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8/12/2019 Dresden Scenario Ideas

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A shape shifting spirit that can take the form of any human has infiltrated apowerful human organization (police force, town hall, etc.).

A ghost is haunting a family's house and needs a wizard to help get it out.

A demon worshiping cult is terrorizing a local university.

Seven mystically charged gemstones from a private collection have beenscattered around the city. Those who touch them gain a temporary boost ofmagical power, at the cost of a year of life for every use.

A police officer has found himself under a rather unusual curse. Every time hedoes his job, ten people in his life forget they ever knew him. Can you break thecurse before even you forget him?

A rockband in town has developed accidental oracular abilities. One out of every

eight songs they sing is actually a prophecy of something to happen that night.

You've just performed a citizen's arrest on what you believe to be an arsonist,setting fire to a bakery. However, he has no tools for making fires and has beenburned himself. He tries to tell you that somethingjust causes the fires when hegets excited or nervous. He's causing the fires, but not intentionally.

A group of kids pitched in together to buy what they thought was a Hendrixoriginal guitar. So why are they having horrible nightmares that detail how one oftheir friends is going to die?

You encounter a supernatural being that you can't find any record of and feeldrawn to investigate it.

You are pulled into the politics of the vampire court due to an odd situation.

What is the Winter Lady doing hanging out on a Florida Beach, with a WhiteCourt Vampire? The White Council wants to know, and so does Mab.

A new nightclub has opened in the city. The owner is a lady named Alice, whohas a penchant for dressing all in white, and has named her club "Wonderland."Now she wants status as an Accorded Neutral Ground.

The crazy homeless guy that runs around in long underwear and a bedsheetcape who thinks he's a "superhero who punishes the wicked" gets taken a lotmore seriously when someone or something sponsors him and grants him actualpowers, and the badly beaten bodies of drug dealers and hookers start beingfound throughout the city.


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A man in a face-concealing gasmask accosts one of the characters in the street,brandishes a switchblade and cuts off a lock of the character's hair, and thenescapes. Can you discover who the man is before the next spiritually auspicioustime to conduct some very, very nasty and high-powered magic?

Why has the mysterious and veiled Miss Theno shown a sudden and aggressiveinterest in the Greek antiquities at the museum? Is there a connection with themuseum staff that have gone missing? Or the new Greek restaurant that's justopened in town, the one with all the statues?

You've encountered a member of the currently neutral Blue Court of theVampires. He feeds on self-doubt and self-loathing. His career of choice ismotivational speaker.

You've finally got a chance to relax, are flipping through channels, when youstumble across America's Most Wanted showing your mug shot.

The wizard has a slew of new family cases dealing with highly disturbed,troubled children. The only thing they seem to have in common is that they allvisited Universal Studios within the past month.

It seems there's been an upset in the major White Court clan in the city, and theywant the wizard to sort out their familial dispute. Every one of the vampires hastheir own ideas how things should work, and they're holding the wizardpersonally accountable if he can't fix their problem, stat. Of course, just to addthe cheese on the trap, the White Council wants this family to be fightinginternally as much as possible, and see the wizard as the man to make thathappen. Which duty will he uphold? More importantly, which supernaturalpowerhouse will he piss off?

The werewolf, while raiding a Red Court stronghold for the White Council,stumbles upon a group of Wardens negotiating with the enemy. He barelyescapes with his life, but when he tries to find answers, things only get worse.How far up does this thing go?

It seems a dangerous necromancer has taken a foothold in the city. Clusters ofzombies have been congregating, often in plain public view, and... demanding tobe unionized?

A powerful player, both in local supernatural politics and in the Nevernever hascome forward with a proposition for the wizard, to make him a freeholding lord,but why?

It seems someone wants to hire the werewolf mercenary, to kill the wizard.

You know, it's fairly rare for alligators to wander this far into urban centers, so


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why are there a couple hundred basking on the streets? And is it normal foralligators to be bulletproof?

A trip to the Disney World Resort goes south quick when the Mickey collapseson the ground. The other mascots go down shortly after. Investigation suggests

black magic. But who would kill off a bunch of mascots, and why? And what'swith these rumors that Disney was a freeholding lord? Surely that's ridiculous.Right?

The Winter Court has made an incredible, and unprecedented, effort to takeover Orlando, right in time for Christmas. The children are enjoying the snow, butits starting to kill off wildlife. And the elderly. Can the wizard and the werewolfdiffuse the situation before the city freezes to death, or before the Summer Courtstages its counter offensive?

You know, resolving family issues would be easier if at least one of the family

members was alive. When a bickering household of ghosts start haunting thewizard can he resolve the unfinished family business before they drive him mad,or shove a fork through him?

