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== Leads == | == Leads == | ||
* Josh: [[Electra Ellis]] | * Josh: [[Electra Ellis]] | ||
* Avram: | * Avram: [[Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater]] | ||
* Gaylord: [[Laura Jones]] | * Gaylord: [[Laura Jones]] | ||
* Lisa: [[Sandy Spade]] | |||
* Beth: [[Sophia Byrne]] | |||
== Features == | |||
* [[Bella Blackwater]] | |||
* [[Prudence Byrne]] | |||
* [[Nichole Charles]] | |||
* [[Einstein Ellis]] | |||
* [[Foley Ravenscroft]] | |||
== Extras == | |||
* Elsinore Jones | |||
* Steve Ross (Detective) | |||
* Hannah Trahn | |||
== Locations == | |||
* 13 Court Street | |||
* Brownian Motion | |||
* Einstein's Lab | |||
* McNeil Park | |||
* The Nebraska | |||
* Parthenon Books | |||
* Schuster Conservatory | |||
* Straw Island | |||
* Tor Towers | |||
* Wolfman Hospital | |||
* University Dorm | |||
== Relationship Map == | |||
Graph created with [http://bloodgate.com/perl/graph/manual/ Graph::Easy]. | |||
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# LEADS | |||
[Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] {class: lead; flow: right; fill: skyblue; border: navy} | |||
[Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] --> {color: navy} [Laura Jones] | |||
[Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] --> {color: navy} [Sandy Spade] | |||
[Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] --> {color: navy} [Sophia Byrne] | |||
[Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] -- works for --> {color: navy} [Electra Ellis] | |||
[Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] -- exercises in --> {color: navy} [McNeil Park] | |||
[