18 Responses to Digging a Little Deeper

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   February 7, 2010 at 12:00 am

   Thanks for doing this writeup! Saves me the trouble, really. 😉
2. Rick Neal says:

   February 7, 2010 at 12:08 am

   Glad to do it. In case there’s any doubt, I’m really digging the books. 😀

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   February 7, 2010 at 12:54 am

   “Because of the wealth of source material in the series, Chicago is a little more fleshed-out than Baltimore, and it’s got a lot of good information for play.”

   Point of fact: Chicago is not fully game-statted as Baltimore is, but it’s got a METRIC TON of cool, real-world (not necessarily series-based) weirdness in it.
5. Lanodantheon says:

   February 7, 2010 at 1:39 am

   Question: Does the magic section talk about the limits of magic’s interaction with technology?
   What I’m talking about is the magic items/foci/whatever-they’re-called that interact with technology to work.
   (Specifically, Elaine’s chain thingie that she charges in a light socket.)
6. Rechan says:

   February 7, 2010 at 3:59 am

   Hey Rick! I lost the URL for your site, I’m really glad to be back. 🙂

   The DM chapter, does it talk about how to make adventures? To be honest, the DFRPG scares me in terms of GMing, because coming up with a cohesive mystery every “week” is really daunting! I know “Tie it to your players aspects”, but for instance if they smoke one PC’s nemesis, that aspect – that avenue – is gone. Same thing if they shut down something one player is very concerned about, then it’s hard to bring back. Not to mention other matters of maintaining a good Noir/Mystery/whatnot feel to the game, like clues and how to make things not obvious, does it address this well?

   Are Pure Mortals the only ones that can take mortal stunts?

   How is Sponsored Magic different? Is it a template that can be dropped onto any PC? Or access to new stunts/powers? It handles stuff like deals with Fey too, right? Or is that just “Hey, look at Emissary”.

   This is also a general question for you. You talk about multiple character creation sessions. How do you deal with players who want to Get to the Game RIght Now? A lot of people I know would not be patient enough for spending more than x hours doing that sort of thing. And, doing City AND character creation simultaneously sounds very… ADD. How do you organize that?
7. James Cartwright says:

   February 7, 2010 at 6:22 am

   Great write-up, can’t wait for these books.

   Are there stats for ‘Mouse’ in the books and is there the ability to make your own temple animals like ‘mouse’?

   thanks
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   February 7, 2010 at 9:14 am

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9. Lenny Balsera says:

   February 7, 2010 at 5:16 pm

   Rechan: I wouldn’t worry as much as you seem to be worried about the whole “mystery” element of Dresden Files stories. In my opinion, very few of the Dresden Files novels qualify as mystery stories in a hardcore sense. Harry doesn’t “cat and mouse” his adversaries, nor they him – he gathers just enough information to make cool choices and move the plot, and then takes drastic action to stop a nefarious scheme. We often know “whodunit” way before the end of the book. Revelation, where it exists, more often comes in the form of “world/setting knowledge, or relationship/backstory knowledge, that we didn’t know before”.

   The game advises you to start from the most practical point possible – that being, an NPC and their motivations – and work your way back from there. I think it works out pretty well, especially if you take all the other advice in the GM chapter about making rolls interesting and whatnot. What it comes down to is this: who is your NPC, what do they want, how do they go about it, and how far along have they gotten before the PCs get introduced to the situation? The further along they are, the more clues there are to distribute.
10. Jon Hammersley says:

    February 7, 2010 at 7:09 pm

    So how are enchanted items handled? Some (potions) are obviously single use items but how do you limit something like Harry’s ring that stores kinetic energy?

    Does using a specific created foci (ritual knife, blasting rod, staff, etc) decrease the difficulty of controlling magical forces and how does it do so?

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13. Iorwerth says:

    February 8, 2010 at 9:08 am

    How do weapons and armour work? Do they just add stress levels / subtract stress levels?

    As to magic, when drawing down power do you need to roll, or do you just draw down a level equal to the relevant skill, whatever that skill is?

    Once you have drawn down the power I believe you roll your control. Do you need to get a score above the power level to control it? if you don’t, I presume it spills out and has unforseen effects, and may do the caster damage?

    With a stress inducing spell, does it do the power level in stress points, or the level of control you have, or something else?
14. Stacey says:

    February 8, 2010 at 12:13 pm

    Great write up!

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