So, today I started a Dresden Files game via on Google+ via
hangout.
Well, we got together to introduce ourselves and to figure
out what kind of game we want to actually create and then play. In case you don’t
know you actually create the city before you make characters for the game.
So, we also had to figure out what power level to play in
the game and get an idea as to what type of characters they wanted to play as
well.
So, after introductions were out of the way, discussion
started about power level. Now, all I have ran prior was the submerged level (which
is the most powerful and most dangerous level of the game), and they wanted a
little wiggle room, so we chose Chest Deep (8 refresh and 30 skill points).
Next came the city. One of the issues is that one of the
players lives in Britain, and may have felt a bit disconnected from this
considering the rest of us are from the United States. But after talking about
it, it was narrowed down to New Orleans, and Orlando. We got the impression
that NO has been done quite a bit and there is a lot in Orlando that people
were interested in.
Just a few of those things regarding locations:
Walt Disney World
The Everglades
The Fountain of Youth
Universal Studios (Harry Potter)
Indian Casinos
Military presence in area
Islands of the coast
Sea World
There were more as well, but this is to give you a taste.
Character wise, they are not sure as of yet. The 8 refresh
does give them a chance to be magic users if they wish, but they are still
looking into that as we research Orlando. Probably not going to be a roaming
band of wizards fighting justice.
Coolest idea? Walt Disney as a clued in mortal and member of
the Unseelie Accords. Disney itself is
an Illuminati organization...
Oh and George Lucas may make in the game, if only they can
find a way to either kill him or at least make him pay for the last trilogy. I
agree whole heartedly.
More on this as we go forth, but with the holidays it will
be slow going.
You might want to look into the history of Orlando, too. A lot of the families who owned the land prior to 1971 bear a significant grudge against Disney for "cheating" them. (Roughly 90% of the land for WDW was purchased through shell companies, because Walt knew that the owners would jack up the prices if they knew who was buying. Indeed, after a journalist broke the story, the last 10% of the land cost as much as the first 90%.)
ReplyDeleteBefore it became the premier theme park destination, the big industry in Orlando was cattle ranching. There are still a lot of ranches in the area.
You should definitely read up on Seminole traditions.
No mention of the skunk ape?
I did find a few families that were prominent homesteads back in the day. Was going to play that up somehow and that could definitely be a way to do it.
ReplyDeleteHave already started looking at some of the tribes.
Skunk ape?