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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 8365582" data-attributes="member: 177">Close, but not quite.&nbsp; But yes, I think you could FAE-ify D&amp;D.&nbsp; (FAE is the standard abbreviation for &quot;Fate Accelerated&quot; - not that E is prominent in the name, but it makes it easy to say).FAE has &quot;Approaches&quot; instead of stats - Careful, Clever, Flashy, Forceful, Quick, and Sneaky.&nbsp; You could swap those out for the D&amp;D stats, or not, I suppose.FAE then has Aspects and Stunts, which together cover all the areas of class abilities and skills.&nbsp; Each character specifically has a &quot;High Concept&quot; aspect, which tells you in a few words what the character is.&nbsp; For D&amp;D, you can pack a lot into the High Concept - race, class, subclass, and even some very basic background can fit in there - Half-orc Totem Warrior of the Hokey-Pokey Clan, for example, is a perfectly good High Concept Aspect.Aspects are great for broad classes of things you want a character to be good at occasionally (you have a spend a Fate Point to use them).&nbsp; Ranger of the High Hills as an aspect means that you can pull out a wide variety of rangery stuff now and then.Specific skills and special abilities that you want to use frequently fit into stunts FAE has two forms of stunts:1) Since I &lt;have quality&gt; I get a +2 whenever I &lt;Action&gt; with &lt;Approach&gt; in &lt;circumstance&gt;.2) Since I &lt;have quality&gt; I can do &lt;special thing&gt; in &lt;circumstance&gt; once per session.So, for example: Since I am a Master of Melee, I get a + 2 whenever I Forcefully Attack in melee combat.Since I am a Military-trained Sniper, I get a +2 whenever I Carefully Attack with a firearm.Because I am a Trained Thief, I get a +2 when I Carefully Overcome mechanical obstacles (like locks and traps).Because I am Quick on the Draw, once per session I can choose to go first in a physical conflict.FAE isn't great for managing long lists of detailed spells, but classes of spells become simple:Because I am a Fire-Evoking Wizard, I get a +2 whenever I Cleverly Attack with Fire Magic.This would wrap all your fire combat spells in one big bundle.Because I am a Bard of the College of Glamour, I get a +2 when I Flashily Overcome social obstacles.Because I am a Cleric of Life, I get +2 when I Carefully Overcome to remove stress and Consequences.Or class abilitiesBecause I am a Druid of the Moon Circle, once per session I can turn into a bear.And so on.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 8365582, member: 177"] Close, but not quite. But yes, I think you could FAE-ify D&D. (FAE is the standard abbreviation for "Fate Accelerated" - not that E is prominent in the name, but it makes it easy to say). FAE has "Approaches" instead of stats - Careful, Clever, Flashy, Forceful, Quick, and Sneaky. You could swap those out for the D&D stats, or not, I suppose. FAE then has Aspects and Stunts, which together cover all the areas of class abilities and skills. Each character specifically has a "High Concept" aspect, which tells you in a few words what the character is. For D&D, you can pack a lot into the High Concept - race, class, subclass, and even some very basic background can fit in there - Half-orc Totem Warrior of the Hokey-Pokey Clan, for example, is a perfectly good High Concept Aspect. Aspects are great for broad classes of things you want a character to be good at occasionally (you have a spend a Fate Point to use them). Ranger of the High Hills as an aspect means that you can pull out a wide variety of rangery stuff now and then. Specific skills and special abilities that you want to use frequently fit into stunts FAE has two forms of stunts: 1) Since I <have quality> I get a +2 whenever I <Action> with <Approach> in <circumstance>. 2) Since I <have quality> I can do <special thing> in <circumstance> once per session. So, for example: Since I am a Master of Melee, I get a + 2 whenever I Forcefully Attack in melee combat. Since I am a Military-trained Sniper, I get a +2 whenever I Carefully Attack with a firearm. Because I am a Trained Thief, I get a +2 when I Carefully Overcome mechanical obstacles (like locks and traps). Because I am Quick on the Draw, once per session I can choose to go first in a physical conflict. FAE isn't great for managing long lists of detailed spells, but classes of spells become simple: Because I am a Fire-Evoking Wizard, I get a +2 whenever I Cleverly Attack with Fire Magic. This would wrap all your fire combat spells in one big bundle. Because I am a Bard of the College of Glamour, I get a +2 when I Flashily Overcome social obstacles. Because I am a Cleric of Life, I get +2 when I Carefully Overcome to remove stress and Consequences. Or class abilities Because I am a Druid of the Moon Circle, once per session I can turn into a bear. And so on. [/QUOTE]

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