so i have been thinking of picking this up

http://www.rpgnow.com/product/139079/Modernity-Fate-Edition

from rpgnow. i was looking for something similiar to dresden but simpler. rules lighter i guess. something with players that can be creatures, faeries, mages, normal humans, preachers with god on their side, etc. in general i have a hard time grasping fate and have ran the free dresden adventures with alot of success but i find it to be very rules heavy. last year at gen con i picked up fate core and fate system toolkit but have been trying to figure out the whole adding magic to fate etc. since i have tried googeling fate forums to try to get some ideas and help with figuring out fate i havnt had much luck with finding any. so anyone read through it and can tell me if it is similiar to the dresden rpg? can anyone point me in the right direction to a active forum to talk about fate core? thanks in advance for any advice or help.

had a quick question

do you guys plan on producing anymore casefiles? its been since september 2011 since the last one was released. i thought that with halloween coming in a couple of months and that being a special day in the dresdenverse, that mayby this year you guys would release a new casefiles. i know that you all have a very busy schedule with being a smaller company but im willing to bet that you guys have something you have waiting on the back burner, for just the right time, to release as a casefile. im sorry if this has already been discussed i went back a couple of pages on here but didnt find anything obviouse. if this has been talked about in your blog i didnt find it but i did not go back super far either. this seems like a great game but i havent seen much released for it lately. personally in my mind even a small company should produce small little stuff regurally. even if its not free it helps to keep a line alive other than what the diehard fans will buy usually. if this wasnt the correct place to ask i apologize i looked on evil hats website but couldnt find a place. anyhow thanks in advance for your time. 

sincerely
heath delashmit

@ Morgan
High Concept : "Wandering Amnesiac Sorcerer"
Trouble: "I dont try looking for trouble it seems to find me just fine"
Other Aspects: "
"Misery Loves Company" Trouble has a way of finding me
"My memory is like a still pond, empty and devoid of all life, until you disturb its surface"
"My Gold Wedding Band"
"Where did I come from?, Who am I? Why can't I remember? What have I done to have so many people wanting to hurt me? How did I come to be without my Memory"
"If I could only remember who I am"

Skills
Great (2 slots) : Conviction,Endurance
Good (2 slots) : Lore, Discipline
Fair (3 slots) : Prescence, Alertness, Athletics
Average (5 slots) : Empathy, Fists, Might, Rapport, Stealth

Powers (Sorcerer Template)
Evocation (Air, Earth, Spirit)
Ritual (Spirit)
Wizards Constitution
The Sight
Soulgaze

Focus Items
Gnarled Ol' Hickory staff +1 to Offensive Control and Power (Spirit Evocation)
Gold Wedding Band +1 to Defensive Control and Power (Spirit Evocation)

Stress
Physical 4
Mental 4
Social 3

Consequences
mild 1
moderate 1
severe 1

As for the Norse god I am not sure where to begin, I was guessing kinda like an example someone found an old stone hammer and BAM! became an emmisary of power for Thor. But the directions aint exactly step by step on how to do it.

@noclue no idea what hindrance I was only meaning that that was my take on aspects but it turns out it isnt like Savage Worlds its more of Aspects are good and bad and Fate is not so much like Bennies from Savage Worlds.

@ sinker
I was mainly looking at all the options so I was competent in what to tell my players when they ask me something about building a character.

@The Mighty Buzzard
Yes I am starting to understand it a bit more the Champion of God is more of a Emmisary of Power but with a magic sword 

I was simply trying to make sure I understood character creation before I sat down with my players and tried to make characters with them is why I was making a character and asking about it thanks for all the replies and helpful advice

sincerely
heath delashmit

@ Pbartender That makes sense when you put it like that

I am guessing that with all aspects if it is something that helps your character it costs a Fate Point if it is something that hinders your character then you get a Fate Point. Also if I describe a scene in my other example "A dark warehouse cluttered with boxes and debris" since I have already declared these they cant be Tagged by the players correct?

@ Todjaeger I would guess that most of my players are a bit of both of the types both A and B depending upon the situation they would rather work through something with Role Playing but if they are in a hurry they would rather just roll the dice. I definitly have a couple that really enjoy the tactical side of the game but most enjoy both parts I guess. If I remember right when you create a Aspect you should be able to think of 3 quick uses for it in a given situation , at least 1 positive (Aspect) and 1 negative (Compelled)

@ ARedthorn I will have to print those out to try to remember them all. Declarations are basically you spend a Fate Point and wallah if you needed something non game shattering its there. You spend a Fate Point and say "when I first walked in here I saw a book of matches on the table that I could probably use to light this candle" meaning that you used the point to add a book of matches that wasnt there before. Correct?

thanks again
Heath Delashmit

Hiya and afternoon/evening/morning depending on your zone

long time lurker with a few questions,

I really enjoy the books of Dresden Files, but I am not sure if I can run FATE so I figured i would post and see whether I can make my mind up. I have ran Savage Worlds for better part of 3 years and before that Palladium Megaverse, Old World of Darkness, Variouse forms of AD+D no 3rd or 4th ed though, Call of Cthulhu, and some 7th Sea and Shadowrun. Been gaming for the better part of 20+ years but I am having some issue with FATE.  I am not sure what it is. I have tried to read the main book Your Story, but I cant seem to make it to the end. I have tried several searches for variouse examples of play and downloaded and listened to podcasts by The walking Eye and Actual People Actual Play, for examples on playing. I guess what I am looking for is some knowledgable help in deciding if DFRPG is right for my group or even for me to try. At this years Gen Con I tried to stop by the open gaming room to try to talk to one of the people from Evil Hat but I missed them and on Sunday the whole family come with me and there was no way I was getting 15 people to stand around while I spent a 1/2 hr talking to one person. Currently I run a group of 9 to 12 people through Deadlands Reloaded a Savage Worlds setting. I dont plan on running that many people through DFRPG but I am not sure what an ideal number of people would be. From what I have gathered DFRPG is more of a story driven engine so this may be my problem as most of the games I have used have alot of crunch to them. Unfortunatly I feel lately I have been doing more of the Roll Playing then the Role Playing. Are there any examples somewhere I could start looking for on the different systems of DFRPG?  I guess I am a more visual sort of guy so I pick up on things alot faster by watching and participating in them than in reading them. I have all of the freebie case files and I think I am going to attempt me and one or two of my children to run through city creation and character creation to get a hang of some of the rules. In the back of the book Your Story are a couple of pages of combined charts are these the most important I will need for the game? I am thinking that Aspects are probably the thing I am having the most problems with understanding. I found a list of Aspects in the forum so I have lots to go off of. Any help with examples of the game play and perphaps character creation? In most of the games I have run its alot of descriptive talking and then some dice rolling but I am not sure about DFRPG. I believe it is more of a story format. Is it as a GM I just fade in do one "Scene" then skip to the next? Sorry for the questions but I appreciate any help sent my way.

sincerely
Heath Delashmit