Good job.  Even if you don't like pulp, you might want to check out SOTC proper; while we call it pulp, it's as much simply "action movie" as anything.

Indeed?  That may very well change my view considerably!

If by "main thrust" you mean we'll have a single chapter on Baltimore that includes some adventures and campaign starters, yes.

That said, I expect the Chicago material -- especially in terms of the extensive "who's who" that we're planning for it -- will dwarf the Baltimore stuff.

Yep.  We have a city creation chapter an' everything.

Perhaps instead of "main thrust" I should have said "Main content allocation aside from book-specifics". 

Anyway... shhhaaweet.

I think I'm most interested in the seeing the Knights of the Cross.  I have to wonder how "Guided by God" works, you know?  And how 'powerful' is that considered?

I'd be curious to see the gruffs statted out too.

So on that topic... any chance of seeing a table of contents before release? Although... I feel somehow like we've seen/heard something like that before.  I'm just curious about layout and such... we know there will be running a game and character creation, as well as location related stuff... will there be a section on organizations, and/or one on "Monsters", perhaps?  Maybe this is a question for a different post, but it's kind of on topic... right?

You might want to take a look at the SotC SRD. It's quite worthwhile, even if you're not interested in pulp. You can find it here:

http://zork.net/~nick/loyhargil/fate3/fate3.html

Is it just me, or is the formatting there really... weird?

It's OGL, right?  So I could put it up somewhere in a more clean format?

Seriously, what was even the point of this comment?

If you like JB/Dresden, then be supportive, for goodness' sake.  If you don't, I don't know why you'd bother being here.  And as mentioned above, the book will be a great resource even for non-gamers.  At least look over the correct system before laying down such a dismal and rude prognosis.  THREE-ZERO, not TWO-ZERO.

l8a

This thread is similar to one from last year...
But let's see, my potential players have all expressed
A.) Wariness about mixing modern times and the supernatural (we primarily play d20 and d20 Modern hasn't worked outs so well that way)
B.) An interest in being mortal or near to it.

So for my part this means little or no involvement with the White Council.  These players will not be working for them at least.  It also means that we have to be careful with the supernatural, as the suspension of disbelief is tenuous. 

We actually live in Baltimore, and the region really is rich in material, so that part isn't so bad.  We'll mainly be looking at "Classic" fairy tale or nursery rhyme bad guys, with some of the more overt Dresden baddies coming out later.  So we'll look at the boogeyman, el chupacabra, Black Aggie (of course, though it's not in Baltimore anymore, I don't think), the "Wandering Jew" (no offense meant there, just a title), or many other folklore creatures including goblins, gremlins, and the Shadow Man (from an 80's Twilight Zone episode... good stuff). 

One main character will actually be a Fallen Angel disguised as a businessman.  He'll likely be the main antagonist that connects through the campaign, though I think we'll be serialized otherwise.  We may even get a chance to look at Titans or nephilim down the road.

I think the first one will be a young man using magic to steal money.  The characters need to track down what seems like impossible heists.  Ultimately the young man is using the money to save his sister who is in the hospital with _____.  May force a Warden confrontation by having the young man dominate someone's mind. 

Other thoughts include doing a Ghost Hunters style "episode" where the ghost is actually a real boogeyman.  My intention is to make great use of the player's ability to look online for things.  If we can use real research for their characters, all the better!  If I throw out an unusual creature, I'll just have to make sure that I can give the players good search terms or something.   Anyway, now I'm rambling, so: Later!

Just to throw this into the pot... L.E. Modesitt's Order/Chaos series.  The first few were excellent, but he's into the double digits now and it is getting old.

There's actually one whole book where you find out that the basis for much of the O/C world's civilization is from a ship that jumped dimensions... from one of his other series'.  Amusing... (that one was the best book, btw).

And I know it was already mentioned, but the Coldfire trilogy was a personal favorite of mine.