my first game

[scarius]

hey guys, i have been a huge fan of the dresden-verse for a few years now, i have all the books (execpt ghost story, but thats a sore subject for some other time) and i have had the RPG for some time now just collecting dust on my shelf. but anyway, our normal thursday night shadowrun 4a game kind of wrapped up (as the GM got burnt out due to uni and work and other stuff) while he went on holiday with his misses and just chilled out. so because there is only three of us in the group that GM (one has only GMed 1 game or 2-3 sessions, me, and the above mentiond) we decided that what we would do is ask who was keen to keep going but with something new. i put forward a few different ideas (spycraft, call of cthulhu, dresden) and the concensious came to dresden, so i re-read through the books to get a general idea of how to run it/make characters/make citys/what have you. so last night we got together to get ready for a first game next week, we created citys and characters, this took us about 3 hours. i was a bit stuck trying to explain what an aspect was to the group (none of us had played a FATE game before) but i think that i managed to get the general idea accross after reading it from the book and using the harry dresden character sheet. but with out further adue i give you our "city"

townsville:

high level:

threat:
the idea:
a seat of power for the winter court
the aspect:
bad weather, worse fae
the faces:
winter knight - enforcer
winter lady - mum wants me to keep on eye on this place
summer investigator - too nosey for own good

threat:
the idea:
people going missing from hospital, blood banks, streets
the aspect:
no more hobos? (we arent to sure on this aspect)
the faces:
gay tonii - red court pawn
jenny hill - red court queen/counselor
paul dempsey - red court banker/lawyer

theam:
the idea:
central hub
the aspect:
cross roads
the faces:
drifter tim - mysterious transient
charles daniels - car salesman deamon (we are using car salesman as a adjective)

the ballence of power:
supernatural:
summer wants to move in on winters power
red court are expanding territory

mundane:
captian swanson (corrupt cop) incharge of police force for townsville (clued in?)
counselors trying to gain power for upcomming vote

[Sanctaphrax]

Welcome to the game and the forum, scarius.

Are you fishing for suggestions? Or is this just show and tell, so to speak?

Either way, there's some interesting stuff here.

[scarius]

Thanks for the welcome...

I guess that I am kind of looking for a little bit of both, I don't really fully understand how everything works yet, also not to sure if things will make sense or even work...

So any help would be awesome and I would be very greatful

[Richard_Chilton]

Maybe we should make a sticky "Welcome Newcomers" thread?

Anyway, Rich Neal wrote some great articles that explain large parts of the game.  You can find links to them (along with other great stuff) at:
http://www.dresdenfilesrpg.com/downloads/
(you might have to scroll down)

And if you need help explaining the setting in a spoiler free way, you might want to check out:
http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,22372.msg966827.html#msg966827

I'm sure that there are other threads that would help you...  And since this comes up every couple of months we might think about getting links to those threads turned into a sticky.

Richard

[scarius]

thanks for the infomation, the short discription that you have written up on the dresden files will be handy to use, expecialy seens as though its only me and one of my players who have read the books.

i will post up the locations that we have made for the game later on today, as right now i have my 1 year old daughter sitting (read: doing anything but sitting) on my lap...

[Sanctaphrax]

Probably the best advice I can give you is to check out the Resources board. It's full of useful stuff.

And don't be afraid to ask questions. This is a pretty helpful board, in my experience.

[scarius]

i have been looking around the resources board, there is some pretty cool stuff there.
here are the locations that we have made for my game:

name:
James Cook Universtery
description:
university, not just a place for learning
theme
the idea:
fae/minor tallents/what ever, also attend the uni
the aspect:
supernatural boiling pot
the face:
jannet monroe - head of the uni/keen to make the uni netural grounds (scion/clued in mortal???)

name:
the feathers touch
description:
white court brothel
theme
the idea:
best brothel in town
the aspect:
white court foothold
the face:
madam loveridge - white court lady
pimp hand bill - white court enforcer

name:
ross river dam
description:
levithian sleeping at the bottom
threat
the idea:
eons long sleep, now anoyed
the aspect:
recently awoken
the face
levithion - angry "elder god"?

name:
blood bank
description:
red court food source
threat
the idea:
people being ubducted
the aspect:
?
the face:
gay tonii - red court pawn

name:
magnetic island
description:
safe haven/magical null zone (not sure on how strong yet)
theme
the idea:
moving water around the island stops magic, home to some "bad" guys
the aspect:
"oh no you didn't"
the face:
kenny - were koala

name:
castle hill
description:
castle hidden under hill
theme
the idea:
a hill has been placed on top of a old castle, to keep in a big bad
the aspect:
?
the face:
castle hill saint - painted gargoyle

name:
7 gate of hell
description:
7 concentric circles made of metel (sliver?)
the idea:
placed by the crossroads deamon/nexus for lay lines
the aspect:
bulk untapped power

name:
mt louiser
description:
creepy mountian
the idea:
limbo mist
the aspect:
dont enter the fog

name:
accorded netural grounds
description:
vine 21: wine house/coffee bar
the idea:
granted netural grounds status
the aspect:
accorded netural grounds
the face:
robert rose - owner/bar man clued in mortal/someting else?