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DFRPG / Re: Cats and barriers...
« on: January 26, 2022, 07:18:04 PM »
I think the cat may be able to cross a threshold, but the spell would not make it without being reduced.
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DFRPG / Re: [DFA] stating black court and Fomor
« on: May 12, 2019, 03:25:07 AM »
I used the following writeup in our DFA game. They were meant to be a big mob of low level minions and not one of the more powerful leaders.
Fomor Minions
Description:
Aspects
Mob of Fishmen
Our Lives For The Master
May Once Have Been Human
Skills:
Skilled at Killing, Swimming and Intimidation +2
Bad at Acting Human, Acting Independently -2
Stress:
[ 1 ] [ 1 ] [ 1 ] [ 1 ] [ 1 ] [ 1 ]
Conditions:
Fishmen Minions: [ 2 ] [ 2 ] [ 2 ] [ 2 ] [ 2 ] [ 2 ]
As long as this condition has unmarked boxes, this “creature” represents a group of Fishmen Minions acting in concert. As a group, the Minions have scale when dealing with lone targets. The Minions may mark a box to absorb up to 2 shifts in damage,representing individuals being taken out or driven away. This condition is recovered between sessions as Minions return to their leader or they bolster the numbers of those lost.
Bio:
Squamish and terrible Fomor minions. Can pass for human but only just.
Fomor Minions
Description:
Aspects
Mob of Fishmen
Our Lives For The Master
May Once Have Been Human
Skills:
Skilled at Killing, Swimming and Intimidation +2
Bad at Acting Human, Acting Independently -2
Stress:
[ 1 ] [ 1 ] [ 1 ] [ 1 ] [ 1 ] [ 1 ]
Conditions:
Fishmen Minions: [ 2 ] [ 2 ] [ 2 ] [ 2 ] [ 2 ] [ 2 ]
As long as this condition has unmarked boxes, this “creature” represents a group of Fishmen Minions acting in concert. As a group, the Minions have scale when dealing with lone targets. The Minions may mark a box to absorb up to 2 shifts in damage,representing individuals being taken out or driven away. This condition is recovered between sessions as Minions return to their leader or they bolster the numbers of those lost.
Bio:
Squamish and terrible Fomor minions. Can pass for human but only just.
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DFRPG / Re: Dresden Files Accelerated Mantles
« on: September 05, 2018, 09:24:43 PM »
Oh. About the Pathfinder and tree thing. It is explained in the novels that some trees are bound to Tir Nan Og and so any druid who comes across them can travel from that tree to there and from there to any bound tree on Earth or, for that matter, any other dimension that has a bound tree. Essentially it just means that druids can travel between the plains relatively easily. Again this all hinges on if there are any trees in the area. A heavily industrialized part of the Earth, or somewhere without trees like the Arctic or even the Oceans would be out of bounds for this power.
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DFRPG / Re: Dresden Files Accelerated Mantles
« on: September 05, 2018, 06:48:14 PM »
When a Druid has contact with the Earth they can draw on her energies indefinitely. However, concrete, pavement and even cobblestone coverings of any kind prevent a druid from gaining that power. That is when they have to rely on their own energies which are finite. This makes druids powerful but easy to plan for with more weaknesses than many mantles. I do have an updated version of the mantle that I came with after this post that you might prefer:
....Never mind. It is the same version.
You are correct. Both Faster, Stronger, Tougher and Superior Recovery are slightly stronger. But ONLY if in touch with the Earth. Something that can be difficult to do in a modern Urban Fantasy setting. It may not suit your tastes but it is supported by the novels and does have serious limits.
....Never mind. It is the same version.
You are correct. Both Faster, Stronger, Tougher and Superior Recovery are slightly stronger. But ONLY if in touch with the Earth. Something that can be difficult to do in a modern Urban Fantasy setting. It may not suit your tastes but it is supported by the novels and does have serious limits.
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DFRPG / Dresden Files Accelerated Mantles
« on: July 19, 2018, 05:27:14 PM »
So I just finished reading all the Iron Druid novels and was inspired to make a mantle for it. I would love to get some feedback for it.
