[OOC] Wild City- A Dresden Files roleplay.

[shagranoz]

Ah, Philadelphia. One of the world's greatest cities. A place where blue-collar workers just go about their days, with no idea of what goes on right under their noses.

The Red and White Courts are having their usual turf skirmishes, as they have for ages past. Ditto the Summer and Winter Courts, though right now, the city is fairly well held by Winter. Minor practitioners are just trying to keep their heads down, hoping to avoid the crossfire, while the White Council is keeping an increasingly nervous eye on the situation. Though it all, a new name has arisen, a name that is starting to strike fear in the hearts of the supernatural community: Black Jenny.

So, this is going to be a Dresden Files roleplay. We will be playing in an AU around the same time frame as Storm Front. That way, there's no need to be concerned about canon. Since it's here, it's pretty obvious we will indeed be using the tabletop system. Here's the link.

google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&u..

For more info on mechanics and character creation, please see my mechanics co-GM, @Blue Demon. @KiltmanBagz will be my story co-GM, helping build the world. I will be overall GM, making sure the two sides cooperate properly and that we all have a blast.

What I expect from you guys is simple:

No fighting in the OOC.
No godmodding, metagaming, yadda yadda yadda.
GM and co-GMs are the holy trinity. What we sez, goes.
Last, and by far the most important, HAVE FUN!

[Meiyuki]

What's the procedure for CS? Would you prefer them PM'd to you and the CO-GMs or should I drop my application here?

[Blue Demon]

There are these links to downloadable pdf versions of the character sheets. (For easier reference)
City and Character Sheets
Shapeshifter Character Sheet
Hunger Stress Character Sheet (For you vampires)
Spellcasting Record Sheet

If you follow this link there are more links (I know right?) that give you the run down on some things in the Fate systems work. Such as combat, spell casting, character creation, and a Q&A. Of course if you don't feel like reading lots, you can direct some of your questions towards me.

Also, If you need resources to help you with your magic, here are a bunch more links.
A Wiki on Magic in the Books
Magic in DFRPG, Part One; Two; Three; Four; Five; and Six
Supernatural Powers Ideas

And you'll probably want the Reference Sheets. They are very, very handy. I can't live without them for a Dresden Files game.

[Meiyuki]

@Blue Demon What's our starting refresh/skills?

[Blue Demon]

@Blue Demon What's our starting refresh/skills?

@Meiyuki

I'm currently in talks with the GM about that at the moment. I'd say until she/he gets back to me leave off that and work on everything else in the meantime. (The concept, trouble, phases, etc)

[Meiyuki]

<Snipped quote by Meiyuki>
I'm currently in talks with the GM about that at the moment. I'd say until she/he gets back to me leave off that and work on everything else in the meantime. (The concept, trouble, phases, etc)

@Blue Demon

-Salutes- Sure thing boss.

[Blue Demon]

@MeiyukiAlright. The GM got back to me and characters are at the "Feet-in-the-Water". This is minor talent level. Refer to page 53 for how many refresh and skill points you'll receive for this level.

@Everyone, If you need help working the character sheets don't be afraid to PM me. I'll work on throwing up one of my old ones you can use as an example/guideline.

[Blue Demon]

Character Sheet

C H A R A C T E R N A M E

Player/Username:
Template:
Musts:
Power Level: (For most, if not all, this will be Feet in the Water)
Skill Cap: (Should be Great)
Skill Points Spent:
Total Available:
Base Refresh Level:
Adjusted Refresh: (This is how many Fate Points you have to play with)

Phases

Phase One: (Background: Where did you come from?)

Phase Aspect:

Phase Two: (Rising Conflict: What shaped you?)

Phase Aspect:

Phase Three: (The Story: What was your first adventure?)

Phase Aspect:

Phase Four: (Guest Star: Whose Path Have You Crossed?)*

Phase Aspect:

Phase Five: (Guest Star Redux: Who Else’s Path Have You Crossed?)*

Phase Aspect:

*Both Phase Four and Five are optional.
But you still need Aspects for them!
I'd highly recommend doing them, which means collaborate with your fellow players.

Aspects

High Concept:
Trouble:
Other Aspects: (List all from the Phases)

Skills*

*If you're a shapeshifter this changes

Superb (+5): (Skills here)

Number of Slots: (Feet in the Water have 0)

Great (+4): (Skills here)

Number of Slots: (See Page 65)

Good (+3): (Skills here)

Number of Slots: (See Page 65)

Fair (+2): (Skills here)

Number of Slots: (See Page 65)

Average (+1): (Skills here)

Number of Slots: (See Page 65)

Stunts and Powers

STUNT*/POWER NAME: Describe it

Cost: How many Points?

STUNT/POWER NAME: Describe it

Cost: How many Points?

STUNT/POWER NAME: Describe it

Cost: How many Points?

*You can take as many stunts you want as long as you don't go over the 0 refresh cut off.

