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DFRPG / DFRPG - Power creep and imbalance
« on: September 06, 2020, 04:12:51 PM »
Dear fellow FateRPG lovers,
I've been playing Dresden Files Fate for a while now. I think it's been 9 years. Usually the same characters, still the same troupe (yay!).
Now, our characters prefers the DFRPG rules to those set in the DF Accelerated book. But from 16-18 refresh, we found the system kinda ... broke. Kinda over-the-top imba.
Wizards, while more powerful than the rest of the character archetypes, get a ridiculous amount of options and damage, while non of the other scale with them. E.g.: White Court Vampires stop being able to buy additional damage at - I think - +4 mental, while Wizards can easily rake up 12+ on their roll plus 12 additional weapon's damage, adding up to 24. (And, yes, I do know that Fate is not all about damage, but DF is a pulpy, combat-friendly universe.)
Has any of you gentle readers encountered this problem? If yes - how did you fix it? Is there a DFRPG 2.0 floating around addressing issues like this, even if unofficial?
And please refrain from comments like "you're powergaming!" and "use DF accelerated, stupid!".
Thanks in advance!
Lena
I've been playing Dresden Files Fate for a while now. I think it's been 9 years. Usually the same characters, still the same troupe (yay!).
Now, our characters prefers the DFRPG rules to those set in the DF Accelerated book. But from 16-18 refresh, we found the system kinda ... broke. Kinda over-the-top imba.
Wizards, while more powerful than the rest of the character archetypes, get a ridiculous amount of options and damage, while non of the other scale with them. E.g.: White Court Vampires stop being able to buy additional damage at - I think - +4 mental, while Wizards can easily rake up 12+ on their roll plus 12 additional weapon's damage, adding up to 24. (And, yes, I do know that Fate is not all about damage, but DF is a pulpy, combat-friendly universe.)
Has any of you gentle readers encountered this problem? If yes - how did you fix it? Is there a DFRPG 2.0 floating around addressing issues like this, even if unofficial?
And please refrain from comments like "you're powergaming!" and "use DF accelerated, stupid!".
Thanks in advance!
Lena