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<blockquote data-quote="Ovinomancer" data-source="post: 7768830" data-attributes="member: 16814">This still grossly misrepresents the mechanics.&nbsp; You're hiding the fact that your chosen example (death of brother) would only fit if that event was a mild complication instead of a critical event and then switching back to the assumption it's a critical event to show how badly this mechanics works.&nbsp; It's motte-and-bailey arguing at it's [-]finest[/-] normalness.The Compel mechanic only keys off of things the player has indicated to the GM are what he wants his character to face -- ie, they're already part of the character.&nbsp; Further, the impacts are generally minor, on the order of things getting a bit worse in that scene, not &quot;your bother dies, here's a die.&quot;&nbsp; To continue with the farce of the brother's dying example indicates not that you understand the mechanic but rather that you want to establish an example that a casual reader unfamiliar with your slight of hand will interpret incorrectly and arrive at the conclusion that FATE includes such things as killing off important persons for a meta-benny.&nbsp; It, however, does not, and you should drop this very bad example.Full disclosure:&nbsp; I don't even play FATE and I know this from a reading of the rules.&nbsp; It's not hard unless you're trying to take the wrong impression.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ovinomancer, post: 7768830, member: 16814"] This still grossly misrepresents the mechanics. You're hiding the fact that your chosen example (death of brother) would only fit if that event was a mild complication instead of a critical event and then switching back to the assumption it's a critical event to show how badly this mechanics works. It's motte-and-bailey arguing at it's [-]finest[/-] normalness. The Compel mechanic only keys off of things the player has indicated to the GM are what he wants his character to face -- ie, they're already part of the character. Further, the impacts are generally minor, on the order of things getting a bit worse in that scene, not "your bother dies, here's a die." To continue with the farce of the brother's dying example indicates not that you understand the mechanic but rather that you want to establish an example that a casual reader unfamiliar with your slight of hand will interpret incorrectly and arrive at the conclusion that FATE includes such things as killing off important persons for a meta-benny. It, however, does not, and you should drop this very bad example. Full disclosure: I don't even play FATE and I know this from a reading of the rules. It's not hard unless you're trying to take the wrong impression. [/QUOTE]

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