i have no idea if this has been covered previously, if it has i appologise, and could someone point me in the right direction.

if not: has anyone created a cheat sheet that clearly covers thaumaturgy and evocation among other powers?

i have seen the ones at the back of the book and while ok, i feel they dont cover or explain enough. while i have the book these sheets are mainly for my players.

thanks for any help you can give

there is a wiki that is compiling cities it can be found here: http://dresdenfilesrpg.wikidot.com/

on the rest, without giving too much away as i know that some of the people who will be in the game lurk around here.
a] im leavin the monarchy out far too much temptation for players to mess with this hehe, however im saying they are generally protected due to the heat messing with a royal would bring on the supernatural world, and i like playing at street level maybe county level campaigns.
b] im saying that the british police are largely unaware of the supernatural world, but there is a SO unit who well deal with Special Operations hehe.
c] there is so much we could do with borris johnson hehe, but again im keeping this level out of the game.
d] here i can help, after reading about the rise in foxes in london and other wild animals i decided to have a floating city aspect WERE-NATION, a small group of weres are annoyed that their 'culture' is not represented in the accords and are building a small nation in and around london, much to the chargrin of well every other supernatural nation.

when it comes to jack the ripper im leaving him out, far too many london based supernatural games where hes come up, im putting him down to the workings of the occultist Nicolas Hawksmoor, who created alot of the churches in and around the areas the ripper killed people, in various occult books on london they suggest that he built his churches along various ley lines and they spell out an occult symbol when linked together, some have suggested that these churches are near some of the worst attrocitied carried out in london, and it is due to this occult symbol.

now my campaign [without going into it too much] is going to be about the giants of london, black dogs, black annis and the mythical foundings of london also the gates of london.

hope this helps, and i would love to hear of everyones dresden london im sure there are great ideas ive missed.

in the game im currently writing the players will all work for a group of supernaturals who are the freeholders of London.

their job is well exactly the same as the wardens.

no, london has over 2000 years of history and has a very rich occult history, which is as old as the city, i have enough locations to fill 4 sheets of locations hehe.

the theme/threat in question is: city of ancient myth and power. and as im thrying to cut down the themes to 3 i thought this could cover both the positive and negative aspects of the theme/threat.

i havent read the PDFs just yet, but you are forgetting possibly the most important aspect of the question - what is a scene and how long is it?
Fate says that a scene has a purpose and once that purpose has been obtained the scene is over. A scene could be a conflict, a 'talkie' [as my players call them] or anything of the sort, thus ranging from a minute to hours.   

thus the ability to cast 8 spells in the space of a few minutes is spectacular [in the case of combat], no other game ive ever played in gives you that level of power. and this does seem to be in line with the Books, its only when harry is in conflict is it that the books point out that magic is stressful, and as the above poster said guns are easier. when hes in his lab etc or not in combat its only the 'big' magics, or the magics hes not familiar with that seem to wear him out.

hope this helps

well maybe i can help but im no expert, and luckly enough you have a few on this board reguarly, including the writers of the RPG hehe
1)www.dresdenfilesrpg.com, this has a lot about the types of things you can play and might help explain them abit more. but from what ive read they will be like templates. therefore if you want to play a knight of the cross you need these supernatural abilities [supernatural stunts]. and a hight concept [aspect] explaining the character background.

2) remember that most of the supernaturals harry encounters including wizards all have an extened lifespan, so sticking with a bunch of characters over a long time wont be a problem. of course there are a few exceptions like knights, while Shiro was old he was still a mortal with a normal life expectancy, as would mortal practitioners, and maybe were-creatures

3) ive looked into this myself and a few people are posting their city building on RPGnet. i believe you would give aspects to the important parts of the city. while in not american, chicago is the hub of a massive transportation network and why many see it as important, and it is used by wizards for their meetings, as well as the base for other supernaturals. that might have an aspect, but that it is big and dangerous might not, im sure in cities thats a given. try here [http://spazingames.blogspot.com/search/label/Dresden Files]for his take on london.

4) nope! hehe. most of us here cant wait as well. i have players that want me to make up the system so they can play in the dresdenverse lol

well i hope ive helped a little, but with this board more than likely someone in the know and with more of a grip on things than me will post hehe.

thank you iago, comming from you not much else needs to be said on the subject hehe.

in regards to the blind spot obviously they have some sort of adverse effect on the characters ability to cast magic, but what will the 'up side' be of taking such a blindspot?
hopefully the answer wont give way too much of the upcomming system so it can be answered hehe [of course give away as much as you want, i wont tell a soul hehe]

oh and BTW love SotC!