Fantasy Craft Second Printing Q&A Thread

[Catodon]

While on the size subject there is a scaling rule for weapons but what about armour and other equipment. Have I missed it?

[Deral]

While on the size subject there is a scaling rule for weapons but what about armour and other equipment. Have I missed it?

It's but a footnote- if you check, in the errata'd copy, anyhow- Table 4.17 on page 174, right below the table you'll see the asterisk for extra info on Weight and Cost for larger and smaller sizes, as well as barding and unborn.

[Mister Andersen]

When calculating the cost of armour, are fittings considered part of the base price or are they added like other upgrades?

[paddyfool]

First off, divorce the idea weapon scale must match the size of the character using it. The only rule that matters is the weapon's size must not exceed the character's size. Thus, a Pech can use the exact same pistol or broadsword as a human, with no penalties, because their size is equal to or less than his own - you don't need to down-scale the weapon so it will fit the Pech's hands or whatever. The only time the Pech has to down-scale a weapon is when he wants to use a halberd or zweihander or whatever. From a rules perspective, and the actual game environment, the baseline of gear assumes it's a Medium Folk's world. Most of our species are Medium Folk, as in nearly all fantasy environments, and the outliers are the exceptions rather than the rule. If someone's going to suffer a penalty it should always be the smallest possible segment

I suddenly want to play a Farstride Pech with a katana... well, maybe a sabre for finesse, but I'd call it a katana.

[Catodon]

he he
I urge all the other pedants out there to look into the real histroy of that ancient weapon the "claymore". 
Gotta love fantasy you can just change stuff to suit.

[royalfa]

Good day

Just a moment ago I download the errata guide of Fantasy Craft and check it.

I can tell right now my unborn player will cry lol.

Well the question is I have all the Fantasy Craft PDFs and the Fantasy craft hard paste book I recently read about the "automatic updates"
Any one can tell me please how that works?

Thanks
Roy

PS: Until now I know a lot of products have errata and don't know how to check that. I only use the martial artist pdf but will use the adventures in the coming months.
 

[Krensky]

Redownload the PDFs from DriveThru for the updated versions.

[royalfa]

Thank!

I download the PDFs except the Fantasy Craft v2 That they don't show me. But I read the errata and I will correct my PCs

[Kerebrus]

Not sure if this is covered in a previous spot - weak search fu.

Does the core ability for the soldier (rolling two action dice for each one spent on a to hit roll) interact in any positive way with Favored Gear?  Makes it Three Dice?  Four?

[Krensky]

Without looking at the feat, since my PDF isn't accessable at the moment, I'd say yes, and makes it three dice.

[Crafty_Alex]

Not sure if this is covered in a previous spot - weak search fu.

Does the core ability for the soldier (rolling two action dice for each one spent on a to hit roll) interact in any positive way with Favored Gear?  Makes it Three Dice?  Four?

From page 29:

Doubled Action Dice: Some abilities allow you to roll 2 dice when you spend 1 action die. When two or more of these abilities apply to the same roll, you still only roll 2 dice for each action die spent.

And before you say it, yes, I know this is under Class Abilities and not the feat itself. Favored Gear is one of those rare spots where a core abilty style option comes up outside of core abilities.

[Kerebrus]

All good - no worries - I advised our soldier that I didn't think that they stacked, but that I would check.  It saves him the feat.

One point of contention that our group has with the FantasyCraft product is that there are just so many crunchy bits that there isn't room in the book to ever mention anything more than once.

While I am on that topic, Damage Conversion.  There are several option in the game that allow you to convert regular (lethal) melee damage into another type (typically through an elemental heritage feat or through a Alignment Path) - Path of Destruction does not mention either the 1/2 damage or the -4 to hit penalty, so I would presume both of those apply, but Elementale Heritage: Electricity specifies that you convert without the -4 to hit, but I still presume that the 1/2 damge applies.

I know - the answer should be "duh! It is Damage conversion." - but it is one of those things where we might want it to be a little more verbose.

[mach1.9pants]

One point of contention that our group has with the FantasyCraft product is that there are just so many crunchy bits that there isn't room in the book to ever mention anything more than once.

Yeah I brought this up when I first got FC, it is a trade of between value for money and ease-of-use... Crafty go for the value. We have been spoiled by DnD where rules are repeated often. And it is spoiled in both ways, good and bad. TBH this makes FC not very noobie friendly but excellent value for your dosh

[Catodon]

Nowadays with pdf versions just do a keyword search on the document

[Brakk]

Just to be sure...
If you multiclass and gain a new level, can you buy ranks in class skills of your other classes or just the one you leveled up in?