Edition work?
I have recently been looking into the Fate "universe" and would like to know, do you need Fate Core to actually play Fate Accelerated Edition?
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