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Offline Arcteryx

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City Creation
« on: September 29, 2010, 12:56:29 AM »
For those of you who've sat down with you groups and run through the city creation process - how many sessions did it take? Was there creative burnout, would you have split it into two, did you find yourselves going back to refine some of it...?

We're about to go through it and I thought it'd be cool to cull some best practices out of the collective experience here.

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Offline WillH

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Re: City Creation
« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2010, 02:10:45 AM »
We did character city creation and the five phases of character creation in one sitting. Then we did skills, stunts, and powers as homework.

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Re: City Creation
« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2010, 02:52:54 AM »
I suggest using the first one or two sessions for city and character creation.  When arranging your session, ask each player to come up with one or more locations and one or more interesting NPCs.  If you have already chosen a city, let them know this as well.  Some players enjoy doing the research and will be eager to incorporate specifics.
This should get you through the city sheet s (high level), (locations) and (faces) and give you a good idea about what kind of encounters your group wants.  I would also suggest having a second copy of the (faces) sheet to use during the character creation process and while planning your story.  This is great for filling in the gaps and the players don’t  need to know about all of your NPCs. 
Note cards are helpful.  But you will also need extra pencils – yes, really.  Beyond that, just have fun with it.  If things bog down, go ahead and switch to character creation. You can always come back and add more details later. 
Finally, for the characters themselves, definitely use the phases work sheet. It’s a great tool both for background and for creating connections between the characters. 
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Re: City Creation
« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2010, 03:02:28 PM »
Thanks guys - appreciate the input!