Fate RPG Guide: Collaborative Storytelling with Fate Core

Fate at a Glance

Four ideas carry most of the game. Each part of the guide builds on them.

Short phrases that describe what's true about a character, place or scene, like "Can't Let Go of Unsolved Mysteries."

Spend them to invoke an aspect for +2 or a reroll; earn them when your aspects complicate your life.

Overcome, create an advantage, attack and defend. Everything you do in play is one of these.

Roll four Fate dice (−4 to +4), add a skill, and read the result on the ladder from Terrible (−2) to Legendary (+8).

Read in order for the full picture, or jump to what you need.

Learn the Game

Fiction first: aspects, skills, Fate dice, the four actions and fate points.

Build characters together through the phase trio, aspects, the skill pyramid, stunts and refresh.

Characters & Inspiration

Worked characters and adventure groups showing aspects, skills and stunts in action.

Ready-to-play heroes, duos and teams across many genres.

Names that tell stories, plus naming strategies and a name generator.

Assemble an ensemble whose relationships drive the story.

Play

Roll 4dF, add your skill and see the result on the ladder.

Fill in, save and print Fate Core characters and NPCs: aspects, skill pyramid, stunts, stress and consequences.

The four outcomes, setting difficulty, challenges, contests, conflicts and zones.

Run & Grow

The Fate Fractal, extras, genre adaptation and collaborative setting creation.

Scenarios from character threads, NPCs, pacing and long-term campaign structure.

Be your own GM: a Fate-dice oracle with exact odds, scene checks, NPCs and self-compels.

Communities, education, therapeutic play and transmedia storytelling.

Complex conflicts, meaningful consequences, custom stunts and campaign mastery.