Combine Fate’s Golden and Silver Rules, get an alloy, improve your game (<5 min. read).
Author: The Polverine
I'm a philosopher, logician, Sherlock Holmes buff, former amateur girevoy sport competitor and on-and-off role-player. I've helped people get stronger since 2011, and better at RPG prep since 2021. Also, I've beaten Acute Myeloid Leukemia twice, and I still look like I lift.
Hardwired Fate–Cyberpunk Scarcity Without Bookkeeping
Cyberpunk is all about quick gains & losses and counting your bullets, not bookkeeping. Here’s how to have your cybercake, and eat it too.
Theory Thursday–The Logic of Discovery in RPGs (Part III)
Community feedback from Part I & II made me realize what really matters about in-game discovery. Here’s the result, with due credit where credit’s due.
Bronze Rulz!–Sufficiently Advanced Magic (Part II)
Fate’s Minimal Magic-and-Crafting system (from Part I) is beefed up to do cool stuff.
Fiddling Friday–Fate Magic Without Hack
Not one, but two minimal magic systems for Fate—one of them courtesy of the community.
Monkeying Monday–“Cyberpunk Magic” in Fate
If you monkey around with Fate’s implied minimal magic system, you get “cyberpunk magic” (aka cinematic hacking).
Fiddling Friday–Strength in Numbers: Mobs in Fate
There’s an alternative to Teamwork to handle mobs in Fate that does not amount to perfect coordination nor extrapolates too much from Fate vanilla rules.
Bronze Rulz!–Sufficiently Advanced Magic (Part I)
Fate has an implicit magic system, but powerful magic items require to bridge a gap in Condensed rules.
Fiddling Friday–Waiving the Rolls
Fate almost had rules for waiving rolls, but “almost” is not always enough, so now it totally has. (Content warning: Sarcasm.)
Master Your Fate–2: Make the World as You Go
You can offer the full-on Fate worldbuilding experience without long-term commitment—or even proactive players.
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