It seems the werewolf has obtained a new admirer... pity she's just a wolf.Unfortunately, he can't get her off of him, and she follows him everywhere. It'sreally cramping his style, but how can he get rid of her when she makes thosepuppy dog eyes?

The wizard swears that every goddamn cat in the city is following him, watchinghim. It's getting creepy. The werewolf, meanwhile, has a clandestine meetingwith someone named Bast, who makes a very special request of him. And haspayment in plenty.

Something big is in town, something really big. How the Hell does somethingthat can do that to a skyscraper just disappear, anyways?

The wizard is recruited to the war against the Red Court, but he really isn't cutout for combat. Can he survive long enough to find a way out? Without gettingthe Wardens after him, that is.

It seems the wizard has a rival in the form of a new counselor, who seems torelieve people of their troubles with remarkable efficiency and ease, atremarkably low prices. He seems nice enough, but his smile is too damn toothy,and when the wizard meets his eyes there's no soul gaze.

Fun fact: you can't really walk around in the sewers. Modern sewers are reallyjust pipes, the largest a grown human maybe crawl through, if it wasn't full ofwaste. The system of pipes under Orlando is incredibly complex, amazingly vastand intricate. So, how, exactly, does one track down whatever it is that keeps


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jumping up toilets and killing hapless victims? The answer is going to be gross,isn't it?

Werewolves are well known for smelling like dogs, and that means theoccasional territorial scrape with a dog or two, but this is ridiculous. Every dog

the werewolf meets is out for blood, from the nastiest pack of pit bulls you've everseen to the pug down the street. But, when other werewolves start going afterhim with the same bestial fury, that's the last straw.

Ever seen a man swallow his own head? Oh, how you wish you could stillanswer "no" to that question.

When the White Council assigned the werewolf to protect the wizard, and thewizard to find the most powerful, and well respected, sorcerer in the area, theyhardly thought they were going to be trekking (and tracking) through theeverglades for a month. They also weren't ready for the old voodoo witch doctor

they found. She's broken most of the seven laws, if not all, more often thananyone short of a savant could easily count. How is she still in good standingwith the White Council? And why do they want her now? Duty and morality aren'tseeing eye to eye right now, but could the pair take her even if they tried?

There's a Sci Fi convention being held in Orlando, a major one that has geeksfrom across the country (Hell, across the world) pouring in. This would just be parfor the course, if not for the fact that practically every supernatural denizen of thecity, from the lowliest minor talent to the biggest, nastiest things out there, toattend as special guests. They're offering quite a bit of money for each attendee,and some nice benefits. Of course, a certain werewolf and wizard have justreceived their invitations in the mail.

Is it just me, or does that new family down the street go through meet like water?And why exactly have they invited the wizard for dinner, anyways?

Florida has a major problem with invasive species, mostly various snakes thatwere once pets loose in the wild. This is a job for animal control, except, ofcourse, when a dangerous species of serpents gets introduced from theNevernever.

Global warming is supposed to work in terms of decades, right? I mean, wehave at least half a century or so before Florida is underwater, right? So, whyexactly is Orlando suddenly shoulder deep in water? In the dry season.

A local news station has its hands on some footage that the White Councildoesn't want the public to see. Unfortunately, a certain stubborn reporter(possibly the one from #18) isn't going to give it up easily, and certainly notwithout at least getting something he can publish. Who exactly does this hackthink he is, anyways?


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Exorcisms are one thing, but when an entire army of spectral Seminole warriors

starts trying to reclaim Florida for their descendants, it's time to pull out the bigguns. Of course, you'll have to find one first, and that means getting a hold of

Andrew Jackson's hickory cane. But, knowing what Jackson did to the Seminoles

(and Native Americans in general), are they really willing to bring that kind ofpower down on the ghosts? Is there another way? And, if there is, can they pull itoff before someone else decides to use the cane?*

When a powerful Black Court vampire arrives in the city, with a small army ofghouls and Renfields at his disposal, the White Council sends in a new wizard todeal with the problem, instructing the wizard and the werewolf to aid him inwhatever way he asks. But, this guy is giving off some seriously creepy mojo.What exactly is it about the White Council's big guns that makes one want to askthe enemy for help?

When a brand new drug hits the streets, its not long before it becomes clear to acertain wizard that its a purified form of the Red Court vampires' narcotic saliva.But, why isn't the White Council doing anything about it, or listening to him at allfor that matter?

It seems that there's a very, very, very old Black Court vampire still hanging outin a certain plot of land in the state. He's been there since before the UnitedStates stole Florida from Spain, and its about time that somebody explained tohim that the plantation system is dead, and slavery is illegal. And, of course,"somebody" means you.