Stress*

*Hunger is an add on if you're a vampire

Physical (Endurance): Factored off of Endurance up to 8, At Feet in the Water the most is 4. The least is 2
Mental (Conviction): Factored off of Conviction up to 8, At Feet in the Water the most is 4. The least is 2
Social (Presence): Factored off of Presence up to 8, At Feet in the Water the most is 4. The least is 2
Armour (Ect):

Consequences

Sometimes conflicts will have lasting effects on a character—serious injuries, embarrassments, phobias, and the like.

Mild:
Moderate:
Severe:
(At the start you will have no consequences. See page 203-204 to factor out Consequences)

Spell Casting

Core Skills

Conviction (Spell power of 1-stress casting)

+__

Discipline (Control a spell, Aim a spell)

+__

Lore (# Rotes, “No-Prep”, complexity, Base strength on enchanted Items)

+__

Evocation Specializations

Element: Control

Power:

Element: Control

Power:

Element: Control

Power:

Thaumaturgy Specializations

Application: Control

Complexity:

Application: Control

Complexity:

Application: Control

Complexity:

Crafting Frequency:
Crafting Strength:

Focus Items

Number of Slots Available:

ITEM NAME: Description

Bonuses:

ITEM NAME: Description

Bonuses:

ITEM NAME: Description

Bonuses:

Enchanted Items & Potions

Number of Slots Available:

Description: Effects
Description: Effects
Description: Effects

Rote Spells

Rotes Available: (Based off Lore Rating)

Spell:

Shifts:
Stress:

Spell:

Shifts:
Stress:

Spell:

Shifts:
Stress:

Spell Totals Workspace

Offensive Control (Base = Discipline)

Offensive Power (Base = Conviction)

Defensive Control (Base = Discipline)

Defensive Power (Base = Conviction)

Sponsor Debt Record

Sponsor: NAME HERE

Current Debt: (What is it?)

Template Code for Default Character Sheet

[center][h3]C H A R A C T E R N A M E[/h3][/center]
[u]Player/Username[/u]:
[u]Template[/u]:
[u]Musts[/u]:
[u]Power Level[/u]: [i](For most, if not all, this will be Feet in the Water)[/i]
[u]Skill Cap[/u]: [i](Should be Great)[/i]
[u]Skill Points Spent[/u]:
[u]Total Available[/u]:
[u]Base Refresh Level[/u]:
[u]Adjusted Refresh[/u]: [i](This is how many Fate Points you have to play with)[/i][center][h3]Phases[/h3][/center][u]Phase One[/u]: [i](Background: Where did you come from?)[/i][indent]Phase Aspect: [/indent]
[u]Phase Two[/u]: [i](Rising Conflict: What shaped you?)[/i][indent]Phase Aspect: [/indent]
[u]Phase Three[/u]: [i](The Story: What was your first adventure?)[/i][indent]Phase Aspect: [/indent]
[u]Phase Four[/u]: [i](Guest Star: Whose Path Have You Crossed?)[/i][indent]Phase Aspect: [/indent]
[u]Phase Five[/u]: [i](Guest Star Redux: Who Else’s Path Have You Crossed?)[/i][indent]Phase Aspect: [/indent][center][h3]Aspects[/h3][/center]
[u]High Concept[/u]:
[u]Trouble[/u]:
[u]Other Aspects[/u]: [i](List all from the Phases)[/i][center][h3]Skills[/h3][/center]Superb (+5): (Skills here)[indent]Number of Slots: [i](Feet in the Water have 0)[/i][/indent]
Great (+4): (Skills here)[indent]Number of Slots: [i](See Page 65)[/i][/indent]
Good (+3): (Skills here)[indent]Number of Slots: [i](See Page 65)[/i][/indent]
Fair (+2): (Skills here)[indent]Number of Slots: [i](See Page 65)[/i][/indent]
Average (+1): (Skills here)[indent]Number of Slots: [i](See Page 65)[/i][/indent][center][h3]Stunts and Powers[/h3][/center]
STUNT/POWER NAME: [i]Describe it[/i][indent][u]Cost[/u]: [i]How many Points?[/i][/indent]
STUNT/POWER NAME: [i]Describe it[/i][indent][u]Cost[/u]: [i]How many Points?[/i][/indent]
STUNT/POWER NAME: [i]Describe it[/i][indent][u]Cost[/u]: [i]How many Points?[/i][/indent]
[center][h3]Stress[/h3][/center]Physical (Endurance): [i]Factored off of Endurance up to 8, At Feet in the Water the most is 4. The least is 2[/i]
Mental (Conviction): [i]Factored off of Conviction up to 8, At Feet in the Water the most is 4. The least is 2[/i]
Social (Presence): [i]Factored off of Presence up to 8, At Feet in the Water the most is 4. The least is 2[/i]
Armour (Ect):
[center][h3]Consequences[/h3][/center]
[u]Mild[/u]:
[u]Moderate[/u]:
[u]Severe[/u]:

