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Post by Luckstrider on Apr 25, 2015 6:39:15 GMT -8
What tips and tricks do you have for running Dresden Files? Do you use the newer Fate rules for character creation and aspects? Do you stick to the game as written in the main rule books? Do you have some hacks/house rules that work well?
My D&D 5e game in winding down and we are looking to start a new game. Of the options I have presented my group, Dresden Files is in the lead. I am thinking about doing the city building around the Ames, Nevada, and Marshalltown areas of Iowa (near where we live). We have never played Fate but I have read all of the Dresden Files rpg, Fate Core, Fate Accelerated, and Fate toolkit.
Ideas? Thoughts? Suggestions?
Thank you very much for the help!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2015 0:46:17 GMT -8
I ran the game last year for the first time and while we had the option of using Fate Core we used the system in the main book as we didn't want to start getting mixed up by versions (it was also or first time playing Date as a group).
My biggest recommendation is to make sure you get aspects flowing early on,I found that being liberal with scene and setting aspects encouraged my players to use them and to create their own.
On the same note be careful in how you stack NPC aspects. Near the end of our campaign the players one shotted a fairly major NPC partially because I had failed to give him any aspects that could be used defensively.
My final comment is just to be very careful with how you word things. More than once my players caught me out due to the Faye not being able to lie, I ended up having to take long out of character pauses every time a Faye NPC spoke just to ensure I didn't accidentally trap myself.
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Post by willh on Apr 27, 2015 7:14:09 GMT -8
I think Fate Core resolution and the Four Actions is a little cleaner than Dresden's rules. But if everyone is new to Fate, I would just stick to the Dresden rules to minimize confusion on what is or isn't being used from Core.
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Post by Xer0 on Apr 29, 2015 9:01:13 GMT -8
What tips and tricks do you have for running Dresden Files? Index Cards. Lots of them. Or Sticky Notes, those work too. Be generous with your Fate Points and encourage your players to do the same. Have a strong idea of what your city is supposed to be like. I've heard a lot of people using the Microscope RPG to generate their city and then doing the faces, threats and themes from what you generated. A strong buy-in will be very, very helpful, both from you and your players.Do you use the newer Fate rules for character creation and aspects? I don't deviate from Character Generation when doing DFRPG, stick to the system that was designed for it.Do you stick to the game as written in the main rule books? Since I have experience with both Core and DFRPG, I throw in some things from Fate Core into my game, but nothing major. Typically I go with mechanical things that aren't covered well in DFRPG, chases and things like that.Do you have some hacks/house rules that work well? Nothing comes to mind.Ideas? Thoughts? Suggestions? I love DFRPG, it's one of my favorite games. Good luck with it and don't let it get you down when things don't go your way.Thank you very much for the help! PCSlayer
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Post by kurtpotts on Apr 30, 2015 10:48:12 GMT -8
I got some dry erase 3x5 cards and dry erase markers with erasers on the cap. It helps to write down aspects as they are set and track free tags that way.
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Post by Xer0 on May 1, 2015 4:42:40 GMT -8
I got some dry erase 3x5 cards and dry erase markers with erasers on the cap. It helps to write down aspects as they are set and track free tags that way. Do you find that your writing wipes away easily with those cards?
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2015 7:20:07 GMT -8
I got some dry erase 3x5 cards and dry erase markers with erasers on the cap. It helps to write down aspects as they are set and track free tags that way. Do you find that your writing wipes away easily with those cards? It should do, if not then the cards should be easy to clean with some alcohol wipes. Incidentally when I'm running games offline I use a NoteBoard (http://thenoteboard.com/) which is a foldable whiteboard, blank on one side and with a grid (squares and hex) on the other.
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Post by Xer0 on May 2, 2015 6:15:21 GMT -8
Sorry, didn't ask the question quite right. I was concerned with accidental erasures of what you've written on the cards.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2015 3:01:58 GMT -8
During a session that's never been an issue personally and between sessions I tend to write down any continuing aspects on paper just in case.
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Post by Xer0 on May 4, 2015 5:49:10 GMT -8
During a session that's never been an issue personally and between sessions I tend to write down any continuing aspects on paper just in case. Cool, good to know.
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Post by kurtpotts on May 4, 2015 20:10:00 GMT -8
Yeah I've never erased them accidentally. And they come in a stack of like 100 so I usually put one aspect per card and leave them in the middle of the table.
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Post by SirGuido on Jul 10, 2015 18:01:53 GMT -8
You can also use laminated 3x5 cards and then use wet erase markers.
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