When a werewolf falls in love with a weresheep, how do you keep the flamealive without him eating her? More importantly, why hasn't anyone seen her forthe last month? (note: as amusing as it would be, this werewolf doesn't have tobe your character, a werewolf NPC, perhaps having approached the wizard withthe weresheep for relationship counseling before she disappeared, catchinginterest that way).

When a little girl in a red hood shows up in town with nothing more than a breadbasket and a bottle of wine, everyone's expecting her to find her grandmotherdead somewhere in town. Instead, there's a grisly string of murders. The firstvictim is found sliced open, and his intestines pulled out. The second is found atthe bottom of the river, her stomach full of stones. What do these two have incommon? Not much, except they're both werewolves.

Orlando has three airports: The Orlando International Airport, the OrlandoSanford International Airport, and the Orlando Executive Airport, and wouldn'tyou know it, there's a dead body found in each of them, on the same day. Whatyou probably didn't know is they seem to be the exact same dead body, even thesame fingerprints. Not even identical twins share that.


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The Sun Trust Center is the tallest building in Orlando. Everybody knows that.

So what's that new building towering over it? Please tell me that was thereyesterday.

Did you know that Professor Josephson down at the University of Central Floridateaches a class dedicated to how to kill monsters? Well, you do now. And itseems the werewolf is this years final exam.

There are certain questions that no one has answers to, because no one's everbeen willing to test it before, like: can a wizard effectively hex out an atomicbomb without causing it to detonate? Well, it looks like your lucky day, becauseit's time to find out.

On Monday a street magician showed up in the gutter. On Tuesday a powerfulwizard was found dead in his suburban home. On Wednesday it was one of the

most famous stage magicians in the world, in his high rise apartment. Tomorrowit could be you. The only thing the victims have in common is their careers inmagic, false or otherwise. Well, that and the fact their heads are missing.

Vagina dentata: myth or fact? More importantly, why do you have to be the oneto find these things out?

Someone terribly important to the wizard shows up dead on his doorstep, and sodoes a powerful supernatural being, who tells him she can either tell him who didthis to his friend, or hide him from the Wardens long enough for him to bring hisfriend back, without the White Council ever knowing.

TV show with a wizard? Horrible idea, they short everything out. But a certainquick-witted reporter (why do my suggestions have a recurring character?) thinkshe can pull one off with a werewolf, with a little bit of elbow grease and blackmail.

A French wereelephant, by the name of Babar, has moved into the city, and he'sthrown everything up in the air. He seems intent on making a new kind of order inthe city, where everyone is safe, maybe even happy, but he controls everything.

There's a rather popular stage magician in town. He does the usual bits, pullsrabbits out of hats, makes birds appear out of nowhere, becomes invisible,levitates things, lets people stab him, and so on. The problem? It's not a trick.He's the real deal, and he doesn't even realize other magicians fake it.Unfortunately, this means he isn't even trying to pretend its an act, and somepeople are starting to realize how real it is. Of course, the White Council can'thave that, and the send the wizard and the werewolf to deal with him. But, hehasn't done anything wrong.

In mythology of many cultures (Greek, Icelandic, Finnish, and Celtic at the very


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least) dogs tend to be associated with the underworld, or the other world. So,what exactly does it mean that Orlando is suddenly infested with more dogs thanthe pens can hold? -- *Andrew Jackson is just begging to show up in thebackstory of any campaign set in Florida. As a general in the first Seminole warhe seized Florida from Spain because he believed the Spanish and British were

aiding and encouraging the Seminoles to go to war with the United States. Thisaction was completely illegal on his part, but he was made Military Governor ofFlorida for it. His impressive record in duels (including ones where he let hisopponent shoot first) and the fact that his would-be-assassin Richard Lawrence'stwo pistols both misfired (before Jackson started beating him with his cane) justbeg for him to have at least some supernatural background. The fact that he hadthat trademark hickory cane (read: staff) with him all the time helps to. As doeshis two sided legacy (champion of Democracy, war hero of the country, supporterof slavery and absolute bastard to the Native Americans) and his general

personality (the man used to call President Buchanan "Ms. Nancy". No DresdenFiles game anywhere in Florida should be deprived of his more than mundane

legacy.

A group of college kids is playing a roleplaying game, some Urban fantasynonsense set in your city. It seems harmless enough, until there games startbecoming reality.

So why exactly is the old empty mine suddenly producing gold again?

A crazy man came to you saying that there's a hidden message in thebackground noises of his favorite movies. Stringing together the letterssummoned something big and nasty that wants to eat him.

