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The Dresden Files => DFRPG => Topic started by: Druidgamer on April 16, 2016, 01:41:32 PM
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New DFRPG game starting soon & knowing that Fudge Dice hate me almost as much as I hate those demonic pieces of plastic doom waiting to dash my dreams into the dumpster, the GM has offered use of Deck of Fate instead of the dice. My question: anyone have any experience with using the cards instead of rolling? When do they get reshuffled?
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I think there's a million ways to use the deck.
The most common ways I've seen are shuffle when one of the extreme cards comes up (++++, 0000, ----) or when the deck is used up.
But there's all kinds of fun stuff you can do. For example let people hold 5 cards and let them spend a fate point to discard everything and redraw or draw additional cards, to increase your odds.
You could also introduce stunts that play off the cards, like allowing you to keep a card after playing it.
All in all, the deck can bring a whole new dimension to the game.
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Well, being the GM in question, I think I like the idea of re-shuffle when one of the extreme cards comes up (++++, 0000, ----) or when the deck is used up
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to make the deck perform like fair Fate dice you'd have to reshuffle every time you pull a card.
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Not a whole lot of point in using the deck if you want it to perform like fair dice.
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Yes, that's what I was saying. :)
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I should point out that only one player at this time will be using the deck. The rest seem to be sticking to the dice