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Boardinghouse 76 Manco Capac 161 Using the Paranet Papers 7 The Workers’ Hall 87 The White Court 161 The Underground Market 92 The Fae 162 LAS VEGAS The Square 93 The Ordo Torca 163 Las Vegas, Nevada 9 Ration Distribution Center 96 The Fellowship of St. Giles 164 The Stereotype, For Better and Worse Novgorod Brass Works 97 Other Powers 165 10 Church of St. Dmitri the Red Individuals 167 The Bird’s Eye View 11 (Church of St. Ilya) 98 What’s Where in Las Tierras Rojas At Street Level 13 Wandering Monsters 101 184 Tomorrow, a Shitstorm 15 Chichen Itza 184 Meet the Players 16 The Neverglades El Manatí 185 The Battleground 21 Okeeokalee Bay, Florida 108 Machu Picchu 185 Themes and Threats 23 Magic Swims These Waters Every The Cave of Hands 186 People to Meet...Or to Avoid 26 Night 108 The Atacama Giant 186 The White Court 26 What’s What in Okeeokalee Bay 109 The Amazon Rainforest 187 The Cult of Ishtar 28 The Fount 110 The Andes 187 The Wyldfae 30 The Everglades 113 Gran Chaco 188 The Seelie 31 Okeeokalee Bay 114 Buenos Aires 188 The Unseelie 32 Who’s Who in Okeeokalee Bay 116 Rio de Janeiro 189 Wizards and Would-Be Wizards 33 Local Folks—and a Couple of Mortals and Miscellany 38 Monsters 116 The Ways Between Places to Go...Or to Avoid 47 The Nature of the Bay—Threats and Traveling the Ways Between 193 The Strip 47 Themes 141 The Nevernever 194 The Venetian Canals 48 What’s Where in Okeeokalee Bay The Wylde Frontier 195 The Hanging Garden 48 142 Finding the Way 196 The Lucky Penny 48 Awhatopotamee 142 Points of Power 198 The Fremont Street Experience 49 Big Bug Island 143 Traversing the Way 198 McCarran International Airport 49 The Darkening 143 Example Themes and Threats 201 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 50 Granja Island 143 Mother Nature Is a Character 202 Synecdoche 50 The Lion Queen 143 Skills on the Road 202 Club Xanadu 51 Van Horne Island 143 Modern Technology and the Hunted Kiel Ranch 51 Menendez’s General Store & Post 203 The Springs Preserve 52 Office 143 What Follows 205 Summerlin Country Club 52 Missus Simmons’ Boarding House & Episodes: The Spaces Between 206 Industrial Road 53 Tea Room 144 Lost and Found 206 The Tunnels 53 Gandy’s Gas-Autos-Boats 144 Mountain Tamers 210 Wanderland 54 The Sump 144 The Voice in the Trees 214 The Sweet Sorrow 55 The Water Maze 144 Unsafe 217 The Stronghold 145 Rough Waters 220 Russia Morris’s Bane 223 Novgorod, Russia, October 1918 57 Las Tierras Rojas Stuck in the Middle 227 Simon Pietrovich: A Tale of Russia South America, Central America, Stone and Water 232 59 and Mexico 146 Wake Up, Dreamer 234 The City of Novgorod, October The Situation 149 An Occurrence at Cripple Creek 1918 67 What’s What in Las Tierras Rojas 150 Bridge 238 Encyclopedia 67 The Mundane Community 150 Urban Legends Roaming the Ways Supernatural Presence 68 The Supernatural Community 152 245 Mortal Life in 1918 Novgorod 69 What’s at Stake: Points of Conflict 153 Who’s Fighting for What 70 Themes and Threats 156 Themes and Threats 74 Who’s Who in Las Tierras Rojas 158 The Drivers of Conflict 75 The Keepers 158 4 Spellcasting Nevernever Races 287 Karrin Murphy 334 Sponsorship and the Aspiring Fomor 287 Samuel Peabody 336 Wizard 248 Jotun 289 Lara Raith 337 The Full Might of a Sponsor 249 Kenku 290 Madeline Raith 337 Soulfire, New and Improved 250 Naagloshii (Skinwalkers) 291 Thomas Raith 338 The Mechanics of Soulfire 251 Psychophagic Mites 292 Carlos Ramirez 338 The Soul Stress Track 252 Old Ones and Outsiders 293 Susan Rodriguez 339 Magic and the Nevernever 253 Mistfiends 293 Sanya 341 Easy Evocations 253 Scions 294 Lloyd Slate 341 The Nevernever Stress Track 253 The Einherjar 294 Detective Jerome Rudolph 341 Drawbacks 254 Spirits (update) 295 Toot-toot 342 Location, Location, Location 254 Boogeyman, AKA “boggle” or Uriel 343 The Dirty Wizard’s Guide to “boggart” 295 New Characters 344 Thaumaturgy 255 Vampires 296 Kevin Aramis 344 A Review of the Basic Steps 255 Lords of Outer Night 296 Meditrina Bassarid 344 The Hardest Part—Complexity and Red Court Vampires (update) 297 Binder 345 Effect 256 White Court Vampires (update) 297 Herbert Orson Caine 346 How Long Does My Effect Last? 258 Warped Animals 298 Warden Chandler 347 What About Contests? 