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Any suggestions on some that do not? Maybe I should explore those a bit. The few I have read do. If I could answer that I would be winning science prizes in psychology for how his mind works. An in table joke is he could befuddle Cthulhu. A true wild mage at heart. When the system is...

In my gaming group one of the players likes to make alternate characters and bring them into play. In most systems this isn't a big deal as character creation can be a solo affair. In FATE due to the interactions with others to develop a character bringing in new characters is a bit more...

How about making them masters of insight with an ability to assess abilities, strengths and weaknesses. Beyond combat this could be learning to understand someones true motives quicker than the average person. On a bit of a tangent to your question when I first read this as a 5E player my...

When I started to run SW using cards for imitative was one of those things I thought was just an odd gimmick of the system that I would likely drop. After seeing it in action with a large group I find I like it much more than having players roll. The tracking always bogs down with large...

I use the home made variety. I change what I keep facing me changing depending on the game and what I think will be useful during that session. Sometimes it is a rule or a table. More often it is NPC names, agendas and some spare names I can use on the fly. What I did not expect is the...

The pantheons in your game could be more like seasons. Last time it looked like a big war/rebellion between divines to mortals, but in reality is was nothing more than the changing of the seasons. Now it is time for the seasons to change again. This also sets up that someday in the future it...

My group has 3 campaigns running with two of them using 5E and the other using SW, a different GM for each game. We play once a week and shift between campaigns around once a month. I run the SW Accursed setting while using the War of the Burring Sky campaign. There is a flavor difference...

I have a criminal cleric. After years as a lay priest in his original religion he found true calling in a foreign religion. Sadly the original religion was a LE religion who did not take kindly to those finding another faith, especially it's priest. He became a convicted apostate of the LE...

Howdy Emerikol, If you are looking for a play through check out Knights of the Knight's Dresden recordings. I am not a fan of podcasts, but when I first got into Fate I found these guys had a nice mix of rules and play to better understand the game and it is well edited. I recommend the...

I can agree awareness that the basic non-spell caster classes will always have less mechanical rule support is a good thing. As you suggest each group can address it in ways they see fit even it that means not at all. I still see it more as a feature of the game instead of a balance issue, but...

To the original OP I believe there is a flaw in your approach to this analysis. Before I get to that, I have to admit I had a bit of a knee jerk reaction to it. My first though was thinking on how this couldn't be. It went along the lines of trying to address it using the same approach you...

You might want to check out the Shaintar setting for ideas along the lines you are suggesting. The creator wanted to see a more flexible magic than in the Core SW rules. In this setting Druid change trappings as they cast and Sorcery uses edges to augment spells on the fly.

I think publishers need to be careful about dipping into mix media like this. As mentioned above you might be fragmenting your market further unintentionally as this is a turn off for some as has been noted by others. That said there are some very cool things you can do and I'd like to see...

The new AaR Viewer Blizzard made for Diablo is what RPG makers should be doing for their monsters. This is even better than the old days when I held up the Monster Manual to show everyone what the creature looks like. RPG Publishers, figure out how to do this in a cost effective manner! :)...

It was created to train paladins in martial matters. A local trickers demipower thought it would be funny to have the poor thing think it was Pinocchio. Well a real paladin. The joke has become deadly, but the trickster power has forgotten about it and is off doing something else. Or just...

Great thread. I have always preferred magic items generated by character action. The eye of a foe becoming enchanted on his death etc. Some recent favorites... Shackles of Power - The mage of the party had been caught doing bad things by the city guard and pilloried for a time. The guard...

Perhaps the intro to the Dark Souls can give you some inspiration. Dark Souls Intro! - YouTube

Retreater, has the exact same feeling when I started DMing 4e. Some great advice in the posts above which helped me as well. The one thing to keep in mind is in 4e your players can take a lot more of a beating than in any other D&D edition. The higher the level them more truth there is to...

Foes tend to not surrender to them as often as they would expect. They pick up enemies quicker. No one ever supports them. Color their impression of the world as darker as well. They will think everyone is out to get them. When they enter a room they think people always give them suspecting...

One guy I game with loves the mechanics of the game and is constantly switching out characters as he comes across concepts. Across the various DMs and campaigns it's become a bit of a game for us to see how long we can keep him on his current character. I don't think any of us really mind...