The Dresden Files multiverse rp

[malmshodes]

So, I don't really have much in the way of a plot right now. At this point its nothing more than an idea that came to me while walking my dogs which I think has potential.

So basically the rp will take place in the world of the Dresden Files, probably during the war between the white council and the red court Vampires. Our characters will be young wardens investigating a strange area with odd phenomenon. AT one point we'll be attacked and in order to escape we'll tear a hole into the neverwhere and will try retreating that way. Only, we'll lost completely, and will find ourselves in something of a hubworld with no idea how to get back to our own world. So we'll go from world to world, fighting enemies, righting wrongs, etc, etc....

As far as abilities go we'll start off decently proficient with the magic in the Dresden world but as our story goes on we'll gain new abilities from the worlds we visit.

Uhm. That's about it for now.

[KiltmanBagz]

I'm down for this. Or anything dresden-y to be honest.

[malmshodes]

Sweet.
This is just the basic idea so if you have any ideas feel free to let me know.

I think we'll just need like three or four more people and then we're good to go.

[KiltmanBagz]

Hmmm...I'm starting to think the Dresden Files might be outside this websites fandom base <.<;;

[malmshodes]

Yeah, I think you might be right. Such a shame. It's a great series >.<
but I'm up to do something between the two of us if your interested, or we could try waiting a little bit for some more interest?

[DizzyRenegade]

I'll put down my interest! Can we get the warden swords?

[malmshodes]

Of course. What kind of Wardens would we be without our trusty spell slashing blades:D
Er well, I guess technically we'd be the Harry Dresden kind which really isn't that bad.

[KiltmanBagz]

Meh, we can't all have demonic/anglelic/fairy/starchild power-buffs. Some of use just need a really nice spell slashing sword

[malmshodes]

So how do you guys want to do the magic in the character Sheet?
The way I see it there are two ways(but I'm open to any ideas)
First-We simply put down the spells our characters know. Simple and straightforwards. It doesn't leave a lot of room for leeway but I think its the fairest way to go
Second-We put down how good our characters are at various schools of magic. Lots of room for mixing things up but maybe it would allow our characters to be too powerful. The only way I can see to countering that would be to have stats, and let's face it, most people hate stats, right? Plus, if we do have stats that might be problematic later on when our characters start gaining abilities from other worlds since we'd have to deal with stats there too. Unless of course the stats are just for the beginning.

So preferences, ideas, comments?

Also let me know if I'm overthinking things because that happens too, sometimes(daily)

[DizzyRenegade]

Does this mean no temple dog or air spirit sassy sidekicks?! D: cuz everyone needs a sassy sidekick

[malmshodes]

Does this mean no temple dog or air spirit sassy sidekicks?! D: cuz everyone needs a sassy sidekick

@DizzyRenegade

Oh!.. . I haven't thought about that. I guess it depends on what you have and how you plan on balancing it out with your character's abilities? Was there anything in particular you had in mind?

[DizzyRenegade]

I'm still playing around with character ideas so I have nothing really in mind. But as for list of spells and stuff, I think we should assume we all have basics down, like knowing how to light a fire and the basics of most magical disciplines (making potions, drawing circles, etc...) just because we're at warden level. Anything more than 'basic' or spells we created should be listed. But overall I think the 2nd way, how good we're in the disciplines, would be better.

[yeti100]

Hey I'd be up for this if it's still going. Love the book series and have actually run a few games using the Dresden Files RPG core rulebook.

[malmshodes]

Hey Yeti, welcome to the Dresden multiverse rp.
There's a Dresden Files rpg? I didn't know that.... Interesting.

[yeti100]

@malmshodes yeah i can point you towards the books if you want. also I've got copies of core and expansions. as for the magic systems above, i would say the second option. Pick one element for evocation, one school for thaumaturgy. then if we want to learn any others maybe roleplay learning them, but make it challenging so we can't master everything

[DizzyRenegade]

Is there a list of for evocations and thaumaturgy? I remember some of them but can't recall most off the top of my head

[yeti100]

Evocation is based off of earth(which contains magnetism), water, air(including lightning), fire and spirt(raw willpower). Most evocations you can think of would come under those. There's a great degree of freedom and leeway with this model though. Thaumaturgy is a bigger beast and either falls under technical specialties e.g. divination, summoning and binding, wards, transportation, conjuration or thematic specialties e.g. diablomancy. which encompasses elements of all the technical specialities but tuned specifically towards demons. e.g a wards to specifically keep out demons, divining the location of demons(or perhaps telling if someone is possessed) summonding and binding speaks for itself. I can give a complete list from the books when i get home + a few others i have invented but they really did cover a lot of ground in the RPG

[malmshodes]

Hey guys, I'ms sorry for taking so long to get back to this but there's this paper I have to do today but sort of forgot about. So I'll try and get everything sorted out when I get back. The good news is I think there's enough people for us to start so hopefully we'll get it into by tomorrow at the latest.

[yeti100]

Excellent. I love Dresden Files and writing so if you want any help with world-building let me know.

[malmshodes]

Excellent. I love Dresden Files and writing so if you want any help with world-building let me know.

@yeti100

Well for starters that list of spells would be a big help :)

Oh and while we're on the subject of world building does anyone have any idea of what worlds they'd like to see? I've got an idea for the first one we find ourselves in but not too sure where we'll go after that.