Choices for New Game

First we are going to use the same model for character sheet, that will help me to navigate .

Second we have to choose with which kind of characters we start. Personally I'd like to begin with peopl of few powers and build up the team if there should be a campaign, but the choice is yours.

I don't mind keeping it low powered / young wizard / apprentice or the power level in the first few books

Low powered works for me.

okay with low power

We are still going to use The Dresden files Roleplaying game?



Or are we taking a look at the Dresden Files Accelerated?


I have pdf's of both

Low-powered seems a great place to start off from.

Anyone keen on a particular high concept template yet?

I'm for the Focused Practitioner or apprentice wizard

I do love me some Red Court Infected goodness so I'd love to roll with that.

I will go with the original RPG, I do not have the accelerated rules, and I rather begin with the full rules to get a fil of the game.

I propose Atlanta as the starter town,if this is OK with everyone

Casting my vote for 90s, but I have no problem with any of the other time frames.

I cast my votes, I am happy with low level, allows us to grow together with our characters.

I voted for the 80s. That was because I am old and I look back on them with rose tinted mirror shades. That said I am good for any era, Victorian Dresden anyone? lol

Atlanta works for me.

As for my High concept. I was dabbling with something along the lines of "Skeptical Cult enthusiast with a social media account "

Social media is for "now our day" ;)

I'm good for any timeframe. If we go further back to the Victorian age the magic bane would be something other than electronics. Let's not complicate matters

Atlanta is fine

i love were-form and of course werewolf

I fully respect that. Perhaps PBP can be a good media for the full rule set.


I'll plan to look into the character creation process tonight or in the weekend. Have to read up on the rules. (I like the character creation process)

I wrote a small intro to all possible template, I will write a full description when people want to chooe or know more about each template. I hope everyone sees it it is in TBA -> Rules -> Available Character's Template.

That is fair, I was using social media as a blanket term. It would work in pretty much any decade past the 80s just in different forms.

In the (albeit mid) 90s I would go with AOL and bulletin boards and IRC. 2000s has ICQ and live journal and my space, mid 2000s facebook and youtube, twitter. 2010 on gets into more like what we have today, not many mind blowing changes in the last 15 years just increased functionality.

If we went with 80s I would go with fanzines and clubs. :)

I would like to make a wizard apprentice with the "hasn’t quite come into her powers yet" angle

High Concept: Junior apprentice to Wizard Grumpy McGrumpyface

Taking
* Channeling [–2] (page 181) (that can later be upgraded to Evocation [-3])
* Ritual [–2] (page 181) (that can later be upgraded to Thaumaturgy[-3])
* The Sight [–1] (page 174)
* Soulgaze [–0] (page 174); discounted due to the Sight.
* Wizard’s Constitution [–0] (page 170)
That is a refresh cost of: -5 (I'm going take a lot of compells, but that is part of the game )

Sounds good to me, you have a name for this lady ?

I will change the name of the forum to Dresden's Atlanta

Wayne Ford
High concept : Police werewolf who love justice

taking
* Beast Change [–1] (page 174) Š
* Echoes of the Beast [–1] (page 163) Š
* Human Form [+1] (page 176)
* Inhuman Speed [–2] (page 178)
* Claws [–1] (page 162)

thinking about trouble on "who is my dad?" or "can't stand bad smell, obsess with clean and organize"

I love everything I'm seeing here. I gotta crack the book and see how things work a bit, but excited to give this a whirl.

@C1NDER : Be careful, as a Knight of a Fae Court, you are not free at all of what you want to do, you are nearly a slave of the court, their word is law to you.

Who are we talking about here @YullyBear?

To you runekyndig I was answering the previous post.

Knight of a Fairy Court described in details.

I'm considering White Court Virgin or Pure Mortal. Have to noodle on it a bit more through the day, but have a few in person games I'm running today.

Added White Court Virgin & Pure Mortal

Conrad Kadian.
High Concept: Socially active amateur sleuth.
Pure mortal (+2 refresh)

Taking
"I know just the guy" [-1] page 150
"Quick Eye" [-1] page 153
"Windfall" [-1] page 155
"Capable researcher" [-1] page 155.

For a trouble I was thinking something along the lines of "I don't know what I don't know" or "They know I know."

@runekyndig,@huttyman,@XohgrTHEOgre : I created a character creation space for each of you, do you see it ? Can you see other player's character creation ?

Yes I see the other solo's

I do see it, as well as the wizard and wayne.

Do you still see them ?

nope just mine

Great, I begin to understand how it works !

We are going with the around year 2000 era?

Alright, here is my basic goodness for you all.

Mattias McBeth
High Concept: Blood-Red Brawler
Red Court Infected

Taking...
Blood Drinker (+1)
Addictive Saliva (+1)
Feeding Dependency (-1)
Supernatural Recovery (+2; -1 for The Catch: Sunlight, Holy Stuff & Belly Weak Spot)
Supernatural Toughness (+2; -1 for The Catch: Sunlight, Holy Stuff & Belly Weak Spot)


My idea is an amateur boxer that was turned as a "reward" for his skill and ate his opponent. He has fled, freaking out, and was mostly rescued by one of the kinder and helpful players that probably got him on the straight and narrow again, keep him focused off of his growing hunger.