Note that this is for a vanilla druid who hasn't bound iron to their aura like Atticus has.
DRUID (Supernatural Scale)
A Druid’s primary magic stems from her magical Druidic training, which has certain advantages, limitations, and restrictions. The bulk of a Druid’s powers are not stored in her physical body, but granted to her by the Earth itself. She draws power from the Earth through her tattoos when she is physically in contact with the ground. While this gives her access to near-limitless supply for power, it puts her at a major disadvantage when in areas that are paved over or she is otherwise off the ground. Druids are also able to communicate with various Earth Elementals as well as Gaia herself. Druids operate at the Supernatural scale although some may achieve Otherworldly scale as they gain experience.
UNIQUE CONDITIONS
Separated From the Earth (special): [ ]
A Druid can draw on a nearly infinite amount of magical power from the Earth itself through her tattoos, but only as long as she’s in physical contact with it. Artificial materials such as cement or steel do not count as the Earth. Mark this condition when unable to touch the Earth directly, including while at sea or flying. When not touching the Earth directly with her tattoos a Druid is forced to rely on their own limited reserves of energy. Each use of a power or ability costs a point of Stress. If no stress is available a condition could be used in their place. Recovery of this stress and conditions will occur normally.
Touched by Iron: [ ]
Iron is the antithesis of all druidic and fae magic. When this condition is marked a Druid will be unable to cast any bindings or use any powers such as enhanced strength, speed or healing until the iron is removed from her person.
Animal Forms (lasting): [ ] hoofed animal [ ] winged animal [ ] predator animal [ ] water animal/fish
When in touch with the Earth, Druids can take the shape of 4 animal forms chosen for them by Gaia; a hoofed animal, a winged animal, a predator and a water animal or fish. If not touching the Earth then shape shifting will cost a point of stress.
While transformed, the following apply:
Take the Form of “Animal” Aspect in addition to your other aspects.
Swap the ratings of two of your abilities for each form, to be selected when the forms are chosen.
Gain all the inherent abilities of the animal you change into, which may confer automatic success on certain rolls. However, you also gains all their inherent limitations, such as not being able to speak and lacking opposable thumbs.
Benefit from scale (page 182) when using an animal form to exceed human capabilities. For example: keen predatory senses, inordinate strength & speed, overly large form that provides access to something inaccessible to normal mortals. Any opposition faced, however, will have a level of scale against the Druid whenever she is at a significant disadvantage compared to human beings. You and the GM should collectively
name a few examples as guidelines of when you would benefit from scale and when you deal with scale in opposition for each form.
Recovery of this condition begins when you retake human form while touching the Earth; full recovery requires concrete efforts to recharge from the experience, such as enjoying a hearty meal or uninterrupted rest. The GM may allow this recovery to occur between any two scenes involving a sufficient time jump.
Indebted (sticky): [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
This condition has five boxes. Mark one or more boxes when you have accrued a debt to a powerful group, person, or entity. The number of boxes you mark depends on the magnitude of the favor done for you; the GM has final say. Recover boxes of Indebted by doing favors for the lender in return, on their terms. Typically, a fairly safe but challenging task recovers one box, a dangerous task recovers two boxes, and a task that puts you in mortal danger or could otherwise permanently impact you recovers all boxes.
CORE STUNTS
Bindings:
A Druid’s magical abilities are best described as variations on “Binding” and “Unbinding” of organic matter, including both living cells (such as those of a human body) and natural substances such as natural fiber clothing, roots, dirt, wood, and stone. This process can create or break mental or physical connections between these things, as well as alter them at the cellular (or even molecular) level to change them.
