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DFRPG / Re: Halp Plz. (Newbie here)
« on: December 02, 2010, 06:40:54 AM »
Thanks alot guys, the explanations and the sample combat were huge helps.

I think I have a decent grasp of combat except for knowing what to roll for. I'm a little confused on how you roll for dodging/blocking. How is someones block or dodge calculated and how do you decide to use one over another?

As a secondary question, how do you figure out how many foci a wizard gets, and how powerful they are and how many uses they have?

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DFRPG / Halp Plz. (Newbie here)
« on: November 26, 2010, 07:36:21 AM »
Hello everyone, forum lurker here.

I just bought the DFRPG and have read through most of it, but I'm pretty new to RPGs and brand new to the FATE system so I'm feeling pretty overwhelmed. (Trying to design a game right now)

I was hoping to start up a thread here to maybe have you good folks gimme a hand with some stuff I'm having trouble understanding.

I pretty much understand the character and city creation pretty well, my main concern is that I can't get a good handle on how this combat system works. I know that characters have stress boxes, but it seems like you only have 3-4 of those, does that mean  you only get 3-4 hitponts, because that feels like not alot at all. I'm really lost how consequences work, are they just arbitrary? Does the GM decide when a character takes consequences? How long do they last?

If someone could explain this combat system to me in some laymans terms I would be eternally grateful.

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