DFRPG Player's Guide (Rough Draft)

[newtinmpls]

"So even though I think it's rather ridiculous for an evocation to inflict mental stress, I say in the guide that it's legal."

On the other hand, I have a PC with Channeling who uses water, expressed as emotion (in my universe, emotions are most accessable via the element of water) who uses her musical skill to frame/cast - so for practical effect she is similar to a Welsh Bard in that she could (she hasn't actually used this yet) use her music to cause stress/damage expressed via demoralization aspects onto the opponents. Granted, initially I think this would play out as a maneuver, but I could also see it doing damage (i.e. look at the examples of social conflict where folks 'leave' and have been defeated by that).

Dian

[Sanctaphrax]

I don't object to it because I don't think it makes sense. I object to it because I think it's broken. Wizards are powerful enough without letting them ignore Athletics, Endurance, armour, Toughness powers, Speed powers, Recovery powers, and all the other things that normally make a creature/character tough.

[Sanctaphrax]

More questions, many of which are not properly answered:

Q: Is there a way to model effects that increase a wizard's spellcasting power within the rules?
http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,23195.0.html
A: Some GMs will allow aspect invocations to increase spellcasting power the same way they do control.

Q: Can conjured items satisfy The Catch on toughness powers?
http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,23201.0.html
A: Maybe. Talk to your GM.

Q: What exactly does The Catch do?
http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,23175.0.html
A: In situations where a character is exposed to their catch, their toughness powers are negated.

Q: Some of the catches in Our World don't seem to have the value that the rules in Your Story dictate. Why?
A: Good question. Ask Evil Hat.

Q: Can you live off of conjured food and drink?
http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,23201.0.html
A: I have no idea. Talk to your GM.

Q: How do you calculate the value of catches that do not conform to the guidelines in Your Story?
A: You’re on your own. Sorry.

Q: How do you represent a familiar (animal companion) in mechanical terms?
http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,22888.0.html
A: The most popular answers are: as an aspect and as fodder for Declarations.

Q: Are Items Of Power vulnerable to hexing and normal wear and tear?
http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,23303.0.html
A: Maybe. They cannot be destroyed by such things, but some GMs may rule that they can be rendered temporarily useless.

Q: How often should milestones occur?
http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,23265.0.html
A: That depends entirely upon the needs of the story and the people playing.

Q: How do you represent dividing a potion for multiple people to drink in mechanical terms?
http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,23299.0.html
A: It is possible to sacrifice shifts of enchanted item or potion power in exchange for extra uses. Simply do so a number of times equal to the number of drinkers and have each person use the weakened potion once.

Q: Can you use a thaumaturgical ritual to extend the duration of another thaumaturgical ritual?
http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,23233.0.html
A: Maybe. Talk to your GM.

Q: How do you go about moving people with evocation?
http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,23165.0.html
A: One shift of evocation is good for one zone of movement.

Q: What do the paranthesis in some stress tracks mean?
http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,23206.0.html
A: They represent extra stress boxes granted by Toughness powers.

Q: Are the extra stress boxes from Toughness powers at the beginning of the stress track or the end?
A: The end.

[Mindflayer94]

Q: Are the extra stress boxes from Toughness powers at the beginning of the stress track or the end?
A: I don’t know.

The end (see the stat blocks of any monster with toughness in Our World)

[Sanctaphrax]

Oh, I saw those stat blocks. I just wasn't sure whether the stress was applied from the left or the right.

Anyway, I've edited the answer so that it's actually useful now. Thanks for your help.

[newtinmpls]

Got a question: anyone with house rules they would like to share? I note that my world-creation was fairly aborted since most of the PC's do NOT want to know much about factions/faces - the consensus was that finding out who was what was so much of the fun that too much involvement really detracted. I don't necessarily object to this; I'm one of those GM's who overkills on NPC creation on reflex.

Dian