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You are afraid of seducing people with your NPC because the person behind it is your ex?

Okay, dude it is a game. I have ran WoD for most of my gaming life. Meaning Vampire: TM, Werewolf: TA, and Mage: TA. For my NPCs I use pictures and say X looks like this. Vampire seducing is an art form unless you run Sabbat games.

This is a game and it is not real. You are playing a woman and he is playing a guy. Seducing him is part of the game. Roleplaying out the scenes are a must in a game like the Dresden Files. If you are feeling awkward about this then just use straight die rolls following the Social Combat Rules in the game.

But if you have an issue running a simple scene like this. Is this the right game for you? Is your group mature enough to play a game with these kind of social aspects? Why do your WCV have to be Raiths there are other families that do not use Lust and if you do not like any of them. Make up your own so you do not have to seduce.


One of the female players is the wife of one of the players.

Now this one is tricky and I understand completely. My wife is in our gaming group. l do a lot of the running so I have to make things very clear that I treat her like a player. That if you backstab her. Kill her etc if that is part of the game I have no issues. You do not have to like her character etc.

Now in our current game, I have made it clear to my GM go nuts do what you think is right with my wife's character. She is playing a Raith WCV and the character is a sexual deviant to boot.

I am playing the lowly geeky wizard who wants nothing to do with her character's sex life. I know her character will make the other players nervous. I have no issue if one of their characters sleep with my wife's character it is a GAME!


It does make things awkward but if they are gamers. They like you have to separate in the game playing from real life. If none of you do. Then this is not the game for any of you and your group.

From your issues my impression is you are learning an new skill GMing and why we are here.

Could this have come across as more condescending? Who are you to tell people what they should and should not feel comfortable with?

As for the issue at hand, does it have to be a lust vampire? If it's feeding habits have not already been determined you could always make it a less awkward emotion.

What's there to about? Why would it be odd? This game is based on a novel series whose title character is a wizard. Naturally the magic classes are going to be overpowered. If you choose not to read the writing on the wall and find yourself not having fun, then the fault lies with yourself.

I just find your opinion to be an odd one. I play many games that I don't know all the rules for and I only really find it nessesary that the person running it has a grasp for how things are supposed to work.

Why are you trying to assign blame? Isn't the objective of the game for everyone to have fun?

This brings an interesting question to my mind. Are Council trails detailed in the books? I wonder if there are eldritch lawyers lurking around for questions like these. If there are, then they probably have some kind of precedent. If they do have a precedent, then where are they kept?

It would be interesting if there was some legal tome or council sub organization that wizards could consult for more clarification.

Rogue pixie.

Not much of a threat combat wise but still an interesting enemy to build a story around. Tracking down a crazed pixie that's running around messing with people by using various illusions would make for more of a thinking man's game and would also really drive home the whole nasty side of the fey by showing that even the cutest and least threatening of them can be extremely vile.

If we're going by the Sherlock Holmes of the books I'd personally drop Scholarship entirely, instead giving him a stunt or an Aspect (Home Made Encyclopedia of Crime) to get largely the same effect.  Holmes didn't have broad knowledge at all and actually actively avoided learning anything that wouldn't directly facilitate crime solving (his hobbies of recreational chemistry and the violin not withstanding).

An extremely good idea. He needs the extra skill points and I think it would be closer to the character as well.

Probably also something about how he craves stimulation, whether from an interesting case or from drugs.

A very good idea. It'll also be interesting to see him trying to track down cocaine in the modern world, he comes from a place where it was legal.

He definitely needs a higher than mediocre Presence.  I would drop Conviction and exchange it for Presence.  He can defend against mental assualts with Discipline, but I don't think his psyche is as hardy as all that.

You're probably right about this, I think I'll edit Presence instead of Conviction. Mostly due to reputation, even out of his own time if people believe that he is in fact really Sherlock Holmes (Which would probably take some convincing with normals) he would probably be able to rely on his name alone for various beneficial effects.

I also think having both Weapons and Fists is probably unnecessary.  I would give him Fists with a couple of stunts and switch Weapons for... wait for it... Drive.  Obviously this doesn't represent him being a racecar driver, but rather his ability to acquire and utilize intimate knowledge of the city where he lives.  He knows where every street goes, can navigate shortcuts, jknows where every business is located, and so on.  Though I suppose you could instead take a stunt allowing him to use Scholarship in place of Drive for purposes of navigation.

If you did that, then give him Intimidation instead.  Holmes was pretty good at staring people down.

I see where you're coming from with this one, but I think I'll have to disagree. While his knowledge of London is supreme, it's the knowledge of London of well over a hundred years ago. I'm not sure that's going to be very useful outside of old landmarks and the basic layout of the city. I agree that the weapon skill is a waste and only included it because he's supposed to be a very capable swordsman, though on reflection I think I'll replace it with Intimidation as that is a very good idea and gives him more of a Holmes-y feel.

I don't think I'll give him any fists stunts to back up his fighting though as he only has 2 refresh left. He was supposed to be an expert boxer (with a knowledge of at least one obscure martial art) but having read many of the stories I never really saw him as a martial artist.

Thanks for the input, very helpful.