The Dresden files

[malmshodes]

I was wondering if anyone would be interested in doing a rp based on the Dresden files, a book series by Jim Butcher. I'll admit I don't have much of it right now, as the idea of doing a rp based on that universe just came to me, and I wanted to put up something to try and get some feedback.
My idea is based on the novel storm front. In that book, there's a drug called ThreeEye which gives people, temporarily, the wizard's sight, but that's pretty much it. My idea is that there's a few people that take the drug who not only get the sight, but also magical abilities that are on level with the white council.. The only problem is that these abilities give off some kind of strange magic that many being, especially things from the nevermore, find too alluring to pass up. .

[-DepthCharge]

All of my yes. I love the Dresden Files.

[malmshodes]

I do too! It's amazing I haven't seen a Dresden Rp on here yet!
I'm still thinking things through. So if you have any suggestions on how this should go please feel free to put any ideas down. The more the merrier.

[-DepthCharge]

So, are the effects of ThreeEye going to be permanent from a single use, or are we going to need to keep taking the drug to preserve our powers? Because I think having to keep finding or producing the drug could introduce a pretty neat element to the game. There is also the issue of having the Sight on 100% of the time. Pretty sure in canon that would make you go insane (but of course we're having abnormal reactions anyway, so being able to turn it off isn't that big a deal).

[malmshodes]

Yes, and no, so both. After the first use, the sight, and the strange magical energy our characters give off will remain, but the powers of our characters will fade over time. I also think it would be cool if different dosages had different effects.
For example, one Idea is that the sight will dim a little the longer a person goes without the drug, and the energy he gives off like a beacon will also diminish, but the longer they go without taking the drug, the weaker they'll get, physically and magically. On the other hand, the more of the drug that's ingested the more power they'll be able to summon, at the cost of glowing like a beacon to creatures attracted to the strange energy they produce; plus their third eye will open more and they'll be exposed to a greater chance at being driven insane, and as is the case with all drugs taken, the greater the amount, the harder it will be for you to focus, which could have dangerous effects when gathering magical energy is involved.

[malmshodes]

Bump. v

[Tearstone]

Hey Mal, let's not forget the Black Hats/Black Council/The Circle have had a hand in events since Victor Sells and the Three Eye gang got started. someone taught him in both his ability and how to make Three Eye in the first place. This could be a potent force to recruit these kids, turn them into addicts, or turn them into rampaging sorcerers with no regard for the Laws. Maybe they don't need to use Three Eye at some point, but it becomes like a magical steroid.

Not to mention the foe/sickness from the Outside, and the war with the Outsiders going on. This all could tie in very well.

Maybe the ThreeEye starts up again, what with the White Council and others busy dealing with the Fomor and their servitors as it is. Perhaps it would be a good time for Kumori and his companions to start making moves again, quietly, behind the scenes, or perhaps moving this group around?

[Tearstone]

As another thought, who says it has to be Chicago either. Baltimore would be a good choice, or perhaps somewhere on the West Coast.

I suggest Baltimore for one simple reason: It's already set up for play in the Dresdenverse if you have access to the Dresden Files RPG (which I do).

Could also set up any other decent sized city.

[malmshodes]

Tearstone said
Hey Mal, let's not forget the Black Hats/Black Council/The Circle have had a hand in events since Victor Sells and the Three Eye gang got started. someone taught him in both his ability and how to make Three Eye in the first place. This could be a potent force to recruit these kids, turn them into addicts, or turn them into rampaging sorcerers with no regard for the Laws. Maybe they don't need to use Three Eye at some point, but it becomes like a magical steroid. Not to mention the foe/sickness from the Outside, and the war with the Outsiders going on. This all could tie in very well. Maybe the ThreeEye starts up again, what with the White Council and others busy dealing with the Fomor and their servitors as it is. Perhaps it would be a good time for Kumori and his companions to start making moves again, quietly, behind the scenes, or perhaps moving this group around?

Hey, I got another interest. Too bad it looks like I lost my first one Y.Y

Alright, I'm going to try and get what I've been considering across, but its 4am over here and I've been up since two, not by desire I just can't get to sleep, so if this comes out a little messy, I apologize and will try to clarify as these proceed.

Funny you mention that, someone else creating the ThreeEye, because I've been thinking of something similar, but I was missing an end goal. I got the idea that Victor wasn't really the brains behind the threeEye, and he was only selling it for the money, but the real brains behind it was after something else entirely. They knew about the potential effects it could have on some individuals, but the percentage of people who would experience the kinds of side effects they wanted were small so they decided to popularize it as a drug. This way enough people would be exposed to get the kind of results(individuals with powers) that they wanted. I've got a few ideas why they could have done this, but the main one involves some kind of contract. The creatures drawn to these new magic users would be offering some sort of service, and in exchange, those suffering from the extra effects of the drug would be used as unwilling sacrifices. My other idea is similar, but only instead of the creatures feeding on the humans, their really using them for beacons, or some kind of portal to make it into this realm, and only feed on them because their tastier, or more nourishing. Also, the new drug users could just be some kind of major distraction for something else planned. Whoever's pulling the strings would also try and seek out the stronger of the drug users to use for their motives.

