FATE: Fudge Adventures in Tabletop Entertainment

1 About FudgeFUDGE is a role-playing game written by Steffan O'Sullivan, with extensive input from the Usenet community of The basic rules of Fudge are available on the internet at and in book form from Grey Ghost Games, Box 838, Randolph, MA 02368. They may be used with any gaming genre. While an individual work derived from Fudge may specify certain attributes and skills, many more are possible with Fudge . Every Game Master using Fudge is encouraged to add or ignore any character traits. Anyone who wishes to distribute such material for free may do so merely include this ABOUT Fudge notice and disclaimer (complete with Fudge copyright notice).

2 If you wish to charge a fee for such material, other than as an article in a magazine or other periodical, you must first obtain a royalty-free license from the author of Fudge , Steffan O'Sullivan, Box 465, Plymouth, NH following materials based on Fudge , entitled Fate: Fudge Adventures in Tabletop Entertainment , are created by, made available by, and Copyright (C) 2002 by Robert Donoghue and Fred Hicks, and are not necessarily endorsed in any way by Steffan O'Sullivan or any publisher of other Fudge materials. Neither Steffan O'Sullivan nor any publisher of other Fudge materials is in any way responsible for the content of these materials unless specifically credited.

3 Original Fudge materials Copyright (C)1992-1995 by Steffan O'Sullivan, All Rights Fudge System Logo is a trademark of Steffan O'Sullivan, used under license. Fudge System Logo design by Daniel M. who wishes to distribute this material for free may do so - merely include notice and disclaimer (complete with Fudge copyright notice).Table of Contents1. Adjectives .. 1 Rolling the Dice .. 1 Success and Failure.. 12. Character Creation ..2GM Overview .. 2 Consider Characters .. 2 Phases .. 2 Fudge Points .. 3 Select Character Goal .. 3 Sample Creation.

4 3GM Overview .. 3 Think about and discuss the character .. 4 Phases .. 4 Phase 1 .. 4 Phase 2 .. 4 Phase 3 .. 4 Phase 4 .. 4 Phase 5 .. 4GM assigns Fudge points .. 4 Select Character Goal .. 43. Playing the Game ..5 Aspects .. 5 Using Aspects .. 5 Other Uses of Aspects .. 5 Refreshing Aspects .. 6 Fudge Points .. 6 Advancement .. 64. Aspect Aspects .. 7 Aspect Contests .. 7 Other Uses .. 7 Allies, Contacts and Minions as Aspects .. 7 Contacts .. 7 Allies .. 8 Minions .. 8 Contacting .. 9 Items as Aspects .. 9 Special Characteristics .. 10 Handling Powerful Items.

5 11 Other Unique Aspects .. 11 Faceless Minions .. 115. Character Creation Options .. 13 Aspects as Plot Hooks ..13 Potential ..13 Destiny ..14 Achieving Destiny ..14 Structured Creation ..14 Geographic Structure ..14 Pursuit Structure ..15 Career Structure ..15 Talented Novices ..166. GM s 17 Aspect and NPCs ..17 Difficult Skills ..17 Advancement ..17 Off Screen Advancement ..17 Fudge Points as Rewards ..18 Alternate Advancement ..18 Skill Column ..18 Aspect Caps ..187. Combat .. 19 Scene Based Fights ..20 Injuries and Penalties .. 20 Exchange Based Fights.

6 21 Injuries and Penalties .. 21 Turn Based Fights ..22 Injuries and Advantages ..22 Changing Wound Boxes ..23 The Death Spiral ..23 Non-Lethal Damage ..23 Combat Options ..23 Dramatic Weapons and Armor ..23 Simple Weapons and Armor ..23 Advanced Weapons and Armor ..24 Armor .. 24 Weapons .. 24 Other Combat Modifiers ..25 The Drop ..25 Multiple Opponents ..25 Defense ..258. Combat Options .. 26 Swashbuckling and Armor ..26 Cinematic Combat ..26 The Lazy GM Rule ..26 Toughness ..26 Running up the Spear .. 26 Last Stand .. 269. Magic and Supernormal Powers.

7 28 The Great Library .. 28 The Brass Compass .. 28 The Door to Shadow .. 30 Research .. 31 Feedback .. 31 Sorcery on a Budget .. 32 Age of Stone and Steel .. 33 Skin Dance .. 33 Path of a Thousand Steps .. 3410. Utilities ..37 Sample Skill List .. 37 Non-Combat Skills .. 37 Option 1: Weapon Based Combat Skills .. 39 Option 2: Style Based Combat Skills .. 39 Option 3: Thematic Combat Skills .. 39 Conversion Notes .. 39 Level Based Systems .. 40 Risus .. 40 Over the Edge .. 40 Pyramid Shorthand .. 40 Appendix 1. One Page Fudge ..41 The Classic Ladder.

8 41 The Dice .. 41 How Baseline Fudge is Different .. 41 Appendix 2. Design Aspects? .. 42 Taking the Focus .. 42 Intrinsic Balance .. 42 The Essential Differences .. 42An Origin Story .. 43 Final Words .. 43 Appendix 3. Sample Creation ..44 The Sheets .. 48 Appendix 4. Reference ..49 Fudge Resources .. 49 Other Resources .. 49 Fate: Fudge Adventures in Tabletop EntertainmentAuthors: Robert Donoghue and Fred HicksEditor: Fred HicksKibbutzing and General Input: Cameron Banks, Deborah Donoghue, Michael Ellis, Chistopher Hatty, Bernard Hsiung, Lydia Leong, Scott McComas and Lisa SotoPlaytesters: Cameron Banks ( Fluffers!)

9 , Deborah Donoghue ( I will give you a queen of spades. It does not taste like anything ), Caroline Elliot, Jeanne Goldfein, Bernard Hsiung, Lydia Leong ( I continue to advocate violence as a solution ), Scott McComas ( The Dark Powers are always willing to help ), Jarrod Norton ( I give him the psychic eyebrows ) and Shai Norton ( I suppose regular exposure to violence would be bad )Additional Thanks to: Our wives and our boss, for their generally tolerant natures. Genevieve, who we re sure will get around to reading this someday. Wee Connor Banks, for his existenceAll images were acquired from the royalty free clip art collection at and are copyright the same.

10 It s an amazing resource, and well worth checking document was prepared using Adobe Framemaker, and makes use of the Garamond, Advertiser, Optimum , Zapf Dingbats and Fudge Dice document is currently Version 1/15/0311. IntroductionFate is a variation on Fudge , an RPG by Steffan O Sullivan. As such, it assumes the reader is familiar with Fudge , and while everything necessary to play is included, any interested player is strongly encouraged to acquire a copy of Fudge , either at your local gamestore, or for free online at Those interested in starting right out may wish to check out One Page Fudge on page AdjectivesThe most important thing to understand about Fudge is how it describes things.