Template Code for Vampire Character Sheet

[center][h3]C H A R A C T E R N A M E[/h3][/center]
[u]Player/Username[/u]:
[u]Template[/u]:
[u]Musts[/u]:
[u]Power Level[/u]: [i](For most, if not all, this will be Feet in the Water)[/i]
[u]Skill Cap[/u]: [i](Should be Great)[/i]
[u]Skill Points Spent[/u]:
[u]Total Available[/u]:
[u]Base Refresh Level[/u]:
[u]Adjusted Refresh[/u]: [i](This is how many Fate Points you have to play with)[/i][center][h3]Phases[/h3][/center][u]Phase One[/u]: [i](Background: Where did you come from?)[/i][indent]Phase Aspect: [/indent]
[u]Phase Two[/u]: [i](Rising Conflict: What shaped you?)[/i][indent]Phase Aspect: [/indent]
[u]Phase Three[/u]: [i](The Story: What was your first adventure?)[/i][indent]Phase Aspect: [/indent]
[u]Phase Four[/u]: [i](Guest Star: Whose Path Have You Crossed?)[/i][indent]Phase Aspect: [/indent]
[u]Phase Five[/u]: [i](Guest Star Redux: Who Else’s Path Have You Crossed?)[/i][indent]Phase Aspect: [/indent][center][h3]Aspects[/h3][/center]
[u]High Concept[/u]:
[u]Trouble[/u]:
[u]Other Aspects[/u]: [i](List all from the Phases)[/i][center][h3]Skills[/h3][/center]Superb (+5): (Skills here)[indent]Number of Slots: [i](Feet in the Water have 0)[/i][/indent]
Great (+4): (Skills here)[indent]Number of Slots: [i](See Page 65)[/i][/indent]
Good (+3): (Skills here)[indent]Number of Slots: [i](See Page 65)[/i][/indent]
Fair (+2): (Skills here)[indent]Number of Slots: [i](See Page 65)[/i][/indent]
Average (+1): (Skills here)[indent]Number of Slots: [i](See Page 65)[/i][/indent][center][h3]Stunts and Powers[/h3][/center]
STUNT/POWER NAME: [i]Describe it[/i][indent][u]Cost[/u]: [i]How many Points?[/i][/indent]
STUNT/POWER NAME: [i]Describe it[/i][indent][u]Cost[/u]: [i]How many Points?[/i][/indent]
STUNT/POWER NAME: [i]Describe it[/i][indent][u]Cost[/u]: [i]How many Points?[/i][/indent]
[center][h3]Stress[/h3][/center]Physical (Endurance): [i]Factored off of Endurance up to 8, At Feet in the Water the most is 4. The least is 2[/i]
Mental (Conviction): [i]Factored off of Conviction up to 8, At Feet in the Water the most is 4. The least is 2[/i]
Social (Presence): [i]Factored off of Presence up to 8, At Feet in the Water the most is 4. The least is 2[/i]
Hunger (Discipline): [i]Factored off of Discipline up to 8, At Feet in the Water the most is 4. The least is 2[/i]
Armour (Ect):
[center][h3]Consequences[/h3][/center]
[u]Mild[/u]:
[u]Moderate[/u]:
[u]Severe[/u]:

