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The year is 1999, with a little bit of luck we will see the moon explode !

For the skills, do not take into account what is on the sheets, you have 20 points of Skills to spend.
1pt = Average, 2pts = Fair, 3pts = Good, 4pts = Great.

The only thing is you must have at least as many skills of a lower level.

Example: 1 skill-Great, 2 skills-Good, 3 skills-Fair, 4 skills Average, is correct
3 skills Good, 3 skills-Fair, 2 skills-Average is not (average must have 3 skills)

Ok here is another question, a player wants his avatar, a human, to sleep during 100 years and search for his wife murderer.

Anyone has a good backup story for that ?

I've presented several backup story ideas for this (and 'sleeping' was only one of several ideas presented for why he would be displaced in time - I also suggested magic, extra-dimensional confinement, etc.).

I have suggested that the killer be supernatural in origin and my character seeking vengeance against them in modern time, or the killer be non-supernatural and my character being fixated on returning to his own time to seek vengeance against them.

None of these ideas have been sufficient to allow the concept to go forward, so I please discourage anyone spending the energy to figure out my character's background on my behalf, as it has been clear to me that it wouldn't make for an interesting story.

I am currently working to build a completely different character that will work for the scope of our story.

So, as I put in the absence thread, my cat was needing to be put down. Fortunately, his energy levels have turned around solidly and doing so now is not needed thankfully.

However, taking care of him now as he recovers is taking up more spoons than I thought and I have not had the time or energy to really invest into making a concept that fits with this game. In the interest of not slowing others down and giving myself a break, I'm going to be withdrawing from the game. Thank you for your patience @Yullybear and I do apologize for the time spent so far. You all have a good game!

We can begin and let you enter when you'll be ready.

Hey everyone - I've given some thought over the last few days and have decided also to bow out of this game. I appreciate YullyBear for having me, but I'm finding this game to not be a great match for me and my current game-load. No hard feelings, I hope, and looking forward to playing with all of you in the future.

Fate (and dresen rpg) is a tough game to get off the ground, as there are so many pre-games steps.

Character creation has already taken a long time, and that is not a critique of YullyBear, its is just how this game is.

I'm ready to play with my wizard apprentice, even if it ends up being a solo game. I'm staying on!

Also still in on this one.

I am still here

Ok, sorry to see you go, I hope I was not to harsh on your concept.

Too bad, I had I will reopen the inscriptions, but we will not wait to begin.

@Zagrave, you did not post on some part of Atlanta you'd ike to creae (there is no obligation if you do not want to)

Yep, working on something, apologies for the slow roll.

Hey all. I think I'm going to bow out of this one as well. No hard feelings. Hope you have a rad game. See you round the boards.

Hey guys, I am going to have to drop as well. I don't have the gumption to keep going at this point. Thank you all for the experience. Take care.

Well I am beginning to think I am not doing this very well.

Only 2 players left.

Dresden is a hard game to get started. I remember session zero to be a full 4 hours games session when I played it IRL. In pbp terms that easily a month or more before you even get started playing the game. That is a long time to wait and plan for fun, but not having it. I'm in the Kids on brooms game, and that game is 3 weeks old now and waiting, and planning for the fun, but not having it. The game haven't started yet. It is tough to keep the momentum going when nothing is driving it except the anticipation.
Our game is 2 months old, and we just started playing. I think the lesson is that for pbp, it is better to start half baked than to wait for everything to be ready.

I'll properly write up a general forum post about my observations in this topic by the weekend.

To answer what to do now, I say, aks for more players. Have the player define their High concept, and trouble, and then join the game. Then doing the game the rest can be flushed out.

That's a good idea, I hope some players will be interested. In the meantime you can continue your investigation. If you are stuck tell me I may help with a hint or two.

Other than looking for someone who worked there wayback, there is not much to go on with the investigation. I'll gladly take a hint

I agreed with @runekyndig good game that work around PC backstory take time when do character creation. I suggest inform player first that character creation gonna take 1-2 week

and for me i love create character in same thread because we will see how other people create and it look active

Don't worry it take time to have right player but when it does i believe it will worth

This is not a critique but an observation: Session Zero can be a PBP killer

yup

Hi everyone!

Would someone be so kind to let me know what kind of characters we already have in the party? :-)

Gwen Calerhand is a wizard apprentice
And Wayne Ford is a werewolf

We are beginning the game as Wet feet. 20 point of skills, 6 refresh.

Some concepts will not be possible at creation, but will be later in the game. Example one wanted to be a Knight of a fairy court, he would have to wait later to become one, but the seeds must be present in the creation concept (a template I do not recommande).

