DFRPG- Intro Session

[kertain]

Hello guys/gals,
I have been wanting to get my gaming group to try the RPG for sometime and I finally have my chance to do a 2-3 game session short campaign.
A few of the players are a little cautious about new systems (been using GURPS) and I am new to the FATE system myself.

Since the system is pretty front heavy in character creation/city creation(which is great) I wanted to have pregen characters ready to go. The point of this session is to give them a taste and see if they like it, I don't want to spend a session on such a short game making characters for obvious reason.

So my question is: Anyone have any pre-gen charactes written up? Cities?

I searched the forums and most posts were a few months old, so I thought I would ask again. Also noticed awhile back there were some posts about convention games..this type of setup would be perfect.

http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,19731.0.html

Anyone have anything they could pass along? Or know where I could find something?

Thanks alot!

[devonapple]

There is a setting for Baltimore in the "Your World" book, ready to go, with characters.

[kertain]

Ok well I feel like a total 'tard now.

I hadn't gotten that far and missed it in the table of contents.

Thank you..that will work perfectly.
Total RTFM event

[devonapple]

No problem! I'm still finding new things every time I re-read the rulebook. For instance, I knew that the Baltimore section was there, but I never bother to read through it for NPCs I could use for my own game. Turns out there were plenty of example NPCs which could easily be repurposed. And still might be.

[kertain]

Yah no kidding, there is alot covered in that book.

I am going to use some of the pre-gens but take out some of their aspects or connections with each other. Give the players a few minutes to pick some of their own aspects or connections because that is a large part of the system.m

[Sanctaphrax]

While the Baltimore section of the core book is excellent, it isn't the only source for things like this. You would likely find it profitable to take a look at the Spare Character Concepts thread. It's jam-packed with excellent pregenerated characters. And if you'll permit a bit of self-promotion, there are also a number of pregenerated characters on the Generic NPCs thread.

Actually, you'd be well advised to read the entire resources board. There's a load of good stuff there.

[MijRai]

I also suggest the Play-by-Post part of the forum. While the games don't last forever, there are plenty of possible characters there. Many of those have been playtested and repaired as well, so you know they are pretty solid.

Oh, and my suggestion for your pre-made characters is simple: Have a good spread of these.
High Level Spellcaster (sorcerer, wizard, etc.)
True Believer
Were-form
Pure Mortal (make him a real badass, otherwise people tend to avoid using them)
Changeling

The other character concepts are more limited, and might not be best for new players. I mean, Feeding Dependency and Involuntary Human form can be a real pain, and when you just start out on a game, you might not want to face something like that.

[GrimSpider]

For the one-shot I ran as a playtest/intro i wrote up a few feet in the water PCs and let them choose from the lot.  Maybe Ill post them here sometime.

Apprentice Wizard(Focused Practictioner)
Were-Bull
wielder of Item of Power(driving focused)
pure mortal Occult shopkeep with resources
pure mortal guns hitman
true believer nun
pure mortal catburgler

[ScottMcG]

I strongly recommend, from personal experience, the pregens that Rick Neal put together for an intro session that he ran.

http://www.rickneal.ca/?p=703


I took the pregens, his light description of the scenario, and his description of Magical Winnipeg (specifically the convocation of the two waters part), and ended up with a really good intro session.

[Imp]

**self-edit... wrong thread**

[noclue]

I have been wanting to get my gaming group to try the RPG for sometime and I finally have my chance to do a 2-3 game session short campaign.
A few of the players are a little cautious about new systems (been using GURPS) and I am new to the FATE system myself.

Be sure to come back and let us know how it went.