I'm not sure who the Outsiders are, sadly enough. It's been a while since I've got through a lot of the books. I only recently got into the series again, because I just finished Ghost story, but haven't read any of the other books since last year, and haven't gotten any further than that. :(

Tearstone said
As another thought, who says it has to be Chicago either. Baltimore would be a good choice, or perhaps somewhere on the West Coast. I suggest Baltimore for one simple reason: It's already set up for play in the Dresdenverse if you have access to the Dresden Files RPG (which I do). Could also set up any other decent sized city.

Tearstone said
As another thought, who says it has to be Chicago either. Baltimore would be a good choice, or perhaps somewhere on the West Coast. I suggest Baltimore for one simple reason: It's already set up for play in the Dresdenverse if you have access to the Dresden Files RPG (which I do). Could also set up any other decent sized city.

Sure, we could do it in Baltimore, if you'd like. I don't really have a preference as far as where this should take place, yet, so any and all Ideas are welcome.
Also, sadly, I don't have access to the Dresden rpg. I've been wanting to, but haven't had the money to get it yet T.T

[Templar Knight]

Hopefully this isn't too late, I'd be very interested, I tried making a Dresden Files RP several times and never got enough people.

If you need help, I've read the first five books of the series. Either way, count me in.

[Tearstone]

The Outsiders are.. dangerous to say the least. They're the one specific group of beings that the White Council has a rule about which is simply "NO CONTACT! No summoning them, no talking to them. Fight or run only." Or at least that's the gist of it. Cold Days covers a lot of details on the Outsiders, but there's still more about them that's sketchy and in the dark.

Basically in the Nevernever,, deep in, there's the Outer Gates which are a doorway to another realm entirely it seems. There has been battle raging around the gates for who knows how long. It has been Mab's job to fight much of this battle and keep the Outsiders from getting in. He Who Walks Behind is an Outsider. They're creatures of great power, very dangerous, and most human magic rolls off of them with little to no effect. Sidhe magic is a bit more effective, but not much more. It comes down to melee combat a lot. Rashid the Gatekeeper (Senior Council member) is involved and has been helping in the situation. Mab has committed millions of Winter fae to the fight, and most of the trouble Harry's had in the past has been a small fraction.

Anyway, Outsiders are baaaad juju. If you had it in mind, what city might you be interested in?

[Hakai]

I'm kinda interested, I haven't read the books, but I have access to someone that has read all the books.. *points at Tearstone* XD Just not sure on character atm. lol

[Blue Demon]

The RPG is amazing. I'm running a campaign right now and it's a blast. (Literally)

But I'd totally be interested in something like this. However, are we all going to be ThreeEye addicts? Or can we play other people? Or even double or triple up?
I don't know much about Baltimore (having never been there) but I could use my books if it came to that. However we'd leave out those who don't have access to the RPG.

[Templar Knight]

I personally thought New York would be a good city, but Baltimore sounds nice too.

As for other over-arching villain ideas, what about the Order of the Blackened Denarius? Nicodemus or any of his cohorts of Fallen could make good villains, though I wouldn't go for any of the ones we see in the books. Also, I'm not sure if they'd be all for the Three-Eye business, aside from the fact that they grow stronger off of Human suffering and catastrophe. Maybe they could be involved with the Black Council? I don't know.

[Tearstone]

Templar, some of the Denarians, such as Cassius were involved with the Black Council, but some of them, like Nichodemus have proven to not be. So the Blackened Denarius group is in a gray area there.

[malmshodes]

Templar Knight said
Hopefully this isn't too late, I'd be very interested, I tried making a Dresden Files RP several times and never got enough people.If you need help, I've read the first five books of the series. Either way, count me in.

Hi Templar!
Oh that's a shame? What were your ideas?
Speaking of enough people. How many players do you think we need for this? I think we've got enough, but I haven't really seen, or had much success with groups rps so I'd like to know what everyone thinks.

Tearstone said
The Outsiders are.. dangerous to say the least. They're the one specific group of beings that the White Council has a rule about which is simply "NO CONTACT! No summoning them, no talking to them. Fight or run only." Or at least that's the gist of it. Cold Days covers a lot of details on the Outsiders, but there's still more about them that's sketchy and in the dark. Basically in the Nevernever,, deep in, there's the Outer Gates which are a doorway to another realm entirely it seems. There has been battle raging around the gates for who knows how long. It has been Mab's job to fight much of this battle and keep the Outsiders from getting in. He Who Walks Behind is an Outsider. They're creatures of great power, very dangerous, and most human magic rolls off of them with little to no effect. Sidhe magic is a bit more effective, but not much more. It comes down to melee combat a lot. Rashid the Gatekeeper (Senior Council member) is involved and has been helping in the situation. Mab has committed millions of Winter fae to the fight, and most of the trouble Harry's had in the past has been a small fraction. Anyway, Outsiders are baaaad juju. If you had it in mind, what city might you be interested in?

