Comments on: Designing Dresden 5 – Stressing Out http://www.dresdenfilesrpg.com/2006/12/06/designing-dresden-5-stressing-out/ Bringing the World of Jim Butcher's Dresden Files to the Tabletop Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:24:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: fred http://www.dresdenfilesrpg.com/2006/12/06/designing-dresden-5-stressing-out/comment-page-1/#comment-4896 fred Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:29:10 +0000 http://www.dresdenfilesrpg.com/2006/12/06/designing-dresden-5-stressing-out/#comment-4896 <a href="#comment-4895" rel="nofollow">@Tablesaw</a>, ancient post, man. I mean, I don't see signs of broken images (but I'm not looking too hard), but it's also a few years out of date... :) EDIT: Aha! Found and fixed. That said, bears very little resemblance to the system we're going to be going to press with. :) @Tablesaw, ancient post, man. I mean, I don’t see signs of broken images (but I’m not looking too hard), but it’s also a few years out of date… :)

EDIT: Aha! Found and fixed. That said, bears very little resemblance to the system we’re going to be going to press with. :)

]]> By: Tablesaw http://www.dresdenfilesrpg.com/2006/12/06/designing-dresden-5-stressing-out/comment-page-1/#comment-4895 Tablesaw Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:21:08 +0000 http://www.dresdenfilesrpg.com/2006/12/06/designing-dresden-5-stressing-out/#comment-4895 The images seem to be broken on this entry. Any chance of restoring them? The images seem to be broken on this entry. Any chance of restoring them?

]]> By: ZOOROOS http://www.dresdenfilesrpg.com/2006/12/06/designing-dresden-5-stressing-out/comment-page-1/#comment-974 ZOOROOS Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:53:57 +0000 http://www.dresdenfilesrpg.com/2006/12/06/designing-dresden-5-stressing-out/#comment-974 Me too have Starblazer Adventures, yet only because I couldn't wait for DFRPG and also because I don't care for classic pulp stories as a genre like the ones found in SotC. I'm using it for a Star Wars hack campaign for the time being, but I haven't been able to tone down the system for a more gritty Dresden world. Is there any difference between Fudge dice rolls and Starblazer ones, probabilistically speaking? Me too have Starblazer Adventures, yet only because I couldn’t wait for DFRPG and also because I don’t care for classic pulp stories as a genre like the ones found in SotC. I’m using it for a Star Wars hack campaign for the time being, but I haven’t been able to tone down the system for a more gritty Dresden world.

Is there any difference between Fudge dice rolls and Starblazer ones, probabilistically speaking?

]]> By: fred http://www.dresdenfilesrpg.com/2006/12/06/designing-dresden-5-stressing-out/comment-page-1/#comment-961 fred Sun, 05 Apr 2009 21:40:59 +0000 http://www.dresdenfilesrpg.com/2006/12/06/designing-dresden-5-stressing-out/#comment-961 <a href="#comment-959" rel="nofollow">@Iorwerth</a> -- Only broadly. When Cubicle 7 was developing Starblazer Adventures, I shared some early concepts and design work for DFRPG combat. That was their starting point, but they then went off on their own tangent and developed some of their own stuff. So folks who've read SA will find themselves in familiar conceptual territory, but not necessarily somewhere where the same *dialect* is spoken. @Iorwerth — Only broadly. When Cubicle 7 was developing Starblazer Adventures, I shared some early concepts and design work for DFRPG combat. That was their starting point, but they then went off on their own tangent and developed some of their own stuff. So folks who’ve read SA will find themselves in familiar conceptual territory, but not necessarily somewhere where the same *dialect* is spoken.

]]> By: Iorwerth http://www.dresdenfilesrpg.com/2006/12/06/designing-dresden-5-stressing-out/comment-page-1/#comment-959 Iorwerth Sun, 05 Apr 2009 21:18:32 +0000 http://www.dresdenfilesrpg.com/2006/12/06/designing-dresden-5-stressing-out/#comment-959 Fred, Is it possible for you to say what differences there are between the new Dresden combat system and the one in Starblazer Adventures? Is there a playtest out there on the web somewhere that talks about it? Can you reveal anything about the new combat system at all? By the way, i am really looking forward to the Dresden Files RPG. I discovered the books through buying SOTC and then looking at your various websites, so I have you to thank for opening up the Dresden experience for me!! I have never been the same since:) Fred,

Is it possible for you to say what differences there are between the new Dresden combat system and the one in Starblazer Adventures? Is there a playtest out there on the web somewhere that talks about it? Can you reveal anything about the new combat system at all?

