More Options to Fudge on the Fly

Introduction

This is a short one, it's basically a small adjustment to Fudge on the Fly Option #2. It's all based on Fudge on the Fly by Rob Donoghue and I will assume that you are familiar with it. If you are not familiar with it, please read the article on the wayback machine from this link.

I also use Option #1: Stats, and will extend Option 3 to them too.

Option #3: Experience Points

Like in Option #2, Option #3 allows you to open new slots in order to advance your character. Furthermore you cannot open a slot unless there are at least as many slots of the lower level.

The number of experience points it costs to open a slot is as follows:

Slot	XP
Legendary	64
Amazing	32
Superb	16
Great	8
Good	4
Fair	2
Mediocre	1

If you want slower development rates you can require more slots be available in a lower level. This will then always force the skill to remain a pyramid instead of becoming a block.

Example

Baroness Diane Michelli

Ambitious, scheming noblewoman

Ladder						XP
Legendary	#	#	#	#	#	64
Amazing	#	#	#	#	#	32
Superb	Cold Read	#	#	#	#	16
Great	Wealth	Lying	#	#	#	8
Good	Dagger	Observation	Diplomacy	#	#	4
Fair	Fashion	Gossip	Dance	Administration	#	2
Mediocre	Riding	Athletics	Singing	Cryptography	Hysterics	1
Poor	Brawling	Fencing	Swimming	Stealth		-
#						-
#						-

Flaw: Arrogant

After the latest adventure she now has gained 4 Experience Points.

New Blurb: Ambitious Lady of the Court, renown for her parties.

Consider Flaw: Arrogant has done well for her, but she's made some delightful enemies, so she replaces it with "Enemies with the Viscount Breneal".

Rearrange Skills: While she's mostly happy with the current layout, She wants to make a few changes. Codes are proving more valuable than anticipated, so she wants to increase that, but has no open mediocre slots. Additionally, Gossip has proven very useful, so she wants to increase that too! Ideally, she'd like to move Gossip up to Great, but doesn't have enough Experience Points to open up a slot, nor can she move the skill up in one development period. She uses 4 Experience Points to open up a new Good slot, and moves her Gossip skill up 1 step to Good, leaving behind a free slot in Fair, just what she needs to improve her skill in Cryptography!

If using the stricter rules for advancement the Baroness would have to buy also an extra Fair and Mediocre slots for a total of 3 more Experience Points.

Now, her sheet reads:

Baroness Diane Michelli

Ambitious, scheming noblewoman, renown for her parties

Ladder						XP
Legendary	#	#	#	#	#	64
Amazing	#	#	#	#	#	32
Superb	Cold Read	#	#	#	#	16
Great	Wealth	Lying	#	#	#	8
Good	Dagger	Observation	Diplomacy	Gossip	#	4
Fair	Fashion	Cryptography	Dance	Administration	#	2
Mediocre	Riding	Athletics	Singing		Hysterics	1
Poor	Brawling	Fencing	Swimming	Stealth		-
#						-
#						-

Flaw: Enemies with the Viscount Breneal

Option #4: Stats and Experience Points

This is very simple, I use 4 Stats: Body, Mind, Senses, Spirit, but you can go with any 4. I allow 1 Stat swap per development cycle.

The Experience Point cost for opening Stat slots is 3x the XP for skills, just like when developing a character with the Fudge rules, Trading Traits (pg 17 in the Fudge 10th Anniversary Edition). Here is a table for convenience:

Slot	XP
Legendary	192
Amazing	96
Superb	48

Option #5: Using Experience Points to add more swaps

During a Development Cycle a Character can also use Experience Points to add extra skill swaps (the usual limitations apply, it's not possible to increase a skill 2 levels, and also the skill must have been used).

Each extra swap cost the number of Experience Points equal to opening a new slot at the new level minus the Experience Points for the current level. Here is a table for convenience:

New skill level	XP
Legendary	32
Amazing	16
Superb	8
Great	4
Good	2
Fair	1
Mediocre	1

Character Record Sheet

I have made 2 versions of the Character Record Sheet both as a PDF and as a Google Doc.

Fudge on the Fly Character Record Sheet, standard wound track

• PDF
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Fudge on the Fly Character Record Sheet, wound track from A new damage system for Fudge

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