Aspect Ideas
What follows is a list of possible Aspects based on a given skill. Use this as a source of ideas for use or inspiration about your character.
Athletics
- Circus Strongman
- Gentleman Athlete
- Parisian Ballerina
- Russian Circus Aerialist
- Swashbuckling Explorer
Burglary
- Cockney Second-Storey Man
- Criminal Thug
- Daring Bank Robber
- Flash Pickpocket
- Whitechapel Thimble-Twister
Contacts
- Agony Aunt
- French Court Noble
- Influential Vicar
- Intrepid Reporter from the Times
- Powerful Underworld Fence
Crafts
- Crackpot Tinker
- Guild Alchemist
- Mad Scientist
- Military Field Surgeon
- Scottish Engineer-Inventor
- Shipwright
Deceit
- Agent on Her Majesty's Secret Service
- Back-Alley Buttoner
- Carnival Barker
- Slick Politician
- Unscrupulous Street Urchin
Drive
- Hansom Cab Hack
- Long-Ridin' Cowboy
- Russian Cossack
- Steeple-Chasing Country Gentleman
- Swaggering Cuirassier
- Zeppelin Pilot
Empathy
- Alienist from Vienna
- Genial Village Gossip
- Inspector of Police
- Maiden Aunt
- Stage Mentalist
- Sympathetic Vicar
Fight
- Criminal Enforcer
- Fencing Master
- Finest Blade in the Regiment
- Marquis of Queensbury Pugilist
- Master Duelist from Prussia
Investigate
- Back-Alley Fixer
- Chief Inspector of Police
- Consulting Detective
- Gypsy Fortune Teller
- Junior Solicitor
- Stalwart Pinkerton
Lore
- Curator of the British Museum
- Eccentric Polymath
- Professor from Ingolstadt
- Reading Room Librarian
- Village Wise Woman
Notice
- Busybody Aunt
- Gunslinger from America
- Military Scout
- Nosey Neighbor
- Observant Poltroon
- Sharp-Eyed Informsnt
Physique
- Hulking Pugilist vrom the Stews
- Oriental Mystic
- Regimental Hero
- Survived the Fevers of Africa
- Veteran Soldier
Provoke
- Aggressive Prosecutor
- Courageous Toreador
- Scheming Cad
- Served in the Dragoons
- Smirking Public-School Bully
Rapport
- Charming Hostess
- Glad-Handing MP from Commons
- Jolly Tradesman
- Kindhearted Nurse
- Rakish Cad
- Tavern Gadfly
Resources
- Lower-Class Industrialist
- Mysterious Foreign Count
- Notorious Scottish Miser
- Obscenely Wealthy Noble
- Wealthy Banker
Shoot
- American Sheriff
- Army Sharpshooter
- Avid Grouse Hunter
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Showman
- Naval Gunnery Officer
Stealth
- Clever Footpad
- Englishman Gone Native
- Gentleman Jewel Thief
- Ninja in Disguise
- Thugee Cultist
Will
- High-Class Parisian Mesmerist
- Inscrutable Oriental Monk
- Spooky Russian Mystic
- Stoic Hero
- Would-Be Sorcerer
Aspects & Play
Aspects are a crtitical element in Fate Core. These brief statements establish importants aspects within the fiction, whether they are facts about the characters, their environment or obstacles they must face. As such, good Aspects are brief, evocative, and double-edged.Rather than describing them in detail in a sidebar, you can find a fuller description here.
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