Otherwise most concept are Ok, but must be backed up with a plausible background.

Ok, is the wizard apprentice a teenager too? Because I was thinking about playing an adult.

My first idea was playing a summoner, i.e. a focused practitioner with access to summoning and binding rituals only.

I open a subject we will see if it can fit, I think specialised is possible with 6 points.

Can you create an empty character I will copy the character sheet.

2 new comers ...

I did some cleaning as well. You may present your concept and we'll continue in private for the creation itself.

Gwen is 22

Hi folks, just joined the game and am happy to be here. I'm fluent in the Fate rules, but have never played the Dresden Files RPG, so I'm going to do a little reading before settling on a character concept. Although I may play an in-the-know mortal seeing as we're at the lower end of the power scale.

Is there a gameplay thread yet? I don't see one, but it seems like we've gotten started.

Sure, should I use "Fate Core" template, or just a blank one?
Regarding this, I think Fate benefits from doing the PC creation exercise as something shared between all the players, so I’m fine with doing it in public (unless you prefer private for any reason, which of course is fine with me as well).

@JoshuaMabry so far there is no shared gamepmay, I am preparing an introduction so some people may not know the others and not be in there group. Once everyone will join, I will create a common play area.

@gnomius Well we can begin in public, but several times there was some "surprises" better hidden to the other players.

I prefer a blank sheet, I will fill up the template we use.

Ok, sheet submitted. Going back to the creation thread. :)

I'm sorry, I'm confused. Where is the city/character creation thread?

I will create it, but I think gnomius is right a public creation would be better. First a concept

@JoshuaMabry: What is your concept ?

I fleshed my concept out a little bit. Let me know what you think:

Mycroft AtkinsonHigh Concept: Tattooed summoner
Mycroft is a British citizen who moved to Atlanta a few years ago. He is summoner, a wizard specialized in crafting magic circles and diagrams to summon all types of creatures: demons, spirits, faeries… He closes deals with them in exchange for services.

Trouble: Life is a game to gamble on
Mycroft is a professional gambler, and he takes life the same way, so he has a very particular view on the risk vs. reward evaluation of any given situation, and he is often prone to taking too many risks just for the fun of it. He almost never rejects a bet or a challenge. Also, he carries with him a runic deck of cards, which he uses as explosive magic projectiles.

I'm torn between a clued in EMT with a former military background and a retired mafia hitman who's come to hate what he became. One kind of makes more sense in a more grounded game, the other gives me a chance to be John Wick.

@gnomius I like the image and concept. Reminds me of Binder

Ha! There is a British summoner in the books? I had no idea! xD

Thanks!

I've settled on the retired hit man. Meet Eric Stone.

High Concept: Retired Shadowy Killer of the Underworld
Eric Stone was one of the best assassins in the country. His name is a legend, and a byword for oncoming death. But he's been out of the trade for a couple years now.

Trouble: I Hate What I've Become
Stone has killed men, women, children and dogs. If it walks or crawls on the Earth, he's probably killed it. And it started to break him. The final straw was when he was hired to kill a prostitute to keep her from talking to the police about a high ranking mob boss. Unbeknownst to him the hooker was a White Court Vampire. Still, he couldn't do it, and vanished from the underworld, vowing he wouldn't take up a gun again.

Phase One, Where did you come from: Gun Fu Master
Stone grew up in the streets of Atlanta, a thug who found a gun and the means to make himself a name. He had killed several people in robberies before he was eighteen, and caught the eye of a hit man named Marco Windberg. Windberg took Stone on as an apprentice of sorts, and taught him how to be a contract killer. Stone's talent with firearms far exceeded Windberg's, and he soon broke away from him to make his own way.

@gnomius,@JoshuaMabry sounds very promising

@JoshuaMabry what is your retired hit do nowadays ?

@gnomius why your wizard decided to come to Atlanta ?

He is a professional gambler, so he realized he had more opportunities to make a living in the States, where the gambling laws are more permissive (I don't have a clue if this is actually true). Also, he had too many debts with dangerous people in England, so he thought it might be wise to put an ocean between him and his creditors. ;-)

This is still a work in progress, as I'm working through the "Background" aspect, which brings me to my next question: are you using the 5 Phases as per the book, with 5 additional Aspects on top of High Concept and Trouble?

(also, please remember I need you to paste the template in the character sheet to start filling all this info in)

Thanks!!

Submitted a blank character sheet.

