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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.

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.

Fate It Until You Make It–A Contest Hack

Build tension with Contests even if you don’t know what your NPCs want out of it.

Storytelling Sunday–On-the-Fly NPCs

How to create memorable NPCs in a pinch. Made with Fari.

Bronze Rulz!–A Recovery Hack for Fate

I don’t like Fate’s recovery mechanics that much, so made a Bronze Rule hack for it. I call it “The Good Stuff.” Chew slowly.

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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.

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