Looks to me more like a Black-Court infested, which can be interested

@KingHotTrash your character creation room is ready (create an empty character pls)

That leaves us @Zagrave,@C1NDER do you have a concept in mind do you need help to find one ?

Basic sketch

Shaun Townsend
High Concept: Hunted White Court Orphan
White court virgin

Emotional Vampire [-1]
Incite Emotion (touch only) [-1]

Shaun was born in Seattle, Washington. Shaun's father was a white court vampire named Christopher Bartlett, his mother a pure mortal Brandy McGuire. His father was killed by Wardens when Shaun was still a baby. His mother, not wanting to put her son through the machinations of House Bartlett, fled with the baby to Atlanta changed their names and tried to stay as inconspicuous as possible. She's told him parts of his history, but held some details back in the interest of protecting him; there are plenty of holes in his understanding of what he is, what he is capable of, and who might be looking for him. There are family members still hunting for him, but so far they haven't caught up with him, and especially now that he has entered adulthood (20 years old) House Bartlett's interest in finding their lost scion is increasing spearheaded by Christopher Bartlett's older brother Andreas.

Regarding the Knight of the Court - are we playing a pre-written narrative, or homebrew? I would prefer to play a Knight of the Summer Court, but if they are going to feature heavily in the story in ways that might throw my character in conflict with the others, it might not be ideal.

Tell me when been the dog of the queens that will not put yourself in conflict with others ?

If the group find something interesting, the Queens may order you to spy your friends
If it really interest them, they will certainly ask you to get the object, the answer or whatever before everyone else
or even to prepare a trap for them.

Well from what I saw of pre-written for Desdren, they are quite minimalists, so even pre-written is somehow home brewed.

Please create an empty PC if you haven't done it yet.

Fair points, all! I think it will make for interesting RP. Knight of the Summer Court is what I'll build.

Submitted empty sheet. I'll plan on getting something worked up tonight.

At any rate, we will not be able to build a Knight right away, to be chosen a knight must have some power on his own, and with only 1 refresh left, you would not be as good as a regular human.

What we can do is beginning with one of the power concepts, like Focused Practitionner or Apprentice (sorcerer and wizard), or a human finding an artefact that helps him get some power.

Then, when your characters will become more potent, the court will be able to offer you a place as Knight when the current one will be dead. (one retires from Knight of the Court only in death)

Do you have a name for your character ?

Giving it some thought and finally got a chance to look more thoroughly at character creation (this is my first Fate game, too, so much of this is new to me - thanks for your help and patience!) Here's my high concept - let me know if anything seems out of place. I like the idea of him being a highly proficient human that finds something magical, giving him power (to start).

Name: Avis McBride

Concept: my idea is for a Gunslinger Out of Time. Twin revolvers, skilled shot. Transported from (or frozen since) the 1800's - or doesn't age? I'm not sure about the reason why, but as above, maybe he stumbled upon something or someone he shouldn't have? Found an artifact that bound him to an entity? Dabbled with magic he didn't understand?

Trouble: He has a family (wife and little girl) he wants desperately to get back, somehow.

Any suggestions on a template that would fit well for this? I'm highly flexible with the idea :)

EDIT: I'm leaning towards Minor Talent for template, if you think that works well with the concept. Maybe one (or the set) of his guns is an 'item of power'

Question for all : For a sleuth I got as Trouble : They know you know

I was wandering what you understand this trouble is.

This is an interesting challenge, my common character creation method is to have a rough idea of the character, ready and then during play, figure out the later details. The Trouble is one of those things that I usually find through playing the character - like a D&D Lore Bard, who are in denial about certain facts about werecreatures (after she was bitten).

I'm glad that YullyBear can help with the development :D

My understanding would be They (shadow organization, magical society, etc) know that your character knows they exist and are not pleased with that result so will do what they can do shut you down, discredit you, make life hard for you so that you will keep your mouth shut about Their existence. Sort of like Mulder in X-Files toward the middle seasons.

@C1NDER I could see Minor Talent working here. You might also consider Emissary of Power depending on who is behind the artifact that you uncovered. I definitely think the pair of guns could be an Item of Power, especially if they have to be in proximity to one another to function that provides a limitation that the GM can work with to compel (i.e. someone takes one of the two guns, you drop it off a cliff, etc.).

Personalty, I see the Templates only as help for creation no need to stick completely on a particular template, I just use them for inspiration.

So far 2 characters made it up to the Youth Aspect, let us continue creation.

@huttyman,@KingHotTrash,@XohgrTHEOgre : Waiting for you to finish the youth part of creation.

Things have been quiet, how is everything looking in the background?

Sorry I hit a RL snag and have been low energy. I am still here and working on the character.

Don't worry, if you have some problem or are tired in RL, it is not problem (also I'm very sorry for you) as long as I know someone will be late, there is no rush and no pressure.

What bother me is to have no news and waiting without knowing. So take your time, it is very ok.

Things have been chaotic this week emotionally and time-wise. I'll nail things through this weekend for sure.

Sorry to hear that, take your time.

Hey all, Just touching base. I am still working away on my character, how is everyone else doing?

Got my youth section done. Just waiting on the go ahead to hit the next section.

Youth section all done here - waiting :)

done too, can't wait guys