By the way, i am really looking forward to the Dresden Files RPG. I discovered the books through buying SOTC and then looking at your various websites, so I have you to thank for opening up the Dresden experience for me!! I have never been the same since:)

]]> By: Andrew Cunningham http://www.dresdenfilesrpg.com/2006/12/06/designing-dresden-5-stressing-out/comment-page-1/#comment-946 Andrew Cunningham Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:58:46 +0000 http://www.dresdenfilesrpg.com/2006/12/06/designing-dresden-5-stressing-out/#comment-946 I dunno. I call that alternative "use a d6, counting 1-2 as -, 3-4 as 0, and 5-6 as +". It (basically) works for Arkham Horror, after all... Maybe I'm just weird that way :) I dunno. I call that alternative “use a d6, counting 1-2 as -, 3-4 as 0, and 5-6 as +”.
It (basically) works for Arkham Horror, after all…

Maybe I’m just weird that way :)

]]> By: Darren Brewster http://www.dresdenfilesrpg.com/2006/12/06/designing-dresden-5-stressing-out/comment-page-1/#comment-391 Darren Brewster Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:46:44 +0000 http://www.dresdenfilesrpg.com/2006/12/06/designing-dresden-5-stressing-out/#comment-391 I fail to see how Fudge Dice are "silliness". They look cool, provide a nice bell curve and have always worked out in my games. That said, it is nice to provide the alternative for people who don't have them, to lower barrier of entry into the game. I fail to see how Fudge Dice are “silliness”. They look cool, provide a nice bell curve and have always worked out in my games. That said, it is nice to provide the alternative for people who don’t have them, to lower barrier of entry into the game.

]]> By: fred http://www.dresdenfilesrpg.com/2006/12/06/designing-dresden-5-stressing-out/comment-page-1/#comment-388 fred Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:57:25 +0000 http://www.dresdenfilesrpg.com/2006/12/06/designing-dresden-5-stressing-out/#comment-388 <a href="#comment-387" rel="nofollow">@Levi</a> -- Actually, it's Starblazer Adventures that drew inspiration from *us*. I showed them an early draft of the Dresden Files RPG combat system, and they used over 90% of it. Note, you ARE responding to a post from 2006. :) @Levi —
Actually, it’s Starblazer Adventures that drew inspiration from *us*.

I showed them an early draft of the Dresden Files RPG combat system, and they used over 90% of it.

Note, you ARE responding to a post from 2006. :)

]]> By: Levi http://www.dresdenfilesrpg.com/2006/12/06/designing-dresden-5-stressing-out/comment-page-1/#comment-387 Levi Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:45:43 +0000 http://www.dresdenfilesrpg.com/2006/12/06/designing-dresden-5-stressing-out/#comment-387 First I want to admit that I've never liked the way damage is handled in SotC. I think you guys would be doing yourselves an amazing favor by drawing some inspiration from Starblazer Adventures. Everyone has a stress track though it isn't always the same length. Everyone can take up to 3 Consequences but never the same Type of Consequence more than once (Minor, Moderate, Severe, Extreme). Each Type of Consequence reduces a certain amount of stress **from the attack which caused it** (-2, -4, -6, -8). In my own humble opinion I think this sort of system would work perfectly for DFRPG. Are you guys using the Fudge Dice for this game??? Please say you aren't. That silliness is a fundamental flaw if I've ever seen one. Roll 2D6 and designate one as a positive and one as a negative, results from -5 to +5. Much simpler. Also plucked from Starblazer Adventures. Outside of my suggestions I am still very excited for this game! First I want to admit that I’ve never liked the way damage is handled in SotC. I think you guys would be doing yourselves an amazing favor by drawing some inspiration from Starblazer Adventures.
Everyone has a stress track though it isn’t always the same length. Everyone can take up to 3 Consequences but never the same Type of Consequence more than once (Minor, Moderate, Severe, Extreme). Each Type of Consequence reduces a certain amount of stress **from the attack which caused it** (-2, -4, -6, -8). In my own humble opinion I think this sort of system would work perfectly for DFRPG.
Are you guys using the Fudge Dice for this game??? Please say you aren’t. That silliness is a fundamental flaw if I’ve ever seen one. Roll 2D6 and designate one as a positive and one as a negative, results from -5 to +5. Much simpler. Also plucked from Starblazer Adventures.
Outside of my suggestions I am still very excited for this game!

]]> By: Talassa (Jo http://www.dresdenfilesrpg.com/2006/12/06/designing-dresden-5-stressing-out/comment-page-1/#comment-166 Talassa (Jo Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:36:50 +0000 http://www.dresdenfilesrpg.com/2006/12/06/designing-dresden-5-stressing-out/#comment-166 And what about going for something that would keep the mechanics simpler? Like: 1 () --> mild consequence: -1 next turn 2 () ---- 3 () --> moderate consequence: -1 this scene 4 () ---- 5 () --> severe consequence: -1 this session 6 () ---- 7 -> taken out (dead or as agreed stakes) That would translate for the default, human level as thresholds: 1(mild)/3(moderate)/5(severe)/7 (taken out). Or 1/3/5/7 When some tougher opponent has extra And what about going for something that would keep the mechanics simpler?

Like:

1 () –> mild consequence: -1 next turn
2 ()
—-
3 () –> moderate consequence: -1 this scene
4 ()
—-
5 () –> severe consequence: -1 this session
6 ()
—-
7 -> taken out (dead or as agreed stakes)

That would translate for the default, human level as thresholds: 1(mild)/3(moderate)/5(severe)/7 (taken out). Or 1/3/5/7

When some tougher opponent has extra

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