I honestly think that the biggest thing Dresden will learn is how to not "tear himself apart" with his own strength.

"Shapeshifting" will let him protect his body, we already saw one example of magic aiding movement in Ghost Stories and i think River Shoulders will show Dresden how to turn that to 11.

here is some general advice for gm'img:

first the lists ( i like lists )

first and last names. this list will be for any time you need a random name for your NPC's that crop up that you didnt expect to need.

descriptive things that can make people or places stand out or unique. this is mostly to add flavor when players ask for more detail in a place or about a person.

if you feel up for it plot hooks for either the larger picture or some side "quests", a good way to key players in on plot hooks and such is to use the same sort of descriptors or same flavor a few times.

second
A note book, or pad or some loose pieces of paper.
the primary use of this is for writing down A) all the random names/bits of flavor/plot hooks and what not that you use.
the secondary use will be for writing down things you want to follow up on, or build on. did one of the players or npc's say or do some thing funny? or funny? (the odd kind ) that you want take another look at or use later.

just some other tips for ya: even though your using a pregen adventure feel free to go with the flow if your players do something different or stray from the path if you feel up to it try and see where it goes it can lead to some fun times.

and one thing my drama teacher taught me, when improving dont say no, build on what your given. for example if a player asks is there a window on the alley side. instead of saying no or i dont know build on it, Yes though its higher up to see over the other house and seems to be _______. this gives you a chance to add things to the world and to make your players feel like they are apart of the world, it also makes you look like a prepared god if you do it right.

any areas you want some more help on?

i think we tried to stat out the average number of council level wizards born each year, if applied right it could probably give you an answer. ill see if i cant find it.


Edit: http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,22618.0.html

using this data at a more sane time of day could probably lead to an answer.

aye, i did not mean to imply that every one does become evil, only as the traveling people say "as the axe does violence to the tree so does the tree to the axe" its going to have an effect on you, in the end it will vary person to person but its still there.

  you think thats bad?

taking a leaf out of one of my players books from an old 3.5/3.75 game your BBEG starts up an orphanage and starts teaching children the ways of thievery and eventually shape shifting, in the dnd setting it was infecting them with lycanthropy but la we digress.

start out by having the children stealing from occult shops, small things crystals and such, then have the pc's stumble on one of the robberies and see one of the kids do something like a minor evocation or some such, eventually have a wolf attack the group and when they kill or knock out the wolf have a kid form in front of them, no better way to stone cold stop a group from violence or make the waaaay hesitant than to have the children be on the other side.

>.< da** it richard....

"tis but a flesh wound"

"my all seeing eye"

"Seeing red"

also good lord the amount of fate points you would have would be HUGE, and many fun things happen with fate points.

belial, why dont you get a degree in applied mathematics and prove string theory; you certainly inovative enough to... and that said bravo i think i have an item for some pc's to quest for over winter break.