Eric Stone's skills

Guns - Great (+4)
Alertness - Good (+3)
Stealth - Good (+3)
Drive - Fair (+2)
Fists - Fair (+2)
Weapons - Fair (+2)
Athletics - Average (+1)
Burglary - Average (+1)
Endurance - Average (+1)
Intimidation - Average (+1)

The sheets are copied

@gnomius I have enough to let you begin the adventure

@JoshuaMabry what is your retired hit do nowadays ?

@flopflop122 Are you still interested, I do not see any post from you.

Cool, just feel free to introduce me when you want, then, and I'll be filling the sheet in parallel. :-)

Stone tends to keep to himself. He has an expensive apartment in a well to do neighborhood (still haven't done my research on Atlanta). There's a diner he frequents at the same time every night, and he's friendly with the staff there. By and large he spends his time alone, reading and living comfortably.

Sorry, that won't do, it will be difficult to integrate your character in the story, I need a more active role.

At least he needs to be able to help someone to find someone else, may be it is a friend or may be to pass time he became a private eye ? Or anything else that would allow me to investigate on a disappearance. (I'va started that way with the player that disappeared and it will mean redo everything)

Do you already know who's disappeared? Maybe it's one of his friends from the diner.

It can very well be, it's sold then..

May I suggest that we have the game tread it the root of this forum? Easier to find and navigate to.
And we get it going soon ;)

That was the plan, for beginning I am still waiting at what you are doing in Dresden Club.

Don't wait - move the story forward. As both @huttyman and I don't really have any idear how to go on. He found a letter and tried to follow that clue but hit a brick wall. At this moment there are no real avenues of investigation to follow

Yeah, I mean we stuck there for 1-2 days and you are recruiting more players. So I thought you wanna wait?

At least you could write something like "the employee looks at you with no clue" or something to cue us that game still running and you still need us to input something.

And as you can see we are still active in this forum not missing at all

I know, I know, and if I did not say anything during these few day it was indeed because I was recruiting new players. Now I set the motion back in place. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have responded that way it was not very nice and may be a tad provocative; it was by no mean my intention, I wrote to fast for I was in a hurry.

And I know you are not missing, the only one I was asking about is @flopflop122 who has accepted the invitation but never sent any message.

@gnomius Is by the "book club" you mean our supernatural stuff? (incase you assume that we all know the code)

No hard feeling bro. Let's make a great story together

Yep, that's right. ;-)

Runekyndig, I just love the Jason's place you've come up with!

Do I go ahead and give Stone seven aspects? Or we will be doing some of the backstory aspects as part of play?

I'm not certain how to fill out the character sheet. Do I try and write my stuff in the code lines? I don't know how to do that.

Click the line and start typing. You don't have to edit the page, as that is where to code lives

Phase Two - What shaped you?: Even I have my limits
Stone's name had become legend in the underworld. You called on him to take out politicians, judges, high ranking law enforcement officials, and mafia bosses. People surrounded by security and wealth. So killing a simple hooker was a little beneath him. Still, it was a large contract, so he took the job. But in the end he couldn't do it. Maybe all the death had worn him down enough to make this one the final straw. He gave up his gun and vanished.

Same question here!

That second phase is too much like my trouble aspect. Going to rewrite it later.

How do I add stunts to the character sheet?

For the aspect it'll depend on your character age, if he is a full grown up then he got the 7 aspects, if he is a teenager he gets much less.

@JoshuaMabry
In the Stunts and powers box, presse the inkwell. That opens the text editor. There you write your stunt. When you start with a # it will become a folding headline

@runekyndig Thanks I'm on vacation, so I did not have much time to explain

There's no inkwell next to stunts and powers on my character sheet.

Tell me what you want to add, and I'll do it.

Stunts

Gun Kata: I'm light on my feet with a gun in my hand, able to keep the gunplay going while evading attempts to harm me. I can use Guns instead of Athletics to defend against physical attacks.

Quick on the Draw: I can use Guns instead of Alertness to determine turn order in any physical conflict where shooting first would be beneficial.

Shot on the Run: Once per scene, I may move one zone, attack with Guns, and then move to another zone providing there are no situation aspects preventing movement.

Hidden Sniper: Once per scene, after I make a Guns attack, I may roll to create advantage using Stealth as a free action.

Swift and Silent: When I'm Skulking, and difficult increases due to fast movement are decreased by two.

5 stunts will take my refresh down to 3.

Sheet update with some corrections done and added writing zones.

Thanks @YullyBear!

What made Eric change his mind about his job ?

That's in my Trouble Aspect. He was hired to kill a hooker, a job that seems beneath someone of his caliber, but the money was really good. In the end though it was the last in a long line of senseless deaths and so he couldn't do it.

I'm going to let my other phases/aspects develop during play. What we're doing right now seems good for a first story.

