The Dresden Files RPG is a FATE 3.0 based system set in Jim Butcher's modern-magic and hardboiled-detective world.
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How much should Catches be worth in the Dresden Files RPG?
When I look at some of the White Court characters in Dresden Files, I see 'True Love' being used as a 0 point catch. Yet looking at the rules for coming up with a Catch, it seems like it should be ...
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Ectomancy Specialization
If i take Thaumaturgy and get one of the Thematic Thaumaturgy Ectomancy. As per the definition in the book, "an ectomancer will be particularly effective with summoning, binding, divining, veiling, ...
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Prolonging spells in Dresden Files
I have 2 questions on spell duration for the Dresden Files RPG:
Is it possible to cast a shield spell that has no duration as a rote, but then prolong the shield on my next turn?
Can you prolong an ...
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Dresden Files Item Creation Using Focus Items
Hi guys here's one I would like answered that my GM and I had a long discussion about. Please help.
If I take ritual instead of thaumaturgy and get Crafting, and I make a focus item for it, what ...
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How much damage does Orbius do with more shifts of effect?
The book was not specific on this so I kinda got lost. The Orbius example in the book (YS p. 294) uses 3 shifts for effect and 2 shifts for duration. It chokes (Grapples) the enemy and does 1 point of ...
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How to handle combination attacks
This is a topic that the book doesn't really talk about, or if it does i missed it. During one of our fights, our siccomancer (air magic) used a spell to launch our were-tank (he's got a ring that ...
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How do you heal Mental Stress?
Does the Recovery power only heal physical stress and not mental? Is there a way to heal mental stress besides taking a consequence?
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How to price a custom mortal stunt?
I've got a couple of players that want to create a custom stunt or two, which I'm fine with. However, I'm not really sure on how I should price the cost of their stunts based on what it allows them ...
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Creating encounters for a DFRPG party
I've got a 2-person party and i'm having some difficulty with balancing encounters for them. It seems that what i'm making is either way too easy, or harder than i really want it to be (ie, they're ...
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Dresden Files Rote Spell Rolls
Lets say I have a rote spell set up with 4 shifts for a straight attack. Because it's a rote spell I don't have to make a 4 on my discipline roll, but I still role the discipline for the attack.
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Dresden Files Evocation question
This is my first time playing The Dresden Files RPG so I'm trying to figure things out.
In the book, it states that to do an evocation you can put in a number of shifts (x) which makes the attack ...
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How to balance conviction with discipline?
I'm playing a caster in a setting hack of the Dresden files. I find that it's very easy to get in an unbalance of my Conviction and Discipline skills. If Conviction is too high then I fail my ...
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Legends of Anglerre, and FATE, skill questions
In a follow up to my last question, I'm trying to now decipher some inner working of skills in general.
First and foremost, I saw the skill system in Dresden Files RPG, which has a skill stack rather ...