Ah Ireland, home of leprechauns, legends and...weresheep?

Somebody in a biochem firm has come across what he thinks is a uselesscompound. But if it's useless, why do the vampires want it destroyed? For thatmatter, why does the White Councilwant to destroy it?

Somebody released the Kraken, off the coast of the Florida Keys.

A vampire was found last night, crucified to a wooden wall by ghostly nails.

A mortal girlfriend of one of your were-friends was kidnapped. Can you keep thepack/unkindness/pride from going on a killing streak when they receive a lock ofhair in the mail?

In the midst of a heat wave, why is it snowing in the park?

Last night, a decommissioned warship started sailing of its own accord.


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A minor talent, a focused magical craftsman, has come to the attention ofsupernatural community for selling "Swords of the Cross," en masse. It seemslike a simple enough scam, and a rather bad one, right up until those bearing theswords start performing miracles, and tearing through monsters.

It seems an amateur has accidently let a horde of demons loose in the city andthey start a rampage, but it's not long (maybe a fight scene or two) before theysuddenly begin hauling tail back to the Nevernever. What in the world has thismany demons running scared?

There's some very, very, very powerful magic going on in the city, magic that'swarping the barrier between our world and the Nevernever. It seems as thoughsomeone is trying to rip the entire city out of reality and into the Nevernever. But,who could do something on this scale, and why would they? More importantly,how are they channeling and controlling this much power with so little collateraldamage, and how can they be stopped without releasing enough built up spell

energy to destroy Orlando, and a significant portion of the surrounding state.

Nothing ruins a trip to Sea World quite like a swarm of ravenous fishmensacrificing virgins to... what, exactly?

The Wardens have been sent to destroy a new cult of deadly practitioners whoare breaking the laws of magic, particularly two, three and four. But, it seems thatthe cult is comprised primarily of young children. Can the wizard and thewerewolf protect the children from the Wardens, and vice versa, without gettingkilled, or worse, in the crossfire?

She turned me into a newt! Getting better is going to take more than time.

A new witch is in town, and she's hardly being subtle. She's performing aerialacrobatics on her rake for the world to see, without any attempt to pass it off asan illusion or technology. The White Council wants her to stop, one way oranother, but it seems she's under the protection of the Summer Court, and inleague with the local mob boss. Can she be talked down before the Wardens settheir sights on her?

Spiritual Awakening - An evil Native American shaman wants to reclaim all triballands in North America, starting with his own native lands around Austin. He setsoff to re-awaken the spirits to help him drive the white man away, using the twoley lines that intersect Austin as a massive power outlet to give him the rawstrength needed to bring about the end of life as we know it.

Elemental Hostility - After the events of the Spiritual Awakening, Austin hasbecome the ground of several Genius Loci (spirits guarding the land). Eachelemental spirit has called a specialist champion to Austin (pyromancer,hydromancer, geomancer, and aeromancer) so that dominance can be


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determined! The question is, will Austin survive the coming conflict?

Spring Training - The Spring War is here and Amtgarders are heading in drovesto the newly established "A Mid-Summer Knight's Dream Park" in the foot hills of

Austin's Hill Country. Armed with boffer swords and nerf spells, will the gathering

LARPers be prepared for the rift in reality that heralds the start of the SummerFae training camp for the Changing of the Seasons War over Chicago?

Somewhere in the Everglades is a Way that leads deep, deep into theNevernever. There's something important there. A particularly clued-in mortal isconvinced it's the Fountain of Youth, or something very like it. He's put together ateam, and all he needs is a wizard to get them there. He'll use whatever bribesand threats he can to make it happen. Of course, what's really there can't bewhat he thinks, right?

There's an old legend in the area. "The Sleeping Lion that watches over the twin

suns will show the way to the Shining Earth surrounded by the Six Pillars."Supposedly those who bathe in the waters there are protected from theinfluences of fae for a year and a day. But what happens when people getaddicted?

Six gemstones were recently dug up at an archaeological site. Inscribed on thesegems are the images of a dragon, a lion, a pegasus, a gryphon, a phoenix and atiger. What could they mean? And why do the Black Court Vamps want them?

A child has escaped from the hospital where he was under observation. Hisdisease? Leprosy. The Problem? Everyone he touches heals him a bit, whileinfecting them.

A massive Steel mill in Pittsburgh fell into a sinkhole last night. There's youtubefootage of the event happening, but nobody in the area remembers a steel millon that location.

As the party sits down to a drink at their favorite pub, a kid wearing clothes fromthe 1920's appears suddenly behind the bar. He claims he traveled through time.Can you return him to his rightful time without breaking the Sixth Law?

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