Reading it but not finished yet, the first time I laughed was when I was encountered the following line:

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Apparently they do not match. I was going to say strawberries."

It's the lead-in to this quote that makes this line memorable.

I found this to be a favorite (don't know if it really counts as a quote, per se):

So, in an attempt to revive this thread, I have a new question in regards to the game.

Does anyone have an interesting idea for a mystical sort of superweapon that the Germans may have in their possession? One of the things that I and at least one of my players would like to do would be to steal that from the Germans, probably from one of the castles that you always see in the movies. I've been trying to figure out a good item from research and what-not, but so far haven't come up with anything beyond the Spear of Destiny. I'm hesitant to use the spear, because it's a bit cliched, and I keep finding wildly divergent ideas about what sort of powers it would possess/grant.

Also, if anyone happens to know offhand of a good German castle, feel free to mention it.

Don't know of any German castles offhand. As for the super weapon question, though... How about throwing a curveball at them? Instead of being a super weapon the nazis plan on employing in the fight, it's something holy relic that they plan on desecrating and thus unleashing a mystical s**t storm? This would give them two reasons for trying to obtain it. My suggestion would be that the item in question is one of the Swords. The magical community in general knows about the Swords, and if they find out the nazis want to do something to them there would great interest in the outcome. (Obviously, if Denarians found out about the nazis having possession of a Sword, the nazis wouldn't have it for long so it'd have to be kept quiet.)

This is kinda funny; this thread was started the day after I ran character creation for my gaming group and my own Dresden Files campaign set in WW2. I'd been running a wild west d20 game, taken a break to run something else, and came back to the western only to hit a creative block. It frustrated me because I wanted to run the western again. So I asked my group what they might want to play. One immediately put forth Dresden because he had run the rpg for us a while back but didn't get to actually play. I wasn't too keen on running a modern setting - despite how much I LOVE Dresden and how well I know the books - so I suggested combining Dresden with the old west. Technical stuff came up regarding magic and such (like what would the Murphyonic field affect), and we moved on to talking about other choices. I like WW2 as a setting and proposed that, then I immediately remembered Kemmler being active during that time and ideas just started coming to me. Just ran the first session tonight and I had fun (I don't usually - I hate GMing; everyone in our group has a game they run and we take turns).

My group is composed of a Russian Emissary of Power (his patron is a Russian dragon with a hard on for gathering powerful artifacts), and average Joe military intelligence officer (capitalized the Joe on purpose - he's American), an American Jewish minor talent potion maker who also serves as the group doctor, a French were-raven, and my NPC: a clued-in mortal British intelligence officer who's superiors don't believe him about the supernatural stuff. He's basically the Murphy of British intelligence. The Emissary's patron has him on constant lookout for the Sword of St. George, the dragon slayer. And I must say it's awesome that the Emissary's player knows Dresden almost as well as I do: I have him thinking that St. George's sword is Amorrachius. MWAHAHAHA!!!

In my game, Kemmler is behind the scenes for now, but like someone else suggested doing with secret histories, I added him. With all the death and suffering the concentration camps caused, that would be A LOT of dark energy at his disposal. I've toyed with the idea of him being the one to suggest building camps. For now, though, my players will be dealing with minor stuff and building up to an endgame (which I so want to have happen in Dresden, Germany for sheer giggles). Their current situation involves Paris, nazis, the Eiffel Tower, and a 7 foot tall giant in the employ of the nazis. The giant is actually Frankenstein's Monster. The goal of the nazis in Paris is to seek supernatural aid. The nazis don't know about it yet, but the Eiffel Tower is actually acting as a giant, super-warded, bank vault door blocking a portal to a highly dangerous area of Faerie. The Tower is made out of steel, which we all know Fae can't stand.

I have so many ideas right now on where to go with this campaign.

Oh, and while I have the White Council staying out of the war, I do them fighting amongst themselves and a lot tension existing among them. Namely among the Jewish members and the German members that still feel loyal to Germany. That could be another reason why they stayed out of war: they were too busy fighting among themselves.

Well, the question isn't really 'should or shouldn't allow it?' The question is 'how to make it possible?'

I think it would make for a compelling PC, if the curse on him has a built-in resolution the player could work towards. MacFinn's curse is supposed to plague his bloodline until the end times. What's to say that all loup-garou cursed would have the same stipulation?

Would the PC gain anything from being cursed, or would he be a pure mortal with a curse?

You'll have to forgive me if this has been brought up and discussed before (and I'd appreciate a link to the thread), but does anyone have any idea if it's possible to play a character that has the loup-garou curse?

According to the books, the loup-garou has a -21 refresh cost. Totally understandable as the creature is sickeningly powerful. However, the loup-garou is a demon and when the demon's out to play, the cursed human can't do anything (much less remember anything). It has its own skills, talents, powers, and whatnot, but it's not that particular human in possession of all those things.

I can understand werewolf characters of the Alpha variety having - in human form - the skills they have as a wolf. They had to learn those things and they retain their minds from one form to the other. But that doesn't apply to the loup-garou.

The little stat blurb for Harley MacFinn just tells the reader to see the loup-garou entry even though, for all intents and purposes, he's a completely separate character. A loup - being a monster/npc - falls under the GM's domain. But someone like Harley could easily be a playable character, albeit a supremely unfortunately cursed PC.

Those are some good suggestions, especially the Bourne soundtracks (one of the things I loved about the movies).

I made a little project for myself and made an 'opening credits' - complete with music and pictures - for my group to watch before we start gaming. It definitely gets them in the mood, seeing pictures of San Fran, titles, and pictures of people they would cast as their characters.

For Murphy, she'd probably have an aspect like "COP". Maybe "Loyal Friend". Michael would likely have "Loyal Friend", too, as well as "Knight of the Cross" because come on, he OWNS that title.

Thanks. I'll look into those.

Any more suggestions, feel free to toss'em out there.

What I like most about the way magic works in the Dresdenverse is how it's really only limited by what the user is capable of thinking up and channelling. When I'm a magic user (very rare), I tend to be like Harry, using a handful of tried and true standby's and the occasional different spell.

A team dynamic for a group of casters - with this in mind - is golden, as everyone is coming in with their own arsenal of ideas. Then, everyone is subconciously taking notes and getting ideas for themselves. It's definitely something worth me considering if everyone in my group wants to be a wizard.