We are actually using the Dresden Files for today’s example because it is still a very popular Fate system and because it covers a lot of things that Fate Core considers ‘extras’ but are still showing up in printed content. If you want to get into the Dresden Files RPG, it is a great setting for modern fantasy fun!
Is the Dresden Files a stand alone game?
The first volume of the core Dresden Files RPG, this book covers “all the rules you need to build characters and tell your own stories in the Dresdenverse”. It is a stand alone book and does not require an additional purchase of the Fate Core RPG Rules.
What’s the magic system in the Dresden Files?
The magic system is broken up into immediate Evocation and planned Thaumaturgy, with the casting itself being freeform and the role being to control the magic. The second volume in the core Dresden Files RPG, this book gives “extensive detail on the factions, creatures, foes, and allies of the Dresdenverse”.
When did the Dresden Files Accelerated come out?
In January 2014, as a part of the Fate Core Kickstarter, Evil Hat announced lighter version of the Dresden Files RPG called Dresden Files Accelerated to be launched in late 2014.
Is there a wiki for the Dresden Files?
Welcome to the Dresden Files Wiki! We’re your best online resource for Dresden Files content, that everyone can edit! We encourage newcomers to help us flesh out our Peace Talks and Battle Ground content.
What can I do with Spirit magic in the Dresden Files?
The description of Spirit talks about the sort of power it is, and has a list of things that wizards usually do with it. It’s “raw” magical energy, linked to the wizard’s soul and will. Its most obvious uses are creating and controlling light and creating kinetic/force effects.
Who is the spirit of intellect in the Dresden Files?
First appearing in Storm Front, Bob is a “spirit of intellect” who inhabits a skull perched on a shelf in Harry Dresden’s secret lab. He is bound to the skull and its owner’s wishes. He is free to leave the skull if given permission by his owner, but he will die if exposed to the sunrise without a host body.