259 Fae Centipedes 298 Grigori Cristos 347 Combat Thaumaturgy 259 Fae Spiders 299 Demonreach 348 Casting Magic on Yourself 260 Gorilla-Sharks 299 Evelyn Derek 349 Edge Cases and Clarifications 261 Father Roarke Douglas 349 Who’s Who Cheer-Saving Thaumaturgy 264 Steven Douglas 350 More Cases, More Faces 300 Do You Even Need To Roll? 264 The Eebs 350 Some Initial Housekeeping 301 How to Save the Cheer 265 “Frogface” 352 Character Updates 302 Evocation Tips and Tricks 267 Glenmael 352 Ancient Mai 302 The Philosophy of the Elements 267 Vincent Graver 352 The Archive 303 Shield Spells and Combat 270 Kukulcan 353 Bob the Skull 303 Hexing 271 Baroness LeBlanc 354 Georgia McAlister Borden 304 Evocation and Simple Actions 272 Andi Macklin 354 William Borden 305 Fun with Items 273 Mag 355 Doctor Waldo Butters 306 Sharing Potions 273 Marcy 357 Michael Carpenter 307 Propless Magic 274 Maria 357 Molly Carpenter 307 Spellcasting Powers and Stunts 275 Margaret Angelica Mendoza Harry Dresden 309 Wizards with Powers 275 (Rodriguez-Dresden) 358 Margaret Dresden 313 Mental Toughness 276 “Nothing” 358 The Erlking 314 More Examples from Recent Cases Duchess Arianna Ortega 359 Sigrun Gard 314 279 Elisa and Natalia Raith 361 The Gatekeeper 315 The One-Woman Rave 279 Ray 361 Plot Devices and You 316 Basic Phonoturgy 279 Shagnasty 361 He Who Walks Behind 320 Mrs. Spunkelcrief 362 Goes Bump Justine 320 Special Agent Barry Tilly 362 The Monster Mash 280 Kirby 321 “Third Man” 362 Angels 280 Aleron LaFortier 321 Donar Vadderung (AKA Odin) 364 Archangels (Update) 280 Arthur Langtry 322 Demons 281 The Leanansidhe 325 Binder’s Minions 281 Listens to Wind 326 Ik’k’uox 282 Captain Anastasia Luccio 327 Faeries 283 Mab, The Winter Queen 328 Goblins (update) 283 Mac 328 Sidhe Knights (update) 283 John Marcone 329 Ghosts (update) 284 Martin 330 Gods (update) 285 Ebenezar McCoy 331 Mortals 286 Warden Donald Morgan 332 Implanted Humans 286 Mouse 333 5 Welcome to SeriouSly? The DreSDen FileS? the Paranet Also known as the This is The Paranet Papers, our collection STill noT Sure how i Feel Dresdenverse. of additional information based on our best aBouT ThiS DichoTomy. BecauSe harry neeDS intel and current events in the world of The What do you mean? a Bigger heaD anD all. Dresden Files. It’s intended as a companion real people anD Their proBlemS to our prior efforts, Your Story and Our Being uSeD aS FoDDer For World. play preTenD… juST SeemS Remember—while the information presented a liTTle exploiTaTive. here is based on the reports we’re receiving from It’s important to get the the Paranet, your campaign world may look information out there, and we totally different. If something doesn’t work for had to conceal it somehow. This If only real life you, change it, leave it out, whatever it takes to seemed as good a choice as any. were so easy. make your game the best it can be. Tell me aBouT iT. Though i’m geTTing a liTTle TireD oF The Paranet in ThingS changing, Your Game righT aBouT now. As with any organization you might include in your game, you should express your ties to the Paranet in one or more of your aspects. These ties can be as distant or as personal as you like, from a high concept like Local Paranet Den Mother or a trouble of Hounded by Paranetters to an aspect that goes the extra mile to distance yourself from them, such as Paranetters Get What’s Coming to Them. Of course, the more complicated and dramatic uh, morTimer linDquiST your relationship to the Paranet, the better your iS noT a parT oF The chances of that aspect getting you fate points paraneT, laST i checkeD. when that connection comes up during the game. ItMt“elG’aslah lys iobtnmse te Gt nsois omeo(tusem.p edBBIt auushttmaien pw)gh:” ehA a oiddmbndio depua,n attdign u geMm fh,a2a ocpsc8’atst4.,gs . e YMcthooeuouO rl’Pdltnla Lpcaraeilrnsno oydbeo tqauu butso’lveiys e jt tu u hetssosetet il PafdCyb a moltrihnaseneht sa eeuoctdstm etsto ehmo tjfihuos a issntnttiigy eof ,yoa fyt bfLeo oynouuo,r utbce arg u( nhst“ k Ooyuisolsltludess . alSo...werehamSTerS? last time I saw him at Mac’s.”) or Resources Bob said they were (“Evil Stevie said I could borrow his motorcycle real. Don’t ask me. to hunt that werehamster, as long as I bring it back with a full tank.”). Finally, your group may decide during city creation that the Paranet has a significant pres- ence among the supernaturally inclined groups in your city. In that case, the Paranet might even have its own location—say, a local head- quarters—with a theme or a threat, depending on what kind of impact you want them to have. Remember to give the Paranet a face to personalize how your PCs interact with the organization. 6