I’ve received a couple of requests for links to my various articles on The Dresden Files RPG, so I decided to collect the links all in one spot for easy access. It doesn’t include the play reports from my campaigns; just the articles about how the rules work.
I’ll try to keep it up to date.
Power Level and Setting Creation
- Wading In: Power Levels for DFRPG Campaigns
- When Magic Comes to Town: City Creation in DFRPG, Part One
- When Magic Comes to Town: City Creation in DFRPG, Part Two
Character Creation
- Birthing Pains: High Concepts, Templates, and Troubles
- Tell Me A Story: Character Creation Phases in DFRPG
- The Lightning Bug and the Lightning: Aspects in Dresden Files RPG
- Look What I Can Do: Mortal Stunts in DFRPG
Combat
Spellcasting
- Mystic Theory 101: Magic in DFRPG, Part One
- Evocation, or How to Blow Stuff Up: Magic in DFRPG, Part Two
- Thaumaturgy, or How to Break the Rules: Magic in DFRPG, Part Three
- Getting Ready, or A Thaumaturgic Preperation Cheat Sheet: Magic in DFRPG, Part Four
- How to Build Spells, or A Practical Grimoire: Magic in DFRPG, Part Five
- Math and Miscellany: Magic in DFRPG, Part Six
- DFRPG Magic 101 – e-book collection of the above six posts in .azw3, .epub, and .pdf formats. Thanks to Kevin Nault for creating these!
- The Real Story of the Spell: Cooperative Thaumaturgical Preparation in DFRPG
General and Wide-Ranging Q&A
Not Specific to DFRPG, But Still Maybe Useful
- Let’s See What Happens: Emergent Campaign Storylines
- Let’s See What Happens, Part Two: The Secrets Deck
- Let’s See What Happens, Part Three: Sandboxes
- Let’s See What Happens, Part Four: Watch Their Eyes
- Let’s See What Happens, Part Five: Making Connections
- Let’s See What Happens, Part Six: Give Your Head A Shake
Thanks! I really appreciate you doing this. It’s going to be a big help as I read the RPG.
I’ve cloned these links over onto http://www.dresdenfilesrpg.com/downloads/ — great stuff!
Thank You.
Thank you very much for all of these articles, Rick: they’re great resources, and I’ve pointed my players at them as good lead-ins for DFRPG (not to mention scouring them myself for hints on how to run the system).
I will point out a bad link above: “Math and Miscellany: Magic in DFRPG, Part Six” should point to http://www.rickneal.ca/?p=654
Thanks for pointing out the bad link. Should be fixed now.
And I’m glad you’re finding the articles useful.
A Fantastic (+6) collection of information! I found the combat examples and the play test reports especially useful. I’m just trying to convince my gaming group to give DFRPG a try (they’re all Dresden fans, but also old I-don’t-wanna-learn-a-new-system gamers) and I want to hone my understanding of the system to a razor fine edge before I pitch a new campaign. Thank you for sharing your Lore on this topic!
Glad you’re finding the stuff useful, and good luck with the game!
Something you might want to check out if you’re trying to convince your players that they’ll like DFRPG – Evil Hat has a number of one-shot DFRPG adventures available for free here:
Evil Hat on RPGNow