Ever since I started reading the cases of Sherlock Holmes and the rules books for Ravenloft, I’ve been dying to have a role-playing adventure in a Victorian-era campaign setting. That mystic blend of science and superstition, of thaumaturgy and technology, that age that has its roots so firmly in the past but is about to steamroll without abandon into an unknown future.
My passion for this period has only grown in recent weeks, as we gear up for a Victorian-themed campaign in the Dresden Files universe, using historic London- both reality and fantasy- as our de facto setting. I’ve been poring over maps, reading up on iconic figures, studying the social trends (spiritualism anyone?), and I’m pretty sure I’m the first player to have finished my character. Ok, I think I’m the only player who has finished a character thus far.
As such, I’ve had some extra time to set about engineering a period-appropriate character sheet with which to record my Victorian heroine. (Yes, I’m playing a woman. I suspect that will yield a post or two in and of itself.) It’s a basic one-page record, with enough room to record all the pertinent in-game information. I’ve endeavored to make it both inviting and legible, including the addition of some period icons to spice up the purely mechanical bits. Hopefully you’ll enjoy using as much as I have!
Dresden Files RPG “Victorian Era” Character Record
*** I feel it necessary to mention that the model for this record is the “Dresden Files RPG Character Sheet”, which is found in the back of my purchased copy of the Your Story rulebook (copyright 2010, Evil Hat Productions LLC). At the bottom of the original sheet, the publisher gives generous permission to the game’s players to “make copies for personal use”; I would kindly ask the same of you. In other words, don’t ruin it for everybody by abusing this fun gaming resource! Thank you.***
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As everyone who knows me knows, I’m a HUUUGE fan of Victorian role playing. Part of it comes from reading some great pieces of fiction set there (for not just London, but the entire Victorian world, read the Flashman books by George MacDonald Fraser) but also from studying it quite a bit for my history degree.
The system for me though has to be Unhallowed Metropolis (nominated for Ennie dontcha know), and as such most of my writing is based on it. I’ve used for an example on how to quickly make more than one NPC in a blog recently, but had more fun entering a competion on Stuffershack to write up your favourite villain (there’s a link in here somewhere http://shortymonster.wordpress.com/2012/07/18/what-im-doing-now-and-in-the-future/ ). I’m even considering actually writing out my first adventure that could actually be used by other people that I used in an UnMet game. And when I say used by other people, I mean not existing mostly in my head, and half a dozen scrawled notes for each game session.
“And when I say used by other people, I mean not existing mostly in my head…” Yeah, that’s how EVERYTHING would still be for me if it weren’t for this blog. I really appreciate you taking the time to comment!
I’m going to go exploring through the links you suggested as soon as I get home. Sadly, much of the Internet is off-limits at my office!
Hope you don’t mind chatting about all this once I get a chance to check it out.
happy to talk. Especially about one of my favourite subjects. I hope you found the advice useful.
I love the Victorian era for gaming and have run two short superheroish games set in them (and played in the Kerberos Club setting). Look forward to reading more of this game as it progresses.
Have fun!