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==San Francisco Locations== Below are listed some locations in San Francisco to check out for flavor in a SF-based Dresden Files Game. *Alcatraz ** Face: Jolene Babyak, author of ''[http://www.amazon.com/Eyewitness-Alcatraz-Guards-Families-Prisoners/dp/0961875208/ref=sr_1_19?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1279136647&sr=8-19 Eyewitness on Alcatraz, Life on The Rock as told by the Guards, Families & Prisoners]'' **Her aspects: "Grew up on the Rock" and "Last prisoner of Alcatraz" *Trinity Episcopal Church *Cemeteries (There's only three within San Francisco city limits) **the historic graveyard next to Mission Dolores. "Some remains were reburied on-site in a mass grave, while others were relocated to various Bay Area cemeteries. Today, most of the former cemetery grounds are covered by a paved playground behind the Mission Dolores School."! **Odd Fellows Cemetery/Columbarium **San Francisco National Cemetery *Sutro Bath Ruins *Queen Anne Hotel *Neighborhoods **[http://www.dreamworld.org/sfguide/Neighborhoods/index.html sfguide] **[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_francisco_neighborhoods Wikipedia] *Haight/Ashbury *Barbary Coast *[http://gocalifornia.about.com/od/casfmenu/ig/San-Francisco-Chinatown/Chinatown-Map.htm Chinatown] **Domain of someone, off limits to various monster types? **Powerful area - site of lots of mysticism and mojo *City Lights Bookstore *AT&T Park, Candlestick Park *Old US Mint *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_San_Francisco_Designated_Landmarks Designated Landmarks], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_San_Francisco,_California National Register listing] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Landmarks_in_San_Francisco,_California Wikipedia SF Landmark Category] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_Club Bohemian Club] *[http://www.sfsu.edu/ SFSU], [http://www.csumentor.edu/campustour/undergraduate/22/San_Francisco_State_University/San_Francisco_State_University5.html Stats], [http://www.sfsu.edu/~lead/greek/org.htm Greek Life] *[http://www.misdirections.com/ Misdirections Magic Shop] *[http://www.fieldsbooks.com/cgi-bin/fields/index.html Fields Book Shop] ==San Francisco Personalities== *Emperor Norton *Gavin Newsom (Current Mayor) *Beach Blanket Babylon *Ohlone Indians *Al Capone, George "Machine Gun" Kelly, and Robert Franklin Stroud, The Birdman of Alcatraz *Jack London *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinatown,_San_Francisco#Ah_Toy Ah Toy] *Zodiac Killer *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_associated_with_San_Francisco wikipedia list of SF people] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Chu Frank Chu] (Crazy-ass protester dude) *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignatius_C._Wang Retired Bishop Ignatius C. Wang] (Father WANG!) *The Homeless (need a face, 5th and Brannen shelter?) ===Other West Coast Personalities=== *[http://dresdenfiles.wikia.com/wiki/Carlos_Ramirez Carlos Ramirez], Warden Regional Commander, West Coast *[http://dresdenfiles.wikia.com/wiki/Elaine_Mallory Elaine Mallory], LA-based Wizard PI (former girlfriend of Harry Dresden) ==Other ideas== *Talamasca *Precinct 13 (SFPD) *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Gangs_in_San_Francisco,_California San Francisco Gangs] *[http://sanfrancisco.fbi.gov/ San Francisco FBI] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_Bridge_Troll Bay Bridge Troll] *Weasel Spew, the occult punk rock band. ==Additional Resources== *[http://dresden-sanfran.wikidot.com/ Wikidot San Francisco] - wiki of someone's city creation for dresden files game *[http://dregg.wordpress.com/category/rpg/ SF write up for another campaign] *[http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=396454 RPG.net posting] - brainstorming thread of SF locations/faces *[http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,18011.15.html San Francisco: Shaking the Foundations] - This is an online play-by-post game; lots of their city creation info is already up. *[http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?cPath=1_44&products_id=538&it=1 San Francisco by Night] (WOD sourcebook) *[http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=27984&it=1 Secrets of San Francisco] (1920's Cthulu Sourcebook) *[http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=163&it=1 Immortal Eyes: The Toybox] (WOD Fae Sourcebook) *[http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=80498 Curse of the Jade Monkey] (Thrilling Tales pulp adventure) *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=san+francisco&fulltext=1 Wikipedia "San Francisco"] *[http://dresdenfiles.wikia.com/wiki/Dresden_Files Dresden Files (books & stories) Wiki] *[http://forum2.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=517766 RPG.net thread of adventure ideas] *[http://www.theweem.com/2010/07/23/mapping-the-nevernever/ Blog post, nevernever locations] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Trouble_in_Little_China Big Trouble in Little Freakin' China!!]
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