Template Code for Shapeshifter Character Sheet

[center][h3]C H A R A C T E R N A M E[/h3][/center]
[u]Player/Username[/u]:
[u]Template[/u]:
[u]Musts[/u]:
[u]Power Level[/u]: [i](For most, if not all, this will be Feet in the Water)[/i]
[u]Skill Cap[/u]: [i](Should be Great)[/i]
[u]Skill Points Spent[/u]:
[u]Total Available[/u]:
[u]Base Refresh Level[/u]:
[u]Adjusted Refresh[/u]: [i](This is how many Fate Points you have to play with)[/i][center][h3]Phases[/h3][/center][u]Phase One[/u]: [i](Background: Where did you come from?)[/i][indent]Phase Aspect: [/indent]
[u]Phase Two[/u]: [i](Rising Conflict: What shaped you?)[/i][indent]Phase Aspect: [/indent]
[u]Phase Three[/u]: [i](The Story: What was your first adventure?)[/i][indent]Phase Aspect: [/indent]
[u]Phase Four[/u]: [i](Guest Star: Whose Path Have You Crossed?)[/i][indent]Phase Aspect: [/indent]
[u]Phase Five[/u]: [i](Guest Star Redux: Who Else’s Path Have You Crossed?)[/i][indent]Phase Aspect: [/indent][center][h3]Aspects[/h3][/center]
[u]High Concept[/u]:
[u]Trouble[/u]:
[u]Other Aspects[/u]: [i](List all from the Phases)[/i][center][h3]Skills[/h3](Skills Human)[/center]Superb (+5): (Skills here)[indent]Number of Slots: [i](Feet in the Water have 0)[/i][/indent]
Great (+4): (Skills here)[indent]Number of Slots: [i](See Page 65)[/i][/indent]
Good (+3): (Skills here)[indent]Number of Slots: [i](See Page 65)[/i][/indent]
Fair (+2): (Skills here)[indent]Number of Slots: [i](See Page 65)[/i][/indent]
Average (+1): (Skills here)[indent]Number of Slots: [i](See Page 65)[/i][/indent][center](Skills Changed)[/center]Superb (+5): (Skills here)[indent]Number of Slots: [i](Feet in the Water have 0)[/i][/indent]
Great (+4): (Skills here)[indent]Number of Slots: [i](See Page 65)[/i][/indent]
Good (+3): (Skills here)[indent]Number of Slots: [i](See Page 65)[/i][/indent]
Fair (+2): (Skills here)[indent]Number of Slots: [i](See Page 65)[/i][/indent]
Average (+1): (Skills here)[indent]Number of Slots: [i](See Page 65)[/i][/indent][center][h3]Stunts and Powers[/h3][/center]
STUNT/POWER NAME: [i]Describe it[/i][indent][u]Cost[/u]: [i]How many Points?[/i][/indent]
STUNT/POWER NAME: [i]Describe it[/i][indent][u]Cost[/u]: [i]How many Points?[/i][/indent]
STUNT/POWER NAME: [i]Describe it[/i][indent][u]Cost[/u]: [i]How many Points?[/i][/indent][center][h3]Stress[/h3][/center]Physical Human (Endurance): [i]Factored off of Endurance up to 8, At Feet in the Water the most is 4. The least is 2[/i][indent]Changed: [i]Is this number different because of your changed skill set?[/i][/indent]Mental Human (Conviction): [i]Factored off of Conviction up to 8, At Feet in the Water the most is 4. The least is 2[/i][indent]Changed: [i]Is this number different because of your changed skill set?[/i][/indent]Social Human (Presence): [i]Factored off of Presence up to 8, At Feet in the Water the most is 4. The least is 2[/i][indent]Changed: [i]Is this number different because of your changed skill set?[/i][/indent]Armour (Ect):[center][h3]Consequences[/h3][/center]
[u]Mild[/u]:
[u]Moderate[/u]:
[u]Severe[/u]:

Spellcasting Sheet Add-on

You just add this onto the default character sheet.
[center][h3]Spell Casting[/h3][/center][h3]Core Skills[/h3][indent]Conviction [i](Spell power of 1-stress casting)[/i][indent]+__[/indent]Discipline [i](Control a spell, Aim a spell)[/i][indent]+__[/indent]Lore [i](# Rotes, “No-Prep”, complexity, Base strength on enchanted Items)[/i][indent]+__[/indent][/indent][h3]Evocation Specializations[/h3][indent][b]Element[/b]: Control[indent][u]Power[/u]:[/indent][b]Element[/b]: Control[indent][u]Power[/u]:[/indent][b]Element[/b]: Control[indent][u]Power[/u]:[/indent][/indent][h3]Thaumaturgy Specializations[/h3][indent][b]Application[/b]: Control[indent][u]Complexity[/u]:[/indent][b]Application[/b]: Control[indent][u]Complexity[/u]:[/indent][b]Application[/b]: Control[indent][u]Complexity[/u]:[/indent]
[u]Crafting Frequency:[/u]
[u]Crafting Strength[/u]:[/indent][h3]Focus Items[/h3]Number of Slots Available:[indent][b]ITEM NAME[/b]: Description[indent][u]Bonuses[/u]: [/indent][b]ITEM NAME[/b]: Description[indent][u]Bonuses[/u]: [/indent][b]ITEM NAME[/b]: Description[indent][u]Bonuses[/u]: [/indent][/indent][h3]Enchanted Items & Potions[/h3]Number of Slots Available:[indent][u]Description[/u]: Effects
[u]Description[/u]: Effects
[u]Description[/u]: Effects[/indent][h3]Rote Spells[/h3]Rotes Available: [i](Based off Lore Rating)[/i][indent][b]Spell[/b]:[indent][u]Shifts[/u]:
[u]Stress[/u]:[/indent][b]Spell[/b]:[indent][u]Shifts[/u]:
[u]Stress[/u]:[/indent][b]Spell[/b]:[indent][u]Shifts[/u]:
[u]Stress[/u]:[/indent][/indent][h3]Spell Totals Workspace[/h3][indent]Offensive Control (Base = Discipline)

Offensive Power (Base = Conviction)

Defensive Control (Base = Discipline)

Defensive Power (Base = Conviction)
[/indent][h3]Sponsor Debt Record[/h3][indent]Sponsor: NAME HERE[indent]Current Debt: [i](What is it?)[/i][/indent][/indent]

Amelia Crane; An Example Sheet

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AMELIA CRANE

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Player/Username: Blue Demon
Template: Pure Mortal
Musts: +2 bonus starting refresh if no supernatural powers
Power Level: Feet in the Water
Skill Cap: Great (+4)
Skill Points Spent: 20
Total Available: 20
Base Refresh Level: 8
Adjusted Refresh: 3

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PHASES

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Phase One: Amelia is from a military family. She was born overseas but really doesn't associate it as home. Home is where her family is. Since she's moved around she has a mash of culture. Her family wasn't poor, but neither were they rich. She has one older sister and both parents. She's close to her family. She went through school quickly and was valedictorian every time. She didn't have many friends because of her abrasive personality.

