Harry in the RPG - blenderizing the fourth wall?

[Ancalagon]

Hello

So the "twist" of this Dresden Files RPG is that it is being written by the characters of the Dresden Files (notably, Billy and Harry, with Bob and others chipping in).  In the novels, this has been attempted before (by Bram Stoker) and it had a devastating effect on the Black Court.

... so... will the RPG have an impact on the novels?  Will gamer geeks chase red court vampires out of town?  Will the Merlin try to have Harry expelled for revealing precious secrets?   Will Harry play the RPG with the Alpha and complains about erratas?   Will the Denarians try to burn down Evil Hat's office?

 

[iago]

Will the Denarians try to burn down Evil Hat's office?

Why the hell do you think this thing's taken us 4 years?

[Shecky]

Why the hell do you think this thing's taken us 4 years?

I figured it was more along the lines of Harry always haring off after the Trap du Jour.

[iago]

I figured it was more along the lines of Harry always haring off after the Trap du Jour.

And a liberal amount of wizard hexing.

We've been getting it from all sides.

[Shecky]

And a liberal amount of wizard hexing.

We've been getting it from all sides.

Good lord. You're the Harry of the RPG world - it all really IS out to get you.

[Sigma77]

Just because they can't see it doesn't mean there isn't a Faerie hexing their computers D:

[blackheart]

Like my grandma allways told me:
"Nothing good ever comes easy or cheap."

So I figure the Holy Grail of Urban Fantasy Role-Playing Games should be worth whatever the cost in time and money.

Sanity points, now that's a different story....

(Or maybe I should say an extreme mental consequnce with lasting effects...)

[svb1972]

Like my grandma allways told me:
"Nothing good ever comes easy or cheap."

So I figure the Holy Grail of Urban Fantasy Role-Playing Games should be worth whatever the cost in time and money.

Sanity points, now that's a different story....

(Or maybe I should say an extreme mental consequnce with lasting effects...)

DV might need Chuthulu style sanity points.
Though you're showing your age.  Young whipersnappers dont play CoC.

[Shecky]

Like my grandma allways told me:
"Nothing good ever comes easy or cheap."

This is also a truism that should be inculcated among everyone in any kind of business. "Good, fast and cheap - you can have any two at any time, but never all three at once."

[svb1972]

This is also a truism that should be inculcated among everyone in any kind of business. "Good, fast and cheap - you can have any two at any time, but never all three at once."

This is an Engineering motto.
You can have it done Right.
You can have it done Fast.
You can have it done Cheap.

Pick two.

[BobForPresident]

This is also a truism that should be inculcated among everyone in any kind of business. "Good, fast and cheap - you can have any two at any time, but never all three at once."

Not true. I cite the Vegetarian Special Burrito at Poquito Mas.

[Shecky]

Not true. I cite the Vegetarian Special Burrito at Poquito Mas.

For certain values of "good, fast and cheap"?

[BobForPresident]

For certain values of "good, fast and cheap"?

Oh yes. Good sweet god of mexican treats (whom I call his holiness Salsa-tochitlan), yes.

[Shecky]

Oh yes. Good sweet god of mexican treats (whom I call his holiness Salsa-tochitlan), yes.

So, vegetarian special, eh? Salad in a tortilla?

[BobForPresident]

So, vegetarian special, eh? Salad in a tortilla?

Yes. And fire-roasted salsa and homemade pinto and black beans and three kinds of cheese and a million kinds of awesome.

Dead cow does not a burrito make.