Dresden Files Notes
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 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.
- Odd Fellows Cemetery/Columbarium
- San Francisco National Cemetery
- Sutro Bath Ruins
- Queen Anne Hotel
- Neighborhoods
- Haight/Ashbury
- Barbary Coast
- Chinatown
- City Lights Bookstore
- AT&T Park, Candlestick Park
- Old US Mint
- Designated Landmarks and National Register listing
- Bohemian Club
- SFSU, Stats, Greek Life
- Misdirections Magic Shop
- 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
- 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
- Carlos Ramirez, Warden Regional Commander, West Coast
- Elaine Mallory, LA-based Wizard PI (former girlfriend of Harry Dresden)
Other ideas
- Talamasca
- Precinct 13 (SFPD)
- San Francisco Gangs
- San Francisco FBI
- Bay Bridge Troll
- Weasel Spew, the occult punk rock band.
Additional Resources
- 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