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<blockquote data-quote="Wednesday Boy" data-source="post: 6374433" data-attributes="member: 53678">One thing to be wary about is that you can have too many aspects.&nbsp; You don't need a ton of aspects to capture the core concepts of most characters and having too many means that some very rarely come into play.&nbsp; In Dresden Files you have seven, Fate Core pared that down to five because , and Fate Accelerated pared them down to three.&nbsp; To me the 3-5 aspect range is ideal.I think you can make very vibrant magic items in Fate.&nbsp; You can give them aspects that can be tapped like character aspects so that demonslaying sword is great at slaying demons.&nbsp; Plus those item aspects can be tapped for story reasons--demons attack someone with the demonslaying sword, the demonslaying sword encourages the character to fight demons instead of fleeing, etc.I like the versatility of Dresden Files' magic system because it's almost limited by your imagination.&nbsp; But I also found it to be a cumbersome system.I think this will be a difficult one for you to overcome.&nbsp; The Fate system embraces the metagaming currency of fate points to allow the GM and players to create an interesting collaborative story.One thing to note is that sticking to your character doesn't get your rewarded with a compel.&nbsp; You get rewarded when the compel increases the drama or complicates the situation for the character.&nbsp; A character with the &quot;smart alec&quot; aspect doesn't get a fate point for being in character and being sassy to NPC.&nbsp; But if he's being questioned by the city guards and not holding his tongue will land him in the dungeon, then he'll get rewarded for following his aspect.Out of curiosity, what makes switching it to 1 fate point per encounter less metagamey?Maybe one way to look at compelling aspects is as character flaws that pay out when they come into affect.&nbsp; In some games you can take a flaw at character creation to get a boon at character creation.&nbsp; For example there's a variant rule in D&amp;D 3.x where you take a flaw and in return get an additional feat at 1st level.&nbsp; Compelling aspects is similar except instead of getting the payout at character creation, you get rewarded whenever that flaw comes into play.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wednesday Boy, post: 6374433, member: 53678"] One thing to be wary about is that you can have too many aspects. You don't need a ton of aspects to capture the core concepts of most characters and having too many means that some very rarely come into play. In Dresden Files you have seven, Fate Core pared that down to five because , and Fate Accelerated pared them down to three. To me the 3-5 aspect range is ideal. I think you can make very vibrant magic items in Fate. You can give them aspects that can be tapped like character aspects so that demonslaying sword is great at slaying demons. Plus those item aspects can be tapped for story reasons--demons attack someone with the demonslaying sword, the demonslaying sword encourages the character to fight demons instead of fleeing, etc. I like the versatility of Dresden Files' magic system because it's almost limited by your imagination. But I also found it to be a cumbersome system. I think this will be a difficult one for you to overcome. The Fate system embraces the metagaming currency of fate points to allow the GM and players to create an interesting collaborative story. One thing to note is that sticking to your character doesn't get your rewarded with a compel. You get rewarded when the compel increases the drama or complicates the situation for the character. A character with the "smart alec" aspect doesn't get a fate point for being in character and being sassy to NPC. But if he's being questioned by the city guards and not holding his tongue will land him in the dungeon, then he'll get rewarded for following his aspect. Out of curiosity, what makes switching it to 1 fate point per encounter less metagamey? Maybe one way to look at compelling aspects is as character flaws that pay out when they come into affect. In some games you can take a flaw at character creation to get a boon at character creation. For example there's a variant rule in D&D 3.x where you take a flaw and in return get an additional feat at 1st level. Compelling aspects is similar except instead of getting the payout at character creation, you get rewarded whenever that flaw comes into play. [/QUOTE]

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