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DFRPG / Help with a couple of character aspects?
« on: December 15, 2010, 06:34:43 PM »
I'm kinda surprised there isn't a single topic on aspect help...anywho...

I have a character I'm having issues making aspects for. I know the basic gist of what I'm wanting, but condensing it into a single, decent phrase just isn't happening.

He's a former apprentice to a dark wizard trying to stay on the straight and narrow, despite a history of bloodshed. He's only had one encounter with the White Council, which ended with him escaping them without having killed any of them(And giving him the aspect "Striving for Redemption"). His trouble aspect is unabashedly stolen from Dresden, with The Temptation of Power. His other aspects are The Ivy Ring(Representing his unknown past, as a tattoo around one of his fingers), The Sound of Pulling Heaven Down(A phrase from his former master), and "Nice Trick, Now Let Me Try"(Showing his tendency to copy spells he sees cast).

The ones I'm having issue with are his High Concept, and the last aspect.

The High Concept started as "Recovering Killer Sorcerer", but that doesn't sound quite right. I changed it to Recovering Sorcerer, but still, eh. Also, it makes it sound like he's recovering from being a sorcerer, then a sorcerer who's recovering from something. Mystical Ex-Soldier has a certain ring to it, being as he was supposedly being trained for some great war he never got the details of, but that sounds more like a guy who's left the army and has some magic to him. Maybe "Stained Sorcerer"?

The second concept hasn't even gotten a maybe-name from me yet. The last concept is meant to show that he doesn't think he's worth saving; that he really is nothing more then some murdering monster that should be put down. It's an aspect meant to be compelled when he's given a step towards salvation and making up for his past crimes, and invoked when he stops playing with kid gloves and goes for blood.

Any ideas?

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DFRPG / Re: Licensing question in regards to "Quickstart" Rules
« on: July 13, 2010, 06:07:23 PM »
See, I think it'd be amazingly simple to have essentially quickplay FATE 3.0, geared towards the Dresdenverse, without running afoul of the IP issues or making the books useless.

Assuming you leave out the wizard traits(Evocation, Thaumaturgy, et cetera), and focus on the basic systems, minus character generation and advancement, it could be amazingly short.

A) Basic dice rolling and skill rolls
B) Fate Points
C) Aspects
D) Conflicts, Stress, and Consequences

Basically enough that you could hand someone a character sheet with power descriptions, or that they could follow the book to make a non-wizard/sorcerer and read the quickstart to figure out how to use them.

I don't think you could really do a quickstart that explained the various wizard abilities without running afoul of it, though. Which is a shame, really, considering that one of the core character concepts is wizards.

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DFRPG / Licensing question in regards to "Quickstart" Rules
« on: July 12, 2010, 06:31:14 PM »
I can't consult my books at the moment, so I'm unsure of the wording in there or if it's even mentioned.

I've talked to a fair number of people that love the Dresden books, but either aren't roleplayers in general, or are used to more...numerical systems. I've written condensed rules pamphlets in the past, since they allow people to grasp the rules easier and help me get an even better grasp on whatever system I'm writing about.

I wanted to do this with the Dresden Files RPG, but also throw it up for download, since I've seen many a folk have their first experience with Fate be the DFRPG.

My question is, does the OGL license used for the Dresden Files allow this? Obviously we aren't talking a full-on condensed rulebook; no character creation, no skill/power/stunt listings, no advancement rules, et cetera. It'd essentially be something that is either used with pre-gens, or with the book after you actually make a character.

I know the SRD for SotC, which Dresden is based on, would likely allow this, but I don't wanna do wrong by the folks who've made this fine game.

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DFRPG / Re: So... a change in the shipping date for the DFRPG books.
« on: July 12, 2010, 06:19:58 PM »
I got mine around the 4th or so...amazing looking books, and I'm a little shocked at how the full-color doesn't bother me. Most of the time, I think it looks gaudy for pages to be flashy, but it just feels right with them.

Did anyone else get something extra with their books? I ordered the two Dresden books plus Don't Rest Your Head, and when I opened the package I had those plus...Hero Sidekick?

Had a little sticker saying it was a gift from what looks like "deilogistics.com", but the URL doesn't go anywhere.

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