This is pretty cool. Haven't read in detail yet, but I was wondering if you could slot in some Empyreal Realms? You've got the Underworld and they seem like they would be the accessible parts of the heavens. I'm thinking Dante's works, Greek Elysium, places where mortals have had heavenly encounters. Probably need to be accessed on holy mountains, that kind of thing. Harry himself thinks Heaven must be somewhere in the Nevernever.

Absolutely! I'm hoping that going through and putting up the framework, fleshing it out with more Realms, Regions, Demesnes and Native will be trivial.  I'm about halfway done with that right now, and after that the real fun can begin!

I hope.

That would be the dream! Dresden Files: Condensed, maybe! Somebody take my money, I need more DFRPG. Heh.

The Traveler Pro-Tips don't seem very usable for a player; they're the sort of thing a character might want to know, but I'm not sure how to use them at the table.

Got it!

Just got back into writing today, things have been pretty intense lately. Going back over the section, I've added a bit but overall I've decided I'm happy with how it reads in general.

Since this is more or less written in-character, it seems appropriate to make it a colorful read instead of giving every single paragraph utility, especially since this is a relatively minor, introductory part of the book.

That said, though, I've gotten the ball rolling on Part 4, which outlines how to use the Otherworld Atlas to run a session. Luckily I thought to read back through the thread and saw my reminder to edit "Finding the Way" so now I'm doing that.

Appreciate the feedback! Hopefully I'll have a more current version ready to read soon.

Fair! Thanks for taking the time to go so in-depth. This is mostly me making a note to read more later, because it's been a long day.

Honestly the tone is pretty new to me. It's not in my usual style, just something I was convinced to try out. That'll take some adjustment, but I'm pretty much outvoted since I'm the only one who doesn't love it, so I guess it's here to stay. As far as the numbers go, I'm working on the chapter that explains all of that now, but the past few days have conspired against me. It's all about navigating in, to and out of a place and basically sets the tone for checks players might have to make without having to use much brainpower. Hazard Index is the same.

The latter half of the book is probably going to be more fun, since that's where I get to throw in neat new things, like the aforementioned Wayfinder, maybe new powers, new entries for new types of things, stunts, etc. So far it was mostly about establishing proof of concept.

Re: Part 2, this is interesting. Everyone seems to have a different opinion about it. Don't know what that means, but it's interesting.

"stables" can't be the right word. Maybe you were going for "staples"? But that would still be questionable grammatically.

Maybe it's because I'm tired, but I truly don't know.

I put all of this in a notepad to address tomorrow when I have time. I'll look around the forums later as well to maybe see if I can streamline the tables for FUDGE dice. You're probably right, though.

I think the issues with Part 3 are going to be addressed when I can put down my much more specific Realms and Regions, though. I wanted to get these three out of the way first, since I can't really play around in there at all.

At any rate, I'm probably rambling by now, so more on that tomorrow. Thank you again!

Glad you think so!

I'm dropping a link here so people can keep track of the project as it evolves in case anyone is interested. It's arrogantly titled the Dresden Files RPG Revival Project because I couldn't think of a better alternative.

I suppose that makes sense! It can be hard to find a reliable group online. I've had some experiences in the past that... eesh. I've seen some stuff.

Personally, I love the original DFRPG the most. As for the book, I guess we'll see! If even a few people more get into the game because of it and maybe gets the ball rolling on giving this game a bigger following, then it'll have done what I want.

Yeah, it's a shame. I love a lot of older games and I've given up mentioning them because whenever I do, the other person immediately suggests playing a newer game of the same genre, and I have a lot of issues with newer game design. I've also just wanted to have a stable long term group that would just keep going with a single game, maybe taking a break from time to time switching to an alternate game, but always back to the other. Continuity has always been super important to me in rpgs.

I feel that! I'm working on a project right now to try and put something up on DTRPG. Free book, who can argue with that, right? May as well look up more about the game. At least that's the idea.

Do you play online or in meatspace? There's a non-zero amount of activity on the Fate RPG Discord server. Game looking for players right now if you're into that sort of thing.

The novels still get action, particularly the free-ranging speculations & "WAGs" of the "Spoilers" thread.

But, yeah.  Without an active marketing campaign from Evil Hat, the DFRPG line is slowly fading.   

Gamers often like to point out that an older game doesn't "die;" those rules that were fun to play still are fun to play.... but ... when a publisher turns their back on a game, this slow slide into obscurity keeps happening over and over again.

Someone should do something about that!

(he says, as he is slowly doing something about that)