I know it’s been a while since I’ve talked about FATE, but the Kickstarter for FATE Core is almost done, and we’re in the final week, so I decided to babble a bit about it.
One of the things I really like that they did with FATE Core is assumption of competency. It’s assumed that you have the right tools to use your skills, unless something happens to change that. So you have a car to use your drive skill, a tools he’d for the crafts skill, a gun for the shooting skill, etc.
However, chapter 11 does have rules for extras, including weapons and armour rating as seen in Dresden Files RPG. I don’t like those rules, so I’m going to share my own version.
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One of the few downsides of Marvel Heroic Roleplaying is the lack of differentiation of social-type interactions. It usually comes down to rolling Affiliation + Distinction + Specialty. Which specialty depends on the discourse, but could easily be any of them, depending on the type of discussion being had.
Not always a bad thing, but I’d like to delve a bit more into the nuances of heroic interaction.
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A month or so back, there was a discussion over on the MHR forums about when Durability applies in reaction rolls. This cam up because of the differentiation between Durability, Mystic Resistance, and Psychic Resistance.
So today, I’m going to try to tackle the differences.
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I’ve been hemming and hawing about whether to post this or not for a few weeks now, but I decided to so so. I think it would be a disservice to my fictional hero and the game that made it all possible.
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Last time, I talked about using milestone to unlock new powers, SFX, etc. without using XP. Today, we talk about using XP in a slightly different way than is shown in the Operations Manual. today is all about unlockables!
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There has been quite a bit of people asking about how to do long-term play in MHR in regards to XP. I’ve voiced my thoughts a number of times and I figured it’s time to sit down and collect it all in one place. This is part 1 of many, so keep your eyes peeled for more!
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I’ve been watching Avatar: The Last Airbender on Netflix (for the third or fourth time, and was wondering how one would stat up the avatar and friends. So instead of waiting around for someone else to do it, I figured I would!
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Last time, we discussed a bit about the differences between Watcher characters. Today, I’d like to delve a bit more into the differences, and go ahead and build some! As the title explains, it’s going to be ninja. I mean, who doesn’t like ninja, am I right?
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