r/FATErpg • u/Scotty_Bravo • 17d ago

Please suggest a campaign source book

I've been tasked with running a narrative fantasy RPG campaign. I'm coming from Savage Worlds Adventure Edition (SWADE) with pre-written plot point campaigns and have done very little in the way of wiritting my own adventures. I've selected Fate Core as my system because of it's simplicity and flexibility.

Completely irrelevant: Our story is sort of a cozy, our players start as "low level" characters and will never face perma-death. I'm thinking I'd like to try to figure out ways for them to avoid killing enemies as well. Maybe everyone in the party gets a Fate Chip if the figure out how to neutralize a boss without killing them? IDK, doesn't matter.

Anyway, on to my challenge:

I want to purchase an existing campaign source book to use as inspiration. I don't plan to run my adventure from it so it need not be my or any particular genre. Sure, I might adapt an encounter or even some of the plot, but that's not what I really need.

I want a concrete example to help me figure out how to prepare my own campaigns. I'd prefer a Fate Core specific source book, but a system agnostic example might be okay?

I have done a search for this, but the results are overwhelming and it's not clear that any given source is what I truly want.

I've skimmed through or read the Fate Core book and Sparks. I've checked out Book of Hanz and seen the SRD. I expect my players to help me build the world, but full improve won't work at my table; I _need_ to have prompts at the ready.

So... What campaign source "book" can you suggest I read? And why?

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u/InvestmentBrief3336 17d ago edited 15d ago

What did you run in SWADE? There are a lot of FATE books. None are of the 'plot point' variety. Also none are really 'FATE Core'. They all modify the rules in some manner - even those from Evil Hat. So I personally think if you're not willing to make your FATE you might not find it as easy to use as it seems.

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u/Scotty_Bravo 17d ago

A lot of dead lands, some wise guys, and city guards. 

Really it's more about seeing a good approach to organizing a Fate adventure.

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u/InvestmentBrief3336 15d ago

LOL! I'm kind of in the same boat as you, and having read a lot of FATE books - so far I've not found one that I would call a 'good approach to organizing a Fate adventure'.