Phase Aspect: Skewed Reality

Phase Two: Being isolated Amelia turned to books, mainly the supernatural. She accumulated knowledge and further isolation. She choose eventually to believe in the supernatural and close herself off from the mortal world.

Phase Aspect: Isolation

Phase Three: Amelia discovered that an older lady had an item that may have been a talisman. She headed out to get it one day. Initially the woman refused to give it to Amelia. Undeterred Amelia breaks in later when the woman is not home and takes it anyways.

Phase Aspect: Tenacious

Phase Four: N/A

Phase Aspect: Righteous Anger

Phase Five: N/A

Phase Aspect: Curiosity

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ASPECTS

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High Concept: Uber Nerd
Trouble: One lab accident away from becoming a super villain
Other Aspects: Skewed Reality, Isolation, Tenacious, Righteous Anger, and Curiosity

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SKILLS

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Superb (+5): -----

Number of Slots: 0

Great (+4): Lore, Stealth

Number of Slots: 2

Good (+3): Investigation, Burglary

Number of Slots: 2

Fair (+2): Scholarship, Alertness

Number of Slots: 2

Average (+1): Deceit, Contacts

Number of Slots: 2

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STUNTS AND POWERS

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Honest Lies (Deceit): +2 to pass off untrue parts of a truth

Cost: -1

Hairpin Maestro (Burglary): Reduces difficulty by -2 when using non-locking picking tools

Cost: -1

Listening (Investigation): +4 to Investigation and Alertness drops to Terrible (-2)

Cost: -1

Researcher (Lore): 2 times fast research on Supernatural subjects

Cost: -1

Quick Eyes (Investigation): Determine details 2 times faster

Cost: -1

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STRESS

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Physical (Endurance): 2
Mental (Conviction): 2
Social (Presence): 2
Armour (Ect): None

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CONSEQUENCES

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Mild: None
Moderate: None
Severe: None

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Whew. Got all those done. *wipes brow*

[Meiyuki]

Alyssa Smart

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Alyssa Smart

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Player/Username: Meiyuki
Template: Socerer
Musts: -2 refresh worth of stuffs
Power Level: Feet in the water
Skill Cap: Great
Skill Points Spent:20
Total Available: 20
Base Refresh Level: 6
Adjusted Refresh: 1

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Phases

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Phase One: Alyssa comes from ignoble blood. Lawbreakers and heretics taint her magical bloodline. From a more mundane perspective she was born the only child of a pair of kind -if clueless- parents, and grew up with a middle class lifestyle. The dissonance between her mortal life, and her magical lineage has left her confused and unable to secure the formal training required to join the ranks of the White Council.

Phase Aspect: Monsterous Expectations

Phase Two: Alyssa's talent manifested just before she started college. Strange phenomena kept occuring around her, and she couldn't seem to get her once trusted laptop or phone to work. Research afforded her a small understanding of what she was becoming, and just as her parents were beginning to worry she vanished. A bigger city might have someone who could teach her, and the farther she got from her parents the less danger she'd be to them.

Phase Aspect: New to the City

Phase Three: Philadelphia wasn't exactly what she'd hoped for, while it was rife with magical phenomena her hunt for someone to apprentice herself to bore no real fruit. She did however make friends, and a few enemies. Eventually a mysterious package arrived at the small apartment she'd been staying at, inside she found the resources she'd need to finish her own training. It's been slow going, attempting to master things she'd never dreamed of by herself, but what other choices does she have?

Phase Aspect: Autodidact

Phase Four: (Coming soon)

Phase Aspect: (Also coming soon)

Phase Five: (Coming soon)

Phase Aspect: (Also coming soon)

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Aspects

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High Concept: Aspiring Wizard
Trouble: Impatient practitioner
Other Aspects: Monstrous Expectations, New to the City, Autodidact

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Skills

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Superb (+5):

Number of Slots: 0

Great (+4): Conviction, Discipline

Number of Slots: 2

Good (+3): Lore, Presence

Number of Slots: 2

Fair (+2): Awareness, Endurance

Number of Slots: 2

Average (+1): Contacts, Research

Number of Slots: 2

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Stunts and Powers

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Evocation: Where you get your explosions

Cost: -3

Ritual: Tracking and Locating spells

Cost: -2

Focus Items: (Coming soon)

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Stress

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Physical (Endurance): 2
Mental (Conviction): 4
Social (Presence): 3
Armour (Ect):

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Consequences

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Mild:
Moderate:
Severe:

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How's that look?

