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    Fate GM Screen

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    David Lasry
    The document provides rules and guidelines for playing a Fate roleplaying game. It outlines different levels of success and failure for actions like Overcome, Create an Advantage, Attack, and Defend. It also summarizes rules for conflicts, challenges, contests, recovering from consequences, and earning/spending Fate points.

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    Fate GM Screen

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    The document provides rules and guidelines for playing a Fate roleplaying game. It outlines different levels of success and failure for actions like Overcome, Create an Advantage, Attack, and Defend. It also summarizes rules for conflicts, challenges, contests, recovering from consequences, and earning/spending Fate points.

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    The document provides rules and guidelines for playing a Fate roleplaying game. It outlines different levels of success and failure for actions like Overcome, Create an Advantage, Attack, and Defend. It also summarizes rules for conflicts, challenges, contests, recovering from consequences, and earning/spending Fate points.

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    119 views3 pages

    Fate GM Screen

    Uploaded by

    David Lasry
    The document provides rules and guidelines for playing a Fate roleplaying game. It outlines different levels of success and failure for actions like Overcome, Create an Advantage, Attack, and Defend. It also summarizes rules for conflicts, challenges, contests, recovering from consequences, and earning/spending Fate points.

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    +8 Legendary Roll dice when either succeeding or failing at the action

    +7 Epic could contribute something interesting to the game


    +6 Fantastic The Golden Rule
    +5 Superb Decide what you’re trying to accomplish first, then consult the rules to
    help you do it
    +4 Great
    The Silver Rule
    +3 Good Never let the rules get in the way of what makes narrative sense. If you
    +2 Fair or the players narrate something in the game and it makes sense to
    apply a certain rule outside of the normal circumstances where you
    +1 Average would do so, go ahead and do it.
    0 Mediocre The Bronze Rule (Fate fractal)
    –1 Poor You can treat anything in the game world like it’s a character. Anything
    can have aspects, skills, stunts, stress tracks, and consequences if you
    –2 Terrible need it to.

    Enter each scene with 1 Fate / PC GM Fate points


    plus
    +1 Fate if the last scene ended from the GM accepting a compel
    or
    +1 Fate if the last scene ended from the GM conceding a conflict (+1 Fate / consequence!)

    Fate points used to offer PCs a compel or pay for a PCs’ concession are free

    Earn a Fate point by Player Fate points


    +1 Fate per consequence
    conceding a conflict
    suffered in the conflict
    having an aspect
    invoked against them get the point next scene
    The A aspect in B situation
    accepting a compel means that ...
    Spend a Fate point to ... unfortunately, X happens
    or
    offer a compel for
    someone else's aspect ... you decide to X, which
    goes wrong when Y
    refuse a GM compel
    power a stunt they have
    borrow a stunt they lack get
    invoke an aspect +2 or re-roll
    declare a story detail on a skill roll
    v0.9 by Jonathan Korman
    o c
    Overcome Create An Advantage
    do something or invoke an existing
    add a new aspect
    remove an aspect aspect for free

    no new aspect
    fail
    or
    or the enemy gets
    Fail create the aspect one free invocation
    succeed at +
    serious cost enemy gets one
    free invocation

    succeed at get one free


    0 Tie minor cost get a boost
    invocation

    create the aspect


    + get one free
    1-2 Succeed succeed
    get one free invocation
    invocation

    create the aspect


    succeed
    Succeed +
    + get two free
    3+
    With Style get two free invocations
    get a boost
    invocations

    Recover from consequences


    recover next overcome vs Boost
    Mild scene +2 a new aspect
    if attempting one free invoke
    Moderate session +4 +2 overcome on disappears after invoking
    Severe scenario +6 yourself

    Challenge Contest
    Handling a complex situation Competing goals but no direct attacks Before rolling,
    characters may
    Multiple Overcome rolls with In each exchange each participant rolls: try to Create An
    multiple skills • Highest roll scores a victory Advantage, but
    • Highest with style scores 2 victories failure costs
    Integrate all roll results to • Ties produce a twist aspect their chance to
    narrate the conclusion roll in the
    Three accumulated victories wins exchange
    a d
    Attack Defend
    harm someone in a conflict or avoid an attack or prevent
    take them out of a scene someone from creating an
    advantage against you

    attacker succeeds
    in their attack
    or
    Fail target is unharmed
    attacker creates
    an advantage

    get a boost attacker gets a


    0 Tie
    target is unharmed boost

    hit for # of shifts


    1-2 Succeed (attacker fails)
    of effect

    hit for # of shifts of effect get a boost


    Succeed
    3+
    With Style (you may trade one shift (attacker fails)
    for a boost)

    Full defense
    shifts are absorbed as either
    stress or consequences forego any other action
    (or both) In this exchange
    +2 to Defend

    Conflict
    When characters try to harm each other

    1. Set the scene: 3. A series of exchanges:


    environment, who is on which side, each character may make one roll in each
    characters’ goals, aspects, zones exchange (and move one zone)

    2. Set turn order: 4. The conflict ends when everyone has


    • Physical: Notice-Athletics-Physique either Conceded or been Taken Out
    • Mental: Empathy-Rapport-Will

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