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Where is the Two Fisted Tales Love

Started by Mike S., June 06, 2008, 05:41:02 PM

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walkerp

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August 18, 2008, 06:21:58 PM
Care to break that down a bit?  I've played a few games without skills, but they were really rules light (Wushu and Over the Edge, for example), so it's a different beast altogether.  For longer term play, I always tend to lean towards skills.  What did you find with TFT that converted you?  Do you think it would work outside of the pulp genre?
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brettmb

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August 18, 2008, 06:38:02 PM
It's not so much that there are no skills, it's that the abilities are more important as a base value, with skills typically providing a smaller bonus to the ability value (for example, how a character may have an ability of 15 in 2FT with a +4 specialty bonus). I think it allows for more freedom of play without untrained actions being a major issue.

Zachary The First

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August 18, 2008, 11:43:53 PM
Quote from: walkerp;236424I ran an SotC con scenario.  Now I'd love to run the same thing in TFT to compare the two, see how they work out.

I think this'd be an interesting comparison.  If you do so, please post a thread on it (and give me a heads up if I miss it! :) )
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