So, we’re getting ready for Houses of the Blooded and we’ve made characters which is cool. For those unfamiliar with the game, HotB uses Aspects, a mechanic borrowed from Spirit of the Century which, in turn, was based on FATE which itself is based on FUDGE. Confused yet?
FUDGE > FATE > Spirit of the Century > Houses of the Blooded
A full 50% of those games are available for free at the links I’ve provided so, if you’re interested in what I’m talking about, you should check them out.
Anyway: Aspects. Aspects are something about a character (or object, or location) that is important and can be manipulated for both a benefit and a penalty, and they are intended to make a game more engaging. I haven’t played with them yet but they look pretty cool and have been getting a lot of praise from a lot of players and game designers.
Example:
Aspect: Thoughtful
Invoke: Provides a benefit when stopping to think would be us...
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Here’s an example:
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Post Date: 2006-10-22 19:38:40
When the new World of Darkness rulebook came out I had a bit of a knee-jerk reaction to it. Basically, to me, it looked as if White Wolf had taken all of the experience that they had gained from working with the D20 System (through their Sword & Sorcery arm) and applied it to the re-creation of the nWoD rules.
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