Edited: Traded Thaumaturgy for Ritual, and selected tracking and locating spells as the focus.

[Blue Demon]

@MeiyukiSo far everything looks like it's coming together. Just a few items.

The Sorcerer build isn't available until you hit "Up to Your Waist". You only have the minor talent option at "Feet in the Water". You'd have to hit up our lovely GM if you want to build a Sorcerer at this point. If not, you'll have to work up to it. I cannot make that call.

Your "Skill Points Spent" is 20. (My example sheet probably made that less than clear because it was a mid-campaign sheet. I've bumped it back down to what you'd see at the start. I apologize for any confusion I caused.)

I'd advise you to use the Spell Casting Template when you get there for sake of convenience since you don't already have it added on.

[Meiyuki]

@Blue Demon Ah! Glazed over the part where it mentioned not going below 1. Maybe I'll kick Thaumaturgy down to Ritual, and go for the minor talent.

Either way, editing.

[Blue Demon]

It didn't actually mention that you cannot use the build when you're only "Feet in the Water" where the builds are but earlier when it was talking about power levels (talk about confusing.) So I'm not surprised you tried.

[malmshodes]

Hi!
I'm really looking forward to doing this, but to be honest I've never actually done something like this. I'm looking at the link to the manual as we speak, but there's so much. Could someone maybe give me a hint on where to start? Please?

[malmshodes]

Hi!
I'm really looking forward to doing this, but to be honest I've never actually done something like this. I'm looking at the link to the manual as we speak, but there's so much. Could someone maybe give me a hint on where to start? Please?

[Blue Demon]

@malmshodesWell, you could probably skip over all the city building information. But you'll probably have to read quite a bit of the character creation info in order to know what you're doing. Sorry that there're no quick short cuts.

[malmshodes]

@malmshodesWell, you could probably skip over all the city building information. But you'll probably have to read quite a bit of the character creation info in order to know what you're doing. Sorry that there're no quick short cuts.

@Blue Demon

No worries! Actually, that's where I decided to start. So its a good thing to know my instincts aren't too far off track ^.^
Though, I probably won't be able to get a CS up till at least tomorrow as I'm learning all this for the first time! ^.^;
Still, really excited about the rp. So its the books for me :)

[Bourgeoisie]

Jin Kyrgios

Jin Kyrgios

Player/Username: Bourgeoisie
Template: Were-Bear
Musts: Beast Change (-1), Echoes of the Beast (–1), Human Form (+1), Inhuman Toughness (-2), Claws (-1)
Power Level: Feet in the Water
Skill Cap: Great (+4)
Skill Points Spent: 20
Total Available: 20
Base Refresh Level: 6 (2 left from CC)
Adjusted Refresh: 1

Phases

Phase One: Jin's family is comprised entirely of normal humans, unaware of his powers or the secret world around them. Coming from a line of seaman, he was expected to continue the family tradition of serving in the Navy as an officer of rank and distinction. Despite being both groomed and talented, he began to despise the idea of becoming an officer. The second child of the family, he lived under the shadow of his brother and watched his younger sister be smothered in attention and love. To him, his parents couldn't care less about who he was as long as he followed their plan. Growing increasingly distant from his family and their traditions, he would often take long walks through the docks of Baltimore.

Phase Aspect: Loss of Bearing

Phase Two:Jin learned shape shifting from an Ursine Theriomorph that he helped as a teenager. The same experience also ignited Jin's wish to save lives, a want that would lead him to join the Navy not as an officer, but as an enlisted Hospital corpsman. During his eight year tenure with the navy, Jin served as a combat medic with the Marines. Discharged after being deemed mentally unwell, Jin found himself in Philadelphia offering his services as a mercenary. His trauma, short temper, and propensity towards ultra violence have helped him begin to make a name for himself in the City of Brotherly Love's criminal underground.

Phase Aspect: Salty Bear

Phase Three: Jin gained the ability to shift during his senior year in high school. A volatile period filled with heated arguments about his future, Jin found himself aimlessly wandering Baltimore more and more. One evening, Jin came across an injured, naked man bleeding out in an alley. Acting quickly, Jin managed to stem the flow of blood long enough for the man to regain consciousness. As the man came to, another figure appeared in the quiet, deserted street. The other man spotted Jin and his patient, and Jin spotted a glint of gold before the man disappeared and was replaced by the Wolf Man, if the Wolf Man took steroids and looked more wolf than man. Frozen at the spot, he was alarmed when his patient began morphing as well, growing in both height and weight and short brown fur began sprouting from his skin. In front of him was an unnaturally large grizzly bear, who moved to stand protectively in front of Jin. The ensuing fight was long and brutal, and ended with the Wolf Man being lit on fire and then drowned. The shapeshifter, than began to follow Jin around constantly, before one day began teaching the art of shape shifting. That night changed Jin more than just physically, but mentally he found that he wanted to help people, a decision that would lead to him enlisting as Hospital Corpsman.