This allows a Druid to accomplish such feats as:
forming a telepathic bond with another creature
bind her sight to the magical spectrum to see magic and the true nature of sentients
changing the properties of herbs or chemicals to achieve specific effects
camouflage a person or object so they are nearly undetectable by normal vision
cause physical objects to attract each other or even fuse
break the bonds within substances so they fall apart
breaking up poison or toxins in her blood to render them harmless
altering her own body in a variety of ways including healing wounds, and enhancing her eyesight, strength, and speed. This provides a druid scale when utilizing those abilities
A Druid also has the ability to travel between realms by binding and unbinding herself from trees on one plane to trees that have been bound on the plane she wishes to travel to
Note that the above list is not exhaustive.
Druidic magic cannot directly harm a living being, or the spell will kill the druid on the spot. However, the rules of druid magic do not prohibit indirect harm. So, while a Druid cannot just stop an enemy’s heart with magic, she can increase her own strength to cut an enemy’s head off with a sword or use a compound bow with a draw-weight far beyond human capability. A similar loop-hole is that she can bind human cells so long as he is not causing harm, such giving someone a wedgy by binding their underwear to their back, or causing one person to slap another by temporarily binding one’s hand to the other’s face. For Druids “living being” does not including vampires or other undead, which means that druids can unbind vampires’ bodies on sight, causing them melt into it a puddle of gore.
In game terms, you may perform Create Advantage, Defense or Overcome actions with spectacular magical effects related to bindings. Your actions may have scale (page 182) at the GM’s discretion. However, a Druid cannot directly use bindings in an Attack action on any living being although, vampires and other undead can be attacked. Normally, Bindings take time and concentration to cast, usually a full exchange at least to speak the words of the binding and access Gaia’s energies. If not in touch with the Earth a binding will cost a point of stress or a condition to cast and additional stress to maintain (the exception is shape-shifting) each exchange.
Elemental Communion:
Mark Indebted to call upon the local Elemental for favors. One box grants automatic success to a task (provided it is without risk) without having to roll or play out a scene. Two boxes pays for one cost for a ritual spell (page 172) or provides Elemental NPCs or a magical resource to assist with a dangerous task. If at least three boxes are unmarked, mark the entire track for a powerful Local Elemental to intervene on your behalf and resolve a situation utterly unresolvable under your own power. This action requires formally petitioning the elemental and convincing them that the intervention is in their best interest.
ADDITIONAL STUNTS
Bear Charm (sticky): [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
This is a charm that is usually worn as a necklace. It acts as general magic storage, for whenever a Druid needs magic, but is not directly connected to the earth. Mark a box for every binding, form or enhancement cast. Recover the energy when communing with Gaia. Recover one box at the conclusion of any scene in which you touch the earth. Recover two boxes at the start of a new session. Spend a scene in meditation with Gaia, without interruption, to regain all boxes of Bear Charm.
Faster, Stronger, Tougher:
Add +1 to any physical action if in touch with the Earth. The GM may elect to add scale (page 182). Mark a box of Stress or mark a Condition to add +1 to an action if out of touch with the Earth.
Superior Recovery:
Once per session, you may treat a sticky condition reflecting physical injury as if it were fleeting.
Cloak of Shadows (Camouflage & Night Charm):
You can see perfectly in the dark and are immune to any potential effect of normal or magical darkness. Additionally, once per session, you may declare that you automatically succeed at hiding from any non-magical attempt to spot you, provided you have a nearby shadow to hide in.
Loremaster:
As a scholar of arcane lore and magical theory, once per session you may declare that you are able to read obscure text in a mysterious language or determine the specific nature of a ritual upon seeing the precise location where it was cast.
Ritual Specialist:
Druids cannot use Evocations but they can learn Thaumaturgy. Gain +1 to the preparation of one broad category of magic (summoning, curses, divining, and so on). You may take this stunt multiple times for different categories but may not take any category more than once.
Pathfinder:
You can open portals between trees in the mortal world and other worlds. Once per session, you may declare your convenient arrival in a scene via a tree.
Undead Bane
You have mastered the unbinding of undead including Red and Black Court Vampires. You gain Legendary Scale (see page 187) over any vampire targeted by the unbinding attack. If the target is taken out they turn to bloody goo. Sometimes explosively.
Note that this is for a vanilla druid who hasn't bound iron to their aura like Atticus has.
