Out Of Character

Having never played in a fate system before... What happens now? Did Glyfix fail to identify where the shots were coming from? I don't really understand what Fort is doing mechanic-wise...

'Create an Advantage' is a category of actions that mostly exist to make some benefit that can be used later (though they also can be used to create new Aspects, which may have some limited direct effects already). Something that a Successful (and in some cases Tied) CaA does is create some number of Free Invocations either on the Aspect it creates (when making a new one) or on the Aspect it targets (in this case, that's Fort's High Concept of Psi-Warrior). These Invocations can later be used in later rolls to improve them (either adding a bonus, or re-rolling the dice, both after seeing the initial roll result).

I.e. Fort is gathering psionic strength before the battle, expecting to need to rely on it when all hell breaks loose.

Ok, but that’s not something other characters would rely on right? It’s not like Cal could invoke that aspect in some way or get advantages from it?

This one? Under 99% of circumstances this one can only be Invoked by Fort. I suppose there might be some circumstances there could be cooperation going on where everyone is engaging in some activity where everyone's Invocations stack (e.g. lifting a huge rock together, where Gly's robotic strength and Fort's telekinesis could all contribute to whoever's making the primary Overcome roll).

But mostly Fort is not built for buffing others.

OTOH, as a hypothetical example, I played in some campaigns where one PC kept doing CaAs and passing the Invocations to others by DJing inspirational musing on the party's radio channel (that PC being named Lucy is prooobably coincidental).

I just want to apologize in advance because I'm going to be slow for a bit. Caught Covid while taking care of my SO, and so there's a fever baking my noodle at the moment. I'll be active again once the fever breaks.

@Celestine Thank you for the heads up. I hope you recover soon.

Boo to the COVID! Hope you feel better.

What's the zone map and the Scene Aspects? Also, do we get the write-ups of the opposition, or is it a 'blind' campaign?

If think I'm going to make a jump-out-and-engage-the-enemy post, but the abovementioned factors would influence how it makes sense to write/do that.

Also, I'm still unsure where I misunderstood things.

I'm sorry @vicky_molokh, I'm unclear on what your confusion is.

1. I'm confused on how to reconcile multiple statements on the interaction Scale and CaAs (for future use), as outlined here.
2. I'm very unsure of the details of the Scene and opposition (this matters for what sort of actions are sensible/viable), such as Zones*, Aspects, write-ups and the like.

I suppose my posts on the matter may be not well written; which parts should I rephrase / which parts are unclear or what sort of ambiguities are there about them?

* Edit: I see Zones have been clarified in the next post.

@vicky_molokh

1: I think I understand now. As I've interpreted the rules, scale doesn't apply when creating an advantage/aspect, but rather when it's invoked. Does that clear that up?

2: I want you all to discover the aspects of your opponents through play, rather than me sharing them with you from the onset of a scene.

1. So to make sure I understand correctly, by 'when Invoked', do you mean that the third option from DFA page 183 is delayed until when the Advantage is cashed in (option A), or do you mean that it's removed from our campaign (option B).2. Ah, got it.

@vicky_molokh The first example is the way I play it.

Thanks, now everything seems clear. I'll be waiting for my turn then. (And good thing I didn't post after the first action, as I was considering hopping out of the vehicle and jumping into the fray already.)

So, just for my own understanding, are we doing the Skelebots as a mook squad and then the two CS Grunts as individuals?

@Celestine Sounds good to me. 🙂

All hail the mighty Adatahl / GreyGriffin. Nice Roll :)
I believe @GreyGriffin you pick who goes next

Woot!

I'll pass to Yiza if they haven't exploded from that.

... Why would you pick the sickie?

I'll have a post up tonight after I get back from work.