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*Trinity Episcopal Church | *Trinity Episcopal Church | ||
*Cemeteries (There's only three within San Francisco city limits) | *Cemeteries (There's only three within San Francisco city limits) | ||
**the historic graveyard next to Mission Dolores. | **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 | **Odd Fellows Cemetery/Columbarium | ||
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*Haight/Ashbury | *Haight/Ashbury | ||
*Barbary Coast | *Barbary Coast | ||
*Chinatown | *[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 | *City Lights Bookstore | ||
*AT&T Park, Candlestick Park | *AT&T Park, Candlestick Park | ||
*Old US Mint | *Old US Mint | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_San_Francisco_Designated_Landmarks Designated Landmarks] | *[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://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.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] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:46, 3 August 2010
San Francisco Locations[edit]
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 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
- Haight/Ashbury
- Barbary Coast
- 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
- Designated Landmarks, National Register listing and Wikipedia SF Landmark Category
- Bohemian Club
- SFSU, Stats, Greek Life
- Misdirections Magic Shop
- Fields Book Shop
San Francisco Personalities[edit]
- 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
- Ah Toy
- Zodiac Killer
- wikipedia list of SF people
- Frank Chu (Crazy-ass protester dude)
- Retired Bishop Ignatius C. Wang (Father WANG!)
- The Homeless (need a face, 5th and Brannen shelter?)
Other West Coast Personalities[edit]
- Carlos Ramirez, Warden Regional Commander, West Coast
- Elaine Mallory, LA-based Wizard PI (former girlfriend of Harry Dresden)
Other ideas[edit]
- Talamasca
- Precinct 13 (SFPD)
- San Francisco Gangs
- San Francisco FBI
- Bay Bridge Troll
- Weasel Spew, the occult punk rock band.
Additional Resources[edit]
- Wikidot San Francisco - wiki of someone's city creation for dresden files game
- SF write up for another campaign
- RPG.net posting - brainstorming thread of SF locations/faces
- San Francisco: Shaking the Foundations - This is an online play-by-post game; lots of their city creation info is already up.
- San Francisco by Night (WOD sourcebook)
- Secrets of San Francisco (1920's Cthulu Sourcebook)
- Immortal Eyes: The Toybox (WOD Fae Sourcebook)
- Curse of the Jade Monkey (Thrilling Tales pulp adventure)
- Wikipedia "San Francisco"
- Dresden Files (books & stories) Wiki
- RPG.net thread of adventure ideas
- Blog post, nevernever locations
- Big Trouble in Little Freakin' China!!