DRUID (Supernatural Scale)
A Druid’s primary magic stems from her magical Druidic training, which has certain advantages, limitations, and restrictions. The bulk of a Druid’s powers are not stored in her physical body, but granted to her by the Earth itself. She draws power from the Earth through her tattoos when she is physically in contact with the ground. While this gives her access to near-limitless supply for power, it puts her at a major disadvantage when in areas that are paved over or she is otherwise off the ground. Druids are also able to communicate with various Earth Elementals as well as Gaia herself. Druids operate at the Supernatural scale although some may achieve Otherworldly scale as they gain experience.
UNIQUE CONDITIONS
Separated From the Earth (special): [ ]
A Druid can draw on a nearly infinite amount of magical power from the Earth itself through her tattoos, but only as long as she’s in physical contact with it. Artificial materials such as cement or steel do not count as the Earth. Mark this condition when unable to touch the Earth directly, including while at sea or flying. When not touching the Earth directly with her tattoos a Druid is forced to rely on their own limited reserves of energy. Each use of a power or ability costs a point of Stress. If no stress is available a condition could be used in their place. Recovery of this stress and conditions will occur normally.
Touched by Iron: [ ]
Iron is the antithesis of all druidic and fae magic. When this condition is marked a Druid will be unable to cast any bindings or use any powers such as enhanced strength, speed or healing until the iron is removed from her person.
Animal Forms (lasting): [ ] hoofed animal [ ] winged animal [ ] predator animal [ ] water animal/fish
When in touch with the Earth, Druids can take the shape of 4 animal forms chosen for them by Gaia; a hoofed animal, a winged animal, a predator and a water animal or fish. If not touching the Earth then shape shifting will cost a point of stress.
While transformed, the following apply:
Take the Form of “Animal” Aspect in addition to your other aspects.
Swap the ratings of two of your abilities for each form, to be selected when the forms are chosen.
Gain all the inherent abilities of the animal you change into, which may confer automatic success on certain rolls. However, you also gains all their inherent limitations, such as not being able to speak and lacking opposable thumbs.
Benefit from scale (page 182) when using an animal form to exceed human capabilities. For example: keen predatory senses, inordinate strength & speed, overly large form that provides access to something inaccessible to normal mortals. Any opposition faced, however, will have a level of scale against the Druid whenever she is at a significant disadvantage compared to human beings. You and the GM should collectively
name a few examples as guidelines of when you would benefit from scale and when you deal with scale in opposition for each form.
Recovery of this condition begins when you retake human form while touching the Earth; full recovery requires concrete efforts to recharge from the experience, such as enjoying a hearty meal or uninterrupted rest. The GM may allow this recovery to occur between any two scenes involving a sufficient time jump.
Indebted (sticky): [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
This condition has five boxes. Mark one or more boxes when you have accrued a debt to a powerful group, person, or entity. The number of boxes you mark depends on the magnitude of the favor done for you; the GM has final say. Recover boxes of Indebted by doing favors for the lender in return, on their terms. Typically, a fairly safe but challenging task recovers one box, a dangerous task recovers two boxes, and a task that puts you in mortal danger or could otherwise permanently impact you recovers all boxes.
CORE STUNTS
Bindings:
A Druid’s magical abilities are best described as variations on “Binding” and “Unbinding” of organic matter, including both living cells (such as those of a human body) and natural substances such as natural fiber clothing, roots, dirt, wood, and stone. This process can create or break mental or physical connections between these things, as well as alter them at the cellular (or even molecular) level to change them.
This allows a Druid to accomplish such feats as:
forming a telepathic bond with another creature
bind her sight to the magical spectrum to see magic and the true nature of sentients
changing the properties of herbs or chemicals to achieve specific effects
camouflage a person or object so they are nearly undetectable by normal vision
cause physical objects to attract each other or even fuse
break the bonds within substances so they fall apart
breaking up poison or toxins in her blood to render them harmless
altering her own body in a variety of ways including healing wounds, and enhancing her eyesight, strength, and speed. This provides a druid scale when utilizing those abilities
A Druid also has the ability to travel between realms by binding and unbinding herself from trees on one plane to trees that have been bound on the plane she wishes to travel to
Note that the above list is not exhaustive.
