Recent content by TomNC

For one-shots where I'm expecting newer players, I run Accelerated. For the campaigns we've done, it's been Core. I really, as I've stated before, don't like the Dresden implementation. However, I do like DF Accelerated. Just haven't got to play it yet.

For your games, do you run Core, Condensed or Accelerated?

What else can you tell me about Nova Praxis? And, this is one thing I really like about Fate: you can hack it to your liking. I like clocks like from PBtA games and am borrowing them into other games I'm playing. A friend of mine uses something similar in his OSR games. He assigns faction...

@JochenL Check this out. It's a stress clock. So that people can get a lucky shot and take down the critter/baddy in one hit. I would adjust this so that normal people would have like a 4 or even 2 stress clock and just roll a d4 or d2. I think it adds an interesting level of tension to combat...

This reminds me of the Weapon and Armor Perm Aspects from some systems. It would work that you had your normal skills etc to roll to hit but the Weapon rating would add to the effect, and Armor would soak incoming hits. I kind of trashed that a while and started using the aspects/loot style...

This 100%. The existing skills work just fine. High Concept defines how the skills work. "Blah blah Ranger" has some built-in assumptions. Shoot is with that bow and arrow. Now Dresden really confounds me with their magic system. I understand they are trying to keep the flavor of how magic...

For fantasy stuff I just made magic weapons and armor aspects. How do you handle it?

For fantasy stuff I just made magic weapons and armor aspects. How do you handle it?

Yes, yes, you did :) I love Fate for the ease of creating things for one-shots. Though my friends and I used it for a collaborative/shared world where we took turns running the story. That was a lot of fun and it had a ton of creative freedom built into that allowed us to do things that other...

Yes, yes, you did :) I love Fate for the ease of creating things for one-shots. Though my friends and I used it for a collaborative/shared world where we took turns running the story. That was a lot of fun and it had a ton of creative freedom built into that allowed us to do things that other...

I don't know. Just one day, the switch flipped about 3 or 4 years ago. I started running online games for friends. Then we moved to an area with a very active D&D community, so I started getting to play face to face. I have, however, been heavily influenced by some old school stuff. Like random...

This is what I came up with during last night's workshop. Voik Appearance - Well Dressed, Boggle Like Fae, Gaunt, Monocle Portrayal - Scheming, excellent host, southern draw Hook - A player in the Fae Markets, Merchant, Quest Giver Creation - Boon - the fairy queen repaying a favor to the duke...

Hello! My name is Tom. I have been playing RPGs since I was very young, and the "forever DM" for nearly 35 years. The systems I played and ran the most during that time were D&D. With the dip into Pathfinder 1E in the mid-00s to mid-10s. I took a break from D20 games for a while to explore...