Oh wow that sounds really cool. So, maybe, the addicts serving as gateways for the outsiders to come into our world, so they won't have to mess with the fairies could work?
No, I'm still not sure where I want for this to take place. I'd be more than happy for it to take place in Baltimore, if that's what everyone wants. Though, I think maybe it would help if the group could get its hands on the information for it in the dresden rp. Do you know any sites where we could get that info?

Hakai said
I'm kinda interested, I haven't read the books, but I have access to someone that has read all the books.. *points at Tearstone* XD Just not sure on character atm. lol

Speaking of characters, is there any kind of practitioners anyone thinks should be banned(I kind of feel an ectomancer type character could end up being OP(Just a thought)), or how we should set up the characters? I kind of get the feeling this is an rp that would work better with stats, for balancing, but I don't really have much experience with that.

Blue Demon said
The RPG is amazing. I'm running a campaign right now and it's a blast. (Literally)But I'd totally be interested in something like this. However, are we all going to be ThreeEye addicts? Or can we play other people? Or even double or triple up?I don't know much about Baltimore (having never been there) but I could use my books if it came to that. However we'd leave out those who don't have access to the RPG.

Aww. Now I feel like I'm the only one that hasn't tried the Dresden Rp. That's it! It's going on my bucket list!
Mmm. I kind of want all our characters to be ThreeEye addicts, but I could see how maybe some others are need like for training the younger characters. Either that, or maybe we could do a time skip sort of thing, after our characters had time to deal with the addiction, and better learn their crafts. It could be that our characters got their powers years back, during the events in the first book, and only now are seeing the uglier effects associated with the creatures(possibly the outsiders) coming into the human world.
Yep, being left out, that's my worry as well. T,T

[Templar Knight]

Tearstone said
Templar, some of the Denarians, such as Cassius were involved with the Black Council, but some of them, like Nichodemus have proven to not be. So the Blackened Denarius group is in a gray area there.

Just tossing ideas out there, I've only finished reading Death Masks personally so I'm not as familiar with some of the various groups in the Dresden Universe as I am with others. I assumed many of the Denarians wouldn't necessarily be under Nicodemus/Anduriel's control anyway from Fothergil's description of Laiscel, and with over a dozen possible others I doubted she is the only one. Whatever the GM wants.

It certainly matters who, or what is pulling the strings here, because they all have different goals. Fallen Angels, Demons, Faeries, Ghosts, Warlocks, Vampires, Human Criminals, whatever they want, they all want something different.

I'm also curious as to how The White Council or any other "good" group would fit in here, since I don't think the Council (at least in its conservative state) takes too kindly to random people getting ahold of drugs which could trip supernatural encounters or awakening The Art in unstable or untrained individuals. Wardens would probably be working overtime, but that's just my guess.

Again, just tossing ideas, if you got a plan then just block me out.

@maimshodes As for my RP ideas, my fell in line similar to the style of the book series. It took place in NYC, and started out with a string of peculiar murders drawing the attention of the White Council, which tasks a local member to investigate the matter on their behalf to discern whether or not it is just an new age occult wannabe, or something more sinister. Through the investigation, the rest of the supernatural community in New York gets involved and the investigator and the little team (consisting of people whose lives or businesses were being affected by the murders) he'd assemble would have to work together to solve the mystery before bodies started piling up.

From that, I thought it would take on an episodic style where the decisions in one episode have effects on another, but nothing ended up coming of the RP, so the idea dropped dead.

[Tearstone]

Hello?

[Blue Demon]

...This is a positive sign :(

[malmshodes]

Ladies and Gentlemen, good evening, and sorry for the delay. Things happen in life, and despite my complaints and letters to management, I still don't get to erase them all with a little rubber eraser like the ones we all got in elementary school.
Yes, it does matter whose behind everything, but I like your idea,Templar knight, of an episodic type setting. So maybe we could work our way through the episodes, and learn more and more about whoever it is that's pulling the strings. Of course, that being said, I'm still not sure if there's going to be such a puppeteer, because everything really could just be chaos. though I do want one because this is the Dresden universe we're talking about, and there's always something bigger moving around behind the curtains, waiting for its time in the spotlight.
The white council is a factor too that I forgot about. I'm a bad Dresden fan. So I was thinking, maybe we could have one or two characters play as Wardens who are investigating into the ThreeEye and discover the newly created Wizards. I don't think they'd feel negatively towards the new wizards, especially if their on the younger said, at the most I'd would be them being highly suspicious of things. That's just a thought.
Also, I'm going to be honest, I'm not on as much as I'd like to be, and don't have the best track record of keeping these things going or starting, so I was wondering what everyone thought of a CoGM?