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DFRPG / Re: Could use some assistance with a new character
« on: July 06, 2012, 06:04:55 AM »
Ok, I've done a little bit of updating to my aspects. Let me know if they look ok now.

High Concept: Former Field Surgeon
Jeffrey served two tours in Iraq (2003-2006) as a Field Surgeon. There he worked hard to save as many lives as he could.
Invoke: When working to save lives using his medical skills
Compel: To have him ignore sides when saving lives, willing to help either side no matter what they may have done.

Trouble: Couldn't Save Them All!
Though he knows that many soldiers and civilians owe him their lives he always remembers the lives he failed to save.
Invoke: When trying to save someone's life and it seems to be going badly he mutters "Not again..." and tries even harder.
Compel: Whenever a sight, sound, or smell has him remember a person he failed to save.

Background: Military Brat
The middle child of a multi-generational army family. Almost from birth he was expected to join the army as well. While growing up he moved around a lot as his father got promoted through the ranks and was given new assignments. While this did impact his social life it didn't seem to effect his schooling as he excelled in ways never seen before in his family, graduating from high school at the age of 15.

Having suffered the loss of a favorite uncle in the Gulf War he had decided to go into the field of medicine and serve as a Field Surgeon to try and save as many soliders lives as he could.
Invoke: As a bonus when interacting with fellow army brats and members of the military.
Compel: Due to his upbringing he has a higher standard of moral ethics at times. When an action may violate his ethics.

Aspect: "My Ex-Wife is a
(click to show/hide)
... Literally"
In his first year of medical school Jeffrey met a beautiful woman named Diana when they both got part-time jobs in the school library. They hit it off almost instantly and began dating within a month of their first meeting. As time went on they eventually got married and had their first of two children. However, about two months after their honeymoon Jeffrey came across his wife out in the woods near their apartment. As he was about to call out to her he saw something that shocked him. As if by magic his wife changed before him from human to wolf! To say he was surprised was an understatement as he fell on his backside and then tried to scramble to run away. All this noise alerted his wife however and she stopped him before he could get too far.

After shifting back and getting them back to their apartment she explained a little bit about what she was and the existance of more supernaturals out there. He realized his love for her was not something that even the idea of being married to wolf could change. And while that didn't change their relationship, his long deployments put a strain on their relationship. He tried to fix it by leaving the military after his second deployment, but by then it was too late and they ended up getting a divorce. They stay close and have joint custody of their two children
Invoke: As a bonus when trying to assist his family. To get assistance from his ex-wife either in the background or as part of the main story
Compel: To bring up issues related to the divorce and all related subjects. To put the ex-wife or kids in danger because of his actions.

On top of that I am working with another player on a Guest Star story. To set the stage a little, the game is set in Arizona which is a concealed carry state. The basic premise right now is his character comes into the office of the practice that my character is part of while running from a demon that was siced on them by a warlock. Thought they lost the thing, roughed up pretty bad. My character comes out after hearing the commotion and starts to help them and that is when the demon busts in. While the rest of the office panics he stays calm thanks to his training and pulls out his old service pistol and between him and the injured character they take it down.

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DFRPG / Re: Could use some assistance with a new character
« on: July 05, 2012, 07:08:30 PM »
A friend of mine in my current game actually suggested something similar to me a couple of hours ago. I am seriously considering making that change as it would be an interesting dynamic to try out. Especially with getting a second person basically putting forward the same idea in such a short time frame. Thanks.

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DFRPG / Could use some assistance with a new character
« on: July 05, 2012, 05:22:34 AM »
I've played in exactly one Dresden Files game and while I liked my character I'm still not so sure on how well I did in actually making him. Especially aspect design. So any help that can be thrown my way would definitely be appreciated.

Here is what I have so far:

Name - Jeffrey Holmes (Pure Mortal) Chest Deep
High Concept - Former Field Surgeon
Trouble - ?

