James Hausler, one of the co-creators of the game, later defended the rape content as a design decision by main writer Byron Hall specifically, the list of mental illnesses characters could roll included multiple paraphilias related to rape and sexual violence, and Hall demanded mechanics be built to accommodate them.

Extreme sexual content is frequently used for shock value, such as magical items which induce forced masturbation or bestiality. The rules for rape are also incorporated into the section on combat more generally, a design decision that drew criticism for an apparent normalization of sexual violence. While extensive rules and mechanics for rape are established, consensual sex is not mentioned at any point in the game. Sex and sexuality is a heavy focus of the F.A.T.A.L. Twenty ten-sided dice, the amount needed to roll a single attribute

More prurient traits are also determined by rolling, such as breast size, genital size, and, notoriously, potential anal circumference. The majority of character traits are determined by random rolls at creation, including ones usually decided by players, such as eye colour, hairstyle, and sexual orientation. Attributes are determined by rolling 4 d100/2-1 in the first edition, or 10d100/5-1 in the second edition. For instance, in the first edition, Average Speech Rate and Maximum Speech Rate are unrelated, meaning the former can be higher than the latter. Character creation involves twenty separate attributes, none of which correlate with one another even when they might be intuitively assumed to be related.

has a simulationist system with an unusual level of complexity, especially regarding sexual violence and bodily characteristics. It is particularly known as the subject of a 2003 review published on RPGnet by Darren MacLennan and Jason Sartin, which described it as 'the Necronomicon of role-playing games', in addition to 'fundamentally broken in its attitude towards sexuality' and characterized by 'bitter misogyny'. It acquired a strongly negative reputation in the tabletop roleplaying community, being universally panned and described as one of the most controversial games ever released. is known for its graphic violent and sexual content, as well as the complexity of the underlying game system, involving higher-level mathematics and an unusual amount of randomization in character development. F.A.T.A.L., an acronym of Fantasy Adventure to Adult Lechery (first edition) or From Another Time Another Land (second edition), is a dark fantasy tabletop role-playing game first published in 2002 by Fatal Games.į.A.T.A.L.

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