Druidic magic cannot directly harm a living being, or the spell will kill the druid on the spot. However, the rules of druid magic do not prohibit indirect harm. So, while a Druid cannot just stop an enemy’s heart with magic, she can increase her own strength to cut an enemy’s head off with a sword or use a compound bow with a draw-weight far beyond human capability. A similar loop-hole is that she can bind human cells so long as he is not causing harm, such giving someone a wedgy by binding their underwear to their back, or causing one person to slap another by temporarily binding one’s hand to the other’s face. For Druids “living being” does not including vampires or other undead, which means that druids can unbind vampires’ bodies on sight, causing them melt into it a puddle of gore.
In game terms, you may perform Create Advantage, Defense or Overcome actions with spectacular magical effects related to bindings. Your actions may have scale (page 182) at the GM’s discretion. However, a Druid cannot directly use bindings in an Attack action on any living being although, vampires and other undead can be attacked. Normally, Bindings take time and concentration to cast, usually a full exchange at least to speak the words of the binding and access Gaia’s energies. If not in touch with the Earth a binding will cost a point of stress or a condition to cast and additional stress to maintain (the exception is shape-shifting) each exchange.
Elemental Communion:
Mark Indebted to call upon the local Elemental for favors. One box grants automatic success to a task (provided it is without risk) without having to roll or play out a scene. Two boxes pays for one cost for a ritual spell (page 172) or provides Elemental NPCs or a magical resource to assist with a dangerous task. If at least three boxes are unmarked, mark the entire track for a powerful Local Elemental to intervene on your behalf and resolve a situation utterly unresolvable under your own power. This action requires formally petitioning the elemental and convincing them that the intervention is in their best interest.
ADDITIONAL STUNTS
Bear Charm (sticky): [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
This is a charm that is usually worn as a necklace. It acts as general magic storage, for whenever a Druid needs magic, but is not directly connected to the earth. Mark a box for every binding, form or enhancement cast. Recover the energy when communing with Gaia. Recover one box at the conclusion of any scene in which you touch the earth. Recover two boxes at the start of a new session. Spend a scene in meditation with Gaia, without interruption, to regain all boxes of Bear Charm.
Faster, Stronger, Tougher:
Add +1 to any physical action if in touch with the Earth. The GM may elect to add scale (page 182). Mark a box of Stress or mark a Condition to add +1 to an action if out of touch with the Earth.
Superior Recovery:
Once per session, you may treat a sticky condition reflecting physical injury as if it were fleeting.
Cloak of Shadows (Camouflage & Night Charm):
You can see perfectly in the dark and are immune to any potential effect of normal or magical darkness. Additionally, once per session, you may declare that you automatically succeed at hiding from any non-magical attempt to spot you, provided you have a nearby shadow to hide in.
Loremaster:
As a scholar of arcane lore and magical theory, once per session you may declare that you are able to read obscure text in a mysterious language or determine the specific nature of a ritual upon seeing the precise location where it was cast.
Ritual Specialist:
Druids cannot use Evocations but they can learn Thaumaturgy. Gain +1 to the preparation of one broad category of magic (summoning, curses, divining, and so on). You may take this stunt multiple times for different categories but may not take any category more than once.
Pathfinder:
You can open portals between trees in the mortal world and other worlds. Once per session, you may declare your convenient arrival in a scene via a tree.
Undead Bane
You have mastered the unbinding of undead including Red and Black Court Vampires. You gain Legendary Scale (see page 187) over any vampire targeted by the unbinding attack. If the target is taken out they turn to bloody goo. Sometimes explosively.
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DFRPG / Re: So long, and thanks for all the posts
« on: October 18, 2017, 03:34:02 PM »We're definitely too niche. rpgnet's massive, we'd be a drop in the bucket.
