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**rsdefwgxvcfdts** · 06-02-2008, 07:23 AM

Spirit of the Century

Free SRD: http://zork.net/~nick/loyhargil/fate3/fate3.html

Fate 2.0

Free full rulesbook:
http://www.faterpg.com/dl/FATE2fe.pdf

The aspect mechanics are wonderful. Its great how they allow you to make things like catch phrases and personal quirks be mechanically meaningful while still having a game that's dead simple. Fate/SotC end up playing a lot more like a gloriously over the top action movie while D&D plays a lot more like a very slow computer game.

Its not that D&D is a bad game, its just that over the years a lot of computer games have gotten pretty good at distilling the D&D experience into something that you can play on a computer. Of course D&D plays better because you have a live GM, but on the other hand its FAR slower than BG etc. Personally I like other RPGs since they do all kinds of fun things that computer RPGs haven't even really attempted to do.

06-02-2008, 07:23 AM	#20
rsdefwgxvcfdts Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 539 Senior Member	Spirit of the Century Free SRD: http://zork.net/~nick/loyhargil/fate3/fate3.html Fate 2.0 Free full rulesbook: http://www.faterpg.com/dl/FATE2fe.pdf The aspect mechanics are wonderful. Its great how they allow you to make things like catch phrases and personal quirks be mechanically meaningful while still having a game that's dead simple. Fate/SotC end up playing a lot more like a gloriously over the top action movie while D&D plays a lot more like a very slow computer game. Its not that D&D is a bad game, its just that over the years a lot of computer games have gotten pretty good at distilling the D&D experience into something that you can play on a computer. Of course D&D plays better because you have a live GM, but on the other hand its FAR slower than BG etc. Personally I like other RPGs since they do all kinds of fun things that computer RPGs haven't even really attempted to do.
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