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Ok, did some musing about how I'd want to handle some more mechanical stuff. My goal here continues to be to hit the abstracted feel of...

Went back a few pages, wanted to note again that "skilled play" and "player skill" are, in this context, very different. I think in an...

Quote from David Sirlin's "Playing to Win" You know what this description reminds me of? Don't look up the adventure, that's cheap...

Well, we talked a little bit at one point about using flashbacks from blades to the dark and then they went ahead and built that into an...

Void update! Now new toys for GMs. A bunch of adversaries and four new environments. The Heist one will see immediate use in my...

Why not? Fear doesn't reset between sessions. Paying 3 Fear now means 3 Fear you don't have next session. It also means you have to...

The trouble with that is it's a bit "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today", which is to say, you're essentially giving the...

In any DH game, you can spend a fear (I'd probably make it two) to just have the villain get away. The game is set up to give players...

It'll be a process getting all the advice centralized, as Experiences are part FATE Aspect, freeform skills that DnD Next flirted with...

Yup, and the book tells players this! “Before creating Experiences, you’ll want to have a solid idea of who your character is; the...

Generally through a conversation between the player and GM. If you are the GM, I recommend helping the player work on crafting their...

Do you not have the book? Example Phrases in there are things like: “Phrases: Catch Me If You Can, Fake It Till You Make It, First...

"Yet you only want one thing: to see your players triumph. So you craft malevolent villains worth defeating. You sculpt marvelous...

Oh, you can't drop Connections or Bonds. Integrating a short "how do you all know each other already" with some fun evocative questions...

and "Ask questions and build on the answers."