Phase Aspect: My Burden to Bear.

Phase Four: (Guest Star: Whose Path Have You Crossed?)

Phase Aspect:

Phase Five: (Guest Star Redux: Who Else’s Path Have You Crossed?)

Phase Aspect:

Aspects

High Concept: Traumatized Combat Medic Bear
Trouble: Literal Bear with PTSD
Other Aspects: (List all from the Phases) Loss of Bearing, Salty Bear, My Burden to Bear

Skills

(Skills Human)

Superb (+5):

Number of Slots: 0

Great (+4): Discipline

Number of Slots: 1

Good (+3): Scholarship, Conviction

Number of Slots: 2

Fair (+2): Guns, Fists, Endurance

Number of Slots: 3

Average (+1): Might, Alertness, Athletics, Presence

Number of Slots: 4

(Skills Changed)

Superb (+5):

Number of Slots: 0

Great (+4): Endurance, Might

Number of Slots:2

Good (+3): Athletics, Presence

Number of Slots: 2

Fair (+2): Conviction, Alertness(Skills here)

Number of Slots: 2

Average (+1): Fists, Disciplines

Number of Slots: 2

Stunts and Powers

• Human Form: You’re a shapeshifter, but when you haven’t shapeshifted, you’re just a normal person.
  Cost: +1
• Beast Change: Jin's skills are reallocated upon transformation
  Cost: -1
• Echoes of the Beast: Jin shares the senses of his bear form, greatly exceeding those of a humans. Hearing that exceeds human frequency ranges and twice as sensitive and an sense of smell significantly greater than those of humans.
  Cost: -1
• Inhuman Toughness: When Transformed, Jin can take more punishment than he can normally.
  Cost: -2
  
  
  • Hard to Hurt. You naturally have Armor:1 against all physical stress.
  • Hard to Kill. You have two additional boxes of physical stress capacity (page 201).
• Claws: When Transformed, Jin's bear hands deal more bare handed damage due ot his claws.
  Cost: -1
  
  
  • Natural Weapons. You have claws (or something
    similar) which act as Weapon:2 for your
    Fists attacks. This bonus stacks with stress
    increases due to Strength abilities (page 183),
    but  won’t stack with other Weapon:[X]
    effects per the usual weapon stacking guidelines
• Mortal Stunt: Combat Medicine: Healing others during combat was Jin's job as a hospital corpsman, any increase to a Scholarship: Medical Attention due to a combat situation (i.e. splinting a broken limb during a firefight) is reduced by up to two.

Stress

Physical Human (Endurance): 3

Changed: 6

Mental Human(Conviction): 4

Changed: 3

Social Human(Presence): 3

Changed: 4

Armour (Ect):

Consequences

Mild:
Moderate:
Severe:

[Blue Demon]

@BourgeoisieTime for the nit-picky Co-GM to take over. Yay.

Base Refresh Level: 6
Adjusted Refresh: 1

@Bourgeoisie

This is what this area should look like. 1 is your adjusted refresh after all your points have been spent. This determines your fate points (or your free will). You took 5 points worth of Skills, not 4.

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Phase Four: (Guest Star: Whose Path Have You Crossed?)

Phase Aspect:

Phase Five: (Guest Star Redux: Who Else’s Path Have You Crossed?)

Phase Aspect:

@Bourgeoisie

Typically I'd be all over this, but since we don't have anyone for you to collaborate with (at the moment) I'm willing to let this slide as long as something appears here before the game starts. Because Aspects can literally save your life mid campaign.

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Superb (+5): (Skills here)

Number of Slots: (Feet in the Water have 0)

@Bourgeoisie

Just to be picky. (Because I can) You can make it look like:

Superb (+5):

Number of Slots: 0

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Human Form: You’re a shapeshifter, but when you haven’t shapeshifted, you’re just a normal person.

Cost: +1

@Bourgeoisie

I don't see the second half of the requirements for this one. In order to gain the +1 you have to do the following:

Regular Joe/Regular Jane. Specify which of your supernatural abilities (usually most or all of them) are unavailable to you when you’re not shapeshifted into your “powered” form. As long as you specify at least 2 points worth of supernatural powers, you gain back 1 point of refresh for making this choice. If you only have 1 point of supernatural powers affected by this, Human Form is not worth any refresh.

The Rule Book

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Physical (Endurance): 3 (6)
Mental (Conviction): 4 (3)
Social (Presence): 3 (4)
Armour (Ect):

@Bourgeoisie

You've calculated wrong (Hooray for being the guinea pig). It never explicitly says so, but everyone gets a minimum of 2 in every category. (Don't ask why, it just how it works. And I don't know really. But just go with it) That means unless you put the skill at Good or Great or have other factors such as stunts or powers, nothing changes. Ergo your Stresses should look like this:

Physical (Endurance): 2 (5)
Mental (Conviction): 3 (2)
Social (Presence): 2 (3)
Armour (Ect):

@Bourgeoisie

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Alright. So. This is probably my error when building the sheets. It's not exactly clear what those numbers mean to most people. Having two sets is probably leaving them scratching their heads. And the GM too, probably. (Because I'm a mechanics master I only know right off hand because I've spent literal hours pouring over Dresden Files character sheets learning all this crap.)

