Thing we realized about the #DresdenFilesRPG last night: it is 100% mechanically viable to play a character who doesn't fight, but instead just evades physical attacks and talks the enemy into giving up. It doesn't even require a specialized build. I think I termed it "The Undertale Strategy".
@starkatt Yeah, and thanks for that insight, helps me with combat a bit, where hopefully I won't be saying quite as much "No idea what I can do here." :-P
As long as I don't feel silly in trying to talk a crow into staying on the ground. :-P
The Dresden Files RPG is based on FATE, and social and physical stress are just two different damage tracks. Mechanically, they're treated almost identically.