[RPM] Critique My Conversion of Ritual Path Magic to Fate Core

dataweaver · 04-26-2015, 08:42 PM

The bit about Paths is something I was thinking of, too. My solution would be to have a ritualist (i.e., a character with an Aspect that grants access to RPM) get an extra “Skill Pyramid” to be filled exclusively by Path Skills, with its apex capped by your Lore skill from your primary skill pyramid. Given that there are only nine Paths (ten, if you include Nonexistence), the usual Pyramid has too many slots; so I'd go with a narrower Path Pyramid:

• one Path at your Lore rating
• one Path a step down from your Lore rating
• two Paths two steps down from your Lore rating
• two Paths three steps down from your Lore rating
• three Paths four steps down from your Lore rating

Stop just before you get to Mediocre (+0) proficiency.

You wouldn't use Lore to perform RPM; you'd use the appropriate Paths. As such, I'd revert Lore to its standard definition in Fate Core.

04-26-2015, 08:42 PM	#16
dataweaver Join Date: Aug 2004	Re: [RPM] Critique My Conversion of Ritual Path Magic to Fate Core The bit about Paths is something I was thinking of, too. My solution would be to have a ritualist (i.e., a character with an Aspect that grants access to RPM) get an extra “Skill Pyramid” to be filled exclusively by Path Skills, with its apex capped by your Lore skill from your primary skill pyramid. Given that there are only nine Paths (ten, if you include Nonexistence), the usual Pyramid has too many slots; so I'd go with a narrower Path Pyramid: • one Path at your Lore rating • one Path a step down from your Lore rating • two Paths two steps down from your Lore rating • two Paths three steps down from your Lore rating • three Paths four steps down from your Lore rating Stop just before you get to Mediocre (+0) proficiency. You wouldn't use Lore to perform RPM; you'd use the appropriate Paths. As such, I'd revert Lore to its standard definition in Fate Core. __________________ Point balance is a myth.[1][2][3][4]