It is HUGE but Fate love is quite well represented there. Of course, there are a fair amount of detractors. Sucks this forum is going away. My 7 year DFRPG/DFA game was started here.
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DFRPG / Re: Dresden File Accelerated Mantles
« on: September 11, 2017, 06:19:30 PM »There's quite a large thread over on RPG.net...
https://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?804978-DFA-Bring-me-Your-Mantles!!!
i haven'y been all (or even very much of) the way through it, so I can vouch for neither it staying on-topic, or for the content to be ov any notable quality... Or it could be many pages of pure-genius inspiration.
Yah. That was the thread I started a while back. It is where I got many of the ones I put on my website above.
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DFRPG / Re: Dresden File Accelerated Mantles
« on: September 08, 2017, 01:23:07 PM »
I got a few from the G+ and RPG.net threads I started and then I have made 6 or 7 mantles myself. All the Celestial Mantles (Seraphim, Kerubim, Exile, and Nephilim) were translated by me from CJ Carellas' excellent Armageddon game. Three others were developed by my players and myself for the PCs for our game. I am a little surprised there isn't more response though. I love DFA.
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DFRPG / Dresden File Accelerated Mantles
« on: September 07, 2017, 04:27:18 PM »
My group has been playing DFA for a while now and I have been gathering a variety of Mantles from various sources on the internet and posting them on our OP site here:
https://fate-accelerated-the-emerald-city.obsidianportal.com/wiki_pages/mantles
I figured there might be some interest.
https://fate-accelerated-the-emerald-city.obsidianportal.com/wiki_pages/mantles
I figured there might be some interest.
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DFRPG / Re: Dresden File RPG vs Dresden Files RPG Accelerated
« on: February 18, 2017, 06:23:44 AM »You are most definitely allowed to move stunts around from mantle to mantle. We have a few examples of that in there, in fact.
The point is that it's less intimidating where crunch goes and more flexible. As a RPed I found the game system more approachable (no pun intended) and carrying enough framework of rules to provide guidance to GMs and players.
I'm very proud of the work we did on DFA. I hope you guys like it too.
Pamela
As well you should be proud! I have been running and playing in a DFRPG campaign for six years and I am super excited to translate it over to DFA. Don't get me wrong. I still love DFRPG. But DFA really does hit a sweet spot in my opinion and I cant wait to see more Mantles and Monsters and other inspirations from everyone in the community going forward now that it is released.
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DFRPG / Re: The Dresden Files Accelerated Playtest Is Open
« on: October 24, 2015, 07:31:43 PM »
Does it seem like it will take a lot of work to port over an existing game to the FAE version? We have 5 years of campaign history and I am hoping it won't be a headache to translate all those characters.
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DFRPG / Re: The Dresden Files Accelerated Playtest Is Open
« on: September 16, 2015, 04:17:06 PM »
Rejected again. Sniff. 
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DFRPG / Re: Whats the final verdict on magic
« on: July 07, 2015, 07:10:03 AM »
Very powerful. But interestingly enough the only two characters to ever suffer Extreme consequences in our 5+ year game were both full blown wizards. They aren't exactly glass canons but unless they prepare for it they can be dropped before they get their defenses up.
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DFRPG / Re: Most memorable Aspects?
« on: July 07, 2015, 07:07:46 AM »
I play a wizard that has a long history of breaking the law. So naturally he is The Usual Suspect. He has almost been gunned down by cops on at least 3 occasions because of it.
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DFRPG / Re: Foolish Fae Bargain
« on: June 05, 2015, 08:41:12 PM »Don't know that I'd have done that to a player without a lengthy discussion before-hand, honestly.
Hmm. Well, in my defense the player was the one who proposed submitting to a "day of pain" as he termed it. I just figured that the Fae in question would take advantage of her demesne to fully realize her revenge on him. When the scenario ended he was the one who decided to change his Trouble. It wasn't something I imposed on him or anything. And I think it could spin off into some interesting stories in the future. Just what did Zeb go through at the hands of the Winter Rose? Did he have to make a bargain with her to survive the ordeal?