07-18-2022, 07:17 PM | #11 | |
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Re: What's the point of the rule of 14?
I asked this same question over on the DFRPG forum, got helpful responses from Kromm and others, and posted the results on my page of DFRPG Q&A.
Which I now bring to you here, by casting Cut-and-Paste: Quote:
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07-18-2022, 08:46 PM | #12 | |
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Re: What's the point of the rule of 14?
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So Frights Checks in a purely mundane game have mundane sources only and Unfazeable is probably not a big deal. Then in games that do have Things Unfazeable might have a non-mundane source.
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07-18-2022, 11:37 PM | #13 |
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Re: What's the point of the rule of 14?
I'd expect a bona fide TMWNMTK to have a Cosmic form of Terror (possibly Confusion-based rather than Fright-based) that crushes your puny mortal Unfazeable underfoot without even realizing it's there.
As for realistic uses for a mundane Unfazeable, I can see an Accessibility-limited version being useful as a way to put a point value on the implied immunity to mundane FC sources for things that might frighten others but which count as "ordinary" to you. I can see this being useful in the same civvie-centered sort of game where Pacifism (Reluctant Killer) is the default and not having it is an advantage. |
07-19-2022, 09:13 AM | #14 |
Join Date: Jul 2011
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Re: What's the point of the rule of 14?
My own house rule is to use the difference between the character's effective Will and the cap as a bonus to the 3d6 roll for consequences. So when Fearless Frieda--with an effective 18 Will--rolls a 14 for a fright check, she rolls 3d6-4, with 0 and below counting as a single second of stun. This allows high Will and Fearlessness to continue to matter, while maintaining the desire for Fright Checks to be meaningful.
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07-19-2022, 05:58 PM | #15 | |
Join Date: Jan 2017
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Re: What's the point of the rule of 14?
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Horror has a limitation on Unfazeable called Familiar Horrors that works kind of that way. |
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