26 June 2022

Negative Reinforcement Trait Ladder

Do your players and/or their characters need to be taken down a peg or two? Are you tired of coddling them with comfy trait ladders such as this or this or even the standard trait ladder? Then spread a little darkness with

The Negative Reinforcement Trait Ladder

Fudge Traits#Dull Insensitive Traits
Superb+3Not Terrible
Great+2Not Poor
Good+1Not Mediocre
Fair0Not Not Fair
Mediocre-1Not Good
Poor-2Not Great
Terrible-3Not Superb

Now you can be unimpressed with any result! Roll and be underwhelmed!

04 June 2022

Rulespotting 2022-06-04

In Fudge, as with most role-playing games, but especially Fudge, the best rules are the simplest rules. Most of the fan-created Fudge material I've read over the years have been of the blotation device variety — bloated rules that slow the play of the game. Once in a while, though, I stumble upon an optional rule that can be quickly read, easily understood, and easily implemented. Best of Three Contests for Fudge is one such rule.