Other Aspects - Military Brat, "My Ex-Wife is A
(click to show/hide)
... Literally"

Skills:
Superb - Scholarship
Great - Empathy
Good - Endurance, Guns
Fair - Athletics, Resources, Discipline, Alertness, Rapport
Average - Conviction, Craftsmanship, Contacts, Lore, Might

Stunts:
"I Read the Map" (-1) - Uses Scholarship instead of Driving for the Street Knowledge and Navigation trapping
Paranoid? Probably. (-1) - +2 to Alertness when rolling against surprise
Tough Stuff (-1) - Armor: 1 vs blunt trauma
Run and Gun (-1) - +1 to Guns while moving
Doctor (Trauma Surgery) (-1) - Read YS155
Doctor (Family Practice) (-1) - Ditto

Adjusted Refresh: 4

High Concept: Former Field Surgeon
Jeffrey served two tours in Iraq (2003-2006) as a Field Surgeon. There he saved numerous soldiers lives, but also failed to save many more.
Invoke: When working to save lives using his medical skills
Compel: Whenever a sight, sound, or smell has him remember a soldier he failed to save

Trouble:

Background: Military Brat
The middle child of a multi-generational army family. Almost from birth he was expected to join the army as well. While growing up he moved around a lot as his father got promoted through the ranks and was given new assignments. While this did impact his social life it didn't seem to effect his schooling as he excelled in ways never seen before in his family, graduating from high school at the age of 15.

Having suffered the loss of a favorite uncle in the Gulf War he had decided to go into the field of medicine and serve as a Field Surgeon to try and save as many soliders lives as he could.
Invoke: As a bonus when interacting with fellow army brats and members of the military.
Compel: ?

Aspect: "My Ex-Wife is a
(click to show/hide)
... Literally"
In his first year of medical school Jeffrey met a beautiful woman named Diana when they both got part-time jobs in the school library. They hit it off almost instantly and began dating within a month of their first meeting. As time went on they eventually got married and had their first of two children. However, about two months after their honeymoon Jeffrey came across his wife out in the woods near their apartment. As he was about to call out to her he saw something that shocked him. As if by magic his wife changed before him from human to wolf! To say he was surprised was an understatement as he fell on his backside and then tried to scramble to run away. All this noise alerted his wife however and she stopped him before he could get too far.

After shifting back and getting them back to their apartment she explained a little bit about what she was and the existance of more supernaturals out there. After calming down he realized his love for her was not something that even the idea of being married to someone who could become a wolf could change. And while that didn't change their relationship, his long deployments put a strain on their relationship. He tried to fix it by leaving the military after his second deployment, but by then it was too late and they ended up getting a divorce. They stay close and have joint custody of their two children
Invoke: ?
Compel: ?

I also had the idea of how my character initially gets pulled in to all of this is his kids being kidnapped by some supernatural group and he goes after them, bumping into one or more the party during the rescue.

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My last session was a mixture of side-sessions that ultimately ended with our characters getting the aid of the Yeti (and Sasquatch, and Big Foot, and etc) and a group of Tibetan Monks and with my character getting a Temple Dog puppy because I can speak dog thanks to Echoes of the Beast. His name is Vagabond if anyone is curious.

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DFRPG / Re: DFRPG Character Manager v2.0
« on: June 28, 2012, 05:06:54 PM »
I am having a, hopefully, small problem when trying to apply a custom Item of Power. Namely, I can't get any of the abilities I give it to show on the character sheet or be reflected in any way, shape, or form. I made a set of armor for my character that would grant Improved Toughness (or in my case upgrade to Supernatural Toughness) and Inhuman Speed. I can see the default effects that all Items of Power have, but the new ones I added are not there.

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DFRPG / Re: How would you handle powerful pets?
« on: June 20, 2012, 03:07:13 PM »
Ah, thank you. I somehow didn't get that thread to come up in my searches earlier. I'll give it a look over.