Physical Human (Endurance):

Changed:

Mental Human(Conviction):

Changed:

Social Human(Presence):

Changed:

Armour (Ect):

Your changed code, because I'm nice like that. Just C&P:
Physical Human (Endurance): 2[indent]Changed: 5[/indent]Mental Human(Conviction): 3[indent]Changed: 2[/indent]Social Human(Presence): 2[indent]Changed: 3[/indent]Armour (Ect):

I've now changed the layout on the standard code template also. Also, Just an FYI, damage carries over. If you've been injured as a human you're still injured as a bear. And vice versa. I'd advise you keep track of that to make sure you don't have to take a consequence when you shift (in either direction).

Other than those things it passes what I look at. It's now up to @shagranoz and @KiltmanBagz to give you the final okay.

[shagranoz]

@Bourgeoisie Digging those unbearable puns. He's accepted.

Alright, for those who as aren't familiar with Philly as I am, here's a list of notable places, historical figures, and current people who might be showing up.

Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, etc.- These should need no introduction.

Valley Forge- George Washington's winter camp of 1777-1778. Famous as the symbol of suffering Colonial soldiers, though truth be told, the Continentals actually endured a worse winter the following year at Morristown, New Jersey.

Veterans Stadium- Dilapidated home of the Phillies and Eagles, scheduled for demolition in a couple of years. Notable for a Nevernever crossing into an ogre camp... and the ogres might be more hospitable than the mortals on the other side!

The Big Five universities: Temple, Villanova, St. Joseph's, Penn, and Drexel. Quality institutions all, but the economics and locales vary vastly between them, from the upper-crust grounds of 'Nova and Penn, to Temple, which is an admittedly well-manicured island in a sea of urban blight.

The Mutter Museum: A small, out of the way collection of medical oddities, often known for being THE creepiest spot in town. Who knows what sort of stuff lurks in their back rooms?

The Camden Aquarium: Actually located across the Delaware River in Camden, New Jersey, this is pretty much one of only two reasons to visit Camden, which is mostly ghetto on the level of Compton or Cabrini Green, with a deserved reputation to match.

The U.S.S. New Jersey- An Iowa Class battleship, The "Big J" is the other main attraction in Camden. In reality, she amazingly managed to serve throughout WWII without a single combat fatality. In this universe, though, she was badly battered at the Battle of the Philippine Sea in '43, and rumors persist of among the supernatural community of many ghosts still wandering her decks, protected from the sea and sun by layers and layers of steel...

Historical Personages: William Penn, founder of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. Known for his all-around good treatment of the local Delaware Indians, and might have run into some spooks in his days with them.

Benjamin Franklin- Inventor, scientist, statesman, writer, and probably the greatest mind America has ever produced. No way he wasn't in the know.

George Meade and Winfield Scott Hancock- Both Civil War generals, famous for stopping Lee at Gettysburg. Maybe one of them came across something in the travels through the war?

Current Day personages: Mayor Juan Martinez: Philly's first Hispanic Mayor, Martinez is known for his success in turning around the city's poor schools. Unfortunately, the money for that had to come from somewhere, and the police department took some heavy cuts in the process.

Wilhelm Schmidt: The Red Court's top man in town, Schmidt is better-regarded than most vampires due to his somewhat less ruthless ways, though make no mistake, the bat's still dangerous. Just more refined about it.

Michael Skavis: Running local operations for the Whites, Skavis is top dog in the poorer parts of the city. He operates on the typical Skavis theory of "urban decay= free meals".

Antonio "Tiny Tony" Petrucci- in reality, the FBI and local cops teamed up to run the Mob out of Philly throughout the eighties, and barely a peep's been heard out of them in the quarter-century since. In our universe, federal focus on targets in New York, New Jersey and Vegas allowed the Philly branch of the Mafia to survive, though not without a few lumps. Antonio's the current kingpin, having inherited the position when his old man had a heart attack a couple of months ago, but a couple of jackals are looking hungrily at the new lion and all he commands. Some say he's a straight, others that he's clued in, and others still that he has a tiny amount of kinetomancy himself, but nobody's really sure.

Black Jenny: The most mysterious of Philly's power players, Black Jenny's name started showing up a year ago, as the go-to girl for all sorts of nasty ritual implements. Rumors about her true identity abound, but whether she's Black Court, a power-hungry sorceress, or something from the Nevernever, all agree on one thing: those who cross her have a tendency to never be seen again.

[shagranoz]

@Bourgeoisie I can't bear all these puns! Accepted.

working on some background info in a google doc. will be up tonight.