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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bert1000" data-source="post: 6237772" data-attributes="member: 29013">I’d say yes and no on this.   Fate doesn’t have a lot of mechanical moving parts for differentiation.   Where in d20, with the heavily armored two hander and the lightly armored two weaponer you might have differences in damage dice, str modifiers, number of attacks, feats that apply, movement rate, etc.   Fate doesn’t do this but can model the narrative difference quite easily.   Each Fate version is slightly different but imagine two characters with the following aspects (plus more aspects not shown):Character # 1 (two hander)•    Knight of the Purple Dragons•    My father’s mithral great sword, Ice•    Armored Juggernaut in Full Plate•    Wrestled a sand demon and won (great str)Character #2 (two weapon)•    Ranger of the Grey Forest•    Nimble as a weasel•    Whirling short blades of doom•    What…where’d he go?Fate doesn’t give you tactical/simulationist difference, but these aspects can be used or compelled to easily give you advantage and disadvantage based on “fighting style”.   The advantage and disadvantage mechanically plays out within the fate system but it’s clearly there.   (with the added advantage of many of the aspects being useful for all kinds of non-combat stuff too)In a situation where a heavily armored two hander with great strength would be helpful, the bonuses stack up.   In a situation where it’s a disadvantage, the aspects get compelled and the penalties pile up.    I think whether or not this feels different enough for you is more a question of buying into the Fate system itself rather than the inability to ‘model’ fighting styles.</blockquote>

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