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The Dresden Files RPG Book Quote Scavenger Hunt
iago:
I figure dozens of readers of the books are better than one -- so I'd like to kick off a "book quote scavenger hunt". In the RPG, we want to excerpt little bits from the books themselves (short stories, too!) in order to help illustrate the various skills and abilities we have in the game as expressed in the stories of the Dresden Files. So I'm asking you, the fans of the Dresden Files, to lend a hand!
Here are the "rules":
- Quotes provided need to be no longer than 4 sentences -- these need to be tiny excerpts, not large passages.
- I need at least two such quotes per skill (list found below), for starters. There may be a second scavenger hunt for other pieces later on (the supernatural abilities part of things is almost guaranteed to need some, once I'm ready for 'em).
- You're allowed to ask questions about particular items on the scavenger hunt list if you're stumped. I definitely have a few ideas as to who or what might be appropriate for at least a few of these things.
- Anyone who participates and submits quotes is eligible for a "thank-you prize" -- a free PDF (electronic download) of my mini-rpg of surreal horror "Don't Rest Your Head" -- if I choose to use one or more of your quotes in the book (first come first serve logic applies if several people offer up the same quotes).
Sound good? Okay, ready -- set -- go!
Here's the list
* Alertness (This is 'passive' awareness, on-your-toes-ness, the ability to avoid surprise)
* Athletics (Running, jumping, climbing, dodging)
* Burglary (The ability to break into places you shouldn't be, and to plan to break into them)
* Contacts (Knowing people, tapping into the rumor mill, keeping your ear to the ground, hitting the streets to get the word out)
* Conviction (Your strength of belief -- whether that's in God, magic, or other higher powers -- and thus your psychological fortitude)
* Craftsmanship (Building, fixing, and breaking things with tools)
* Deceit (Falsehood, deception, distraction, misdirection)
* Discipline (Concentration and self-control)
* Driving (driving, flying, boating, car chases, shortcuts, street navigation)
* Empathy ("reading" people, maintaining the social graces, spotting lies)
* Endurance (stamina and toughness)
* Fists (brawling, martial arts)
* Guns (gunplay, firefights, gun knowledge, etc)
* Intimidation (threats, scaring people, provoking anger, interrogation)
* Investigation (examination, eavesdropping, pattern recognition, surveillance)
* Lore (arcane research, rituals, vague i've-got-a-bad-feeling-about-this "sixth sense")
* Might (lifting things, brekaing things, exerting force, wrestling)
* Performance (playing to an audience, artistic composition and appreciation, creative communication)
* Presence (charisma, leadership, reputation, social "teflon factor")
* Rapport (small-talk, friendliness, putting your best foot forward impression-making, gift of gab)
* Resources (wealth, equipment, lifestyle, accommodations)
* Scholarship (mundane research, sciences, languages, using computers)
* Stealth (hiding, skulking, ambushing, "shadowing" or secretly following someone)
* Survival (animal handling, outdoor camouflage, riding, wilderness scavenging, tracking beasts)
* Weapons (weaponed combat, swordplay, thrown weaponry, weapon knowledge)
iago:
And just to be clear -- you can submit things piecemeal, or for the entire list, and I'd prefer you make the submissions by replying to this thread.
Thanks!
Kiriath:
Fun! Let us begin...
Driving:
"As a rule, when I drive, I drive very carefully and sensibly. Tonight was an exception to the rule." - Grave Peril, Chapter One
jtaylor:
Alertness:
Molly rubbed at her wrists, wincing. “Um. Sergeant? How did you know I was there?”
“Floorboards creaking when no one was standing on them,” I said.
“Your deodorant,” Murphy said.
“Your tongue stud clicked against your teeth once,” I said.
White Night Chapter 2
Redwulf25_ci:
Two quotes for Driving (although it is a bit of an unconventional vehicle, but Survival doesn't seem quite apropriate either) if anyone has a better idea about what skill would be used to ride a reanimated T-rex through Chicago then you can use these quotes for that skill.
Dead Beat Chapter 39:
I didn't know this before, but as it turns out, Tyrannosaurs can really haul ass.
Dead Beat Chapter 39:
Here's something else I bet you didn't know about Tyrannosaurs: they don't corner well. The first time I tried to take a left, Sue swung wide, the enormous momentum of her body simply too much for even her muscles to lightly command. She swung up onto the sidewalk, crushed three parked cars under her feet, knocked over two light poles, kicked a compact car end over end to land on its roof, and broke every window on the first two floors of the building beside us as her tail lashed back and forth in an effort to counterbalance her body.
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