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DFRPG / How would you handle powerful pets?
« on: June 20, 2012, 02:00:51 PM »
Here's the deal:

I'm planning on joining a game that is supposed to start in late July/early August. Currently I have two character ideas though only one is relevant to the thread. The idea in question is a young Tibetan Monk on a journey of discovery who is stuck with a Temple Dog companion after it snuck away from the monastery to follow him. I know it is a very powerful "pet", that is the problem. How can it be handled aside from being outright ignored without it unbalancing things a little?

Someone suggested playing the Temple Dog with the Monk being the "pet" and while amusing I don't think that will fly.

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All of these sound awesome and so much closer to what would fit in the Dresden Files reality than my game. Note that I am a first time player of the DFRPG and so far have only read three of the novels so I am still learning about the world. Oh, and I apologize if this turns out to be a bit long. Lots to explain and such.

Anyways, a bit of setup. My game plays a little fast and loose supposedly and is somewhat anime influenced at times. The game was originally supposed to be a Magical Girl game set in Moscow, but we ended up with:

  • Agata - A 12 year old Pure Mortal Russian Mafia Princess. She provides support in combat via maneuvers.
  • Sasha (Boy) - A 14 year old Hero of the Ages(modified Sword of the Cross template). He's the tank by far and away, though that doesn't mean he can't do some major damage when he wants to.
  • Celino - A 14 year old Magical Boy. Offensive spellcaster, specializing in Spirit spells. He is the glass cannon.
  • Sergei (Me) - A 13 year old Scion of Fenrir, the Ragnarok Wolf. Hand to hand specialist with Supernatural Strength to back it up.

And with this group we, through various coincidences and contrivances, ended up fighting against a group of evil spellcasters/magical beings wishing to destroy the wall keeping the Outsiders out. To reach that goal they use corrupted dream spirits called Nocnamoras who use the host's soul to take physical shape where they proceed to steal souls and gather other various energies needed to complete the ritual.

Yesterday's session had us meeting with a group of spellcasters, minor talents, and unknown quantities that had been working towards a goal we had just partially completed. Revealing the world of supernaturals to mortals and beginning to educate them. We had asked them to come because we sought their assistance in furthering this goal. The meeting had not gotten very far when Sasha noticed two of our friends from school (Focused Pyromancers) were behaving strangely. Upon his investigation he realized they were in the process of having Nocnamoras made from their souls. We tried to prevent it, but ultimately failed thus leaving us two Phoenix Nocnamoras to fight.

It was a pretty brutal affair. Between bad rolls, and good rolls by the enemy we were down two by the time we defeated the first Noc leaving only myself and Sasha to take down the other one. Of course, seeing its companion taken down enraged it and as I had landed the final blow on it (a devastating 14 stress uppercut) the other one was pissed at me. After one round of fighting it got tired of the interference by Sasha and sent out a massive blast of flame that pushed Sasha to the brink and left me in a ring of flame to face it alone. Sasha, using the last bits of strength he could muster tossed me his blade to use as it beat its catch. That lasted me one round before a really bad roll for me and a decently good roll for it left me with all my stress boxes filled and a moderate consequence.

Now before I go on let me explain an idea the GM and I had worked out for my character. As the game progressed I would 'evolve', slowly becoming less and less human in appearance till the final point of more closely resembling a WoD werewolf in Crinos. I had already evolved once leaving me with wolf ears, a wolf tail, and lacking normal human ears (thankfully, otherwise that would have been creepy). As you can guess from the setup this predicament triggered another evolution. But instead of a more controlled evolution I went full on dire wolf and due to the shift my mind was overwhelmed leaving me acting on instinct. One attack later and the second phoenix was no more. After leaping out of the flames my friends tried to calm me, but being lost in my mind and in a lot of pain the wolf struck out and severely injured Sasha who had just started to get up and had imposed himself between me and the rest of the group. That, along with a mental attack, snapped me out of it and horrified at what I had done I ran off. The session ended with my character being consoled by a former enemy turned ally, a new ally, and Sasha after he found me.

And Sergei still has to go to school... oh what fun will come of a like 6 or 7 feet long, 4 or so feet tall wolf on all fours navigating a school of teenagers. Certainly going to make an impression.

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