I am not very good at Fate, it seems to me that Trouble and Rising Conflict are the same.

Anyone knows how it should be resolved ?

Hmmm, I thought we had initial refresh of 6, so 5 stunts would reduce yours to 1. Am I right, or do we start with 8 refresh instead?

Thanks!

Rising Conflict should be more about your first adventure/story and the aspect that comes from that. You're right in that they can be similar, which is why I need to change mine. I think the example in DFRPG Your Story is a good one, using Harry's first real supernatural fight as a springboard for an aspect and who he will become.

Initial refresh of 6, I get another 2 for being a vanilla mortal, and then minus my 5 stunts.

I changed it on the sheet, for me the initial is always 6, it is when counting you get a +2 for pure mortal, that way if you loose pure mortal it is visible you loose the +2 as well. So you get -5 for all your mortal stunt and +2 for Pure mortal = -3 adjustment.

Aaaahh... I forgot the +2 adjustment for pure mortal, that's it. Thanks.

Whatever works. :-)

OK, so my sheet should be ready for review, I have made it public in case anyone wants to peep in: :-)

Mycroft Atkinson

The only thing missing are the 2 Aspects that imply crossing paths with other PCs (Guest Starring). I guess we need to agree those with the rest of the PCs, right?

Hey,

As PbP is sometimes confusing, I'm just checking in to say that as far as Mycroft is concerned, he's ready to move forward. Unsure if the GM is waiting for more feedback on our end. :)

I think he need something like "Let's go to the place!" something like that?

Sorry I came back from vacation and I need sometimes before answering.

Sorry guys just came back from OT marathon TT

Hey, GM, this sentence above is the reason why I assumed the door was open, sorry if I was too quick assuming! :-)

If it's locked, then Mycroft politely rings the bell, or knocks on the door if there is no bell to ring.

That isno a problem, since Fate is suppose to be a shared story between GM and PC, it is fine, I just correct if it is not going as the story should.

Hey guys,

Just a quick line to let you know that I'm starting my holidays, and I'll be off until August 10th, so you can put Mycroft in NPC mode while I'm out.

Thanks!

is @JoshuaMabry still a part of this game or havent he left yet?

I’m still here.

Hi, I'm back!

YullyBear, just let me know if I can do something with Mycroft in the current scene, or I should just wait for the time being. :-)

Welcome to a new player : Elithmord

First thing to do explain your concept here, we begin the creation with ever one .
and create an empty character or go to Template search Dresden and you'll find Dresden Template v1.0 (YullyBear)

Hi everyone! Apologies for the delayed response - I'm literally brand new to the forum and still figuring out how this all works (and thus I crave your indulgence for any further n00bish behaviour). I'm looking forward to playing some Dresden Files, though!

I have a few ideas in mind, but generally try to fill gaps where I can - so is there anything, in particular that's missing from the group at the moment? Thanks!

So far we have an enforcer with gun, a tattooed summoner, a Lycan policeman, a wizard apprentice

Welcome Elithmord.
Don't be shy to ask any questions about the forum and how it all works. I'm a GP-veteran - been here the last 3 years

Thanks - will absolutely take you up on that!
Okay, here's what I'm thinking so far - an ice queen white court virgin who sings like a nightingale.

Lenore Morvant

I know I'm missing a few things in the backstory. I've probably messed up on other parts of the sheet, too (please advise - I'm not super familiar with the system). I wanted to make sure what I have is alright so far before getting too much into it, though :)

In order for me to see the sheet you need to submit the character in the game.

And we have another new player :DewickFlame.

Welcome to both new players! ;)

However, I am somehow concerned about whether we are progressing with this game. It's been month and a half since I joined, and we haven't done much really... And now we are halted while we wait for a missing player.

Am I the only one who feels we are kind of stuck?

No @gnomius I'm feeling the same. This game has never reached a good flow. The session 0 of Dresden Files Games is huge, and we even skipped the most of setting/city creation. With the slow pase of PBP I don't think its the right game system for a Dresden game. Its a very gritty system - I believe that the game designers have been too busy being true to the Jim Butchers magic system, and forgetting to make it playable.

I would love to play around in the Dresden universe, but as I type I realise, that I will not use this game system.
Dresden Files Accelerated or Kids on Brooms are alternatives.

I apologise to our new players, but I don't want to continue this game.

Well I think I will close this story, I was not able to make it work.

There is 2 players left. I was waiting for I was hoping Wayne (Huttyman) would be on holidays and returned, but it does not seems likely.

Thanks for your time everyone.

It is a tough game to get up and running @YullyBear and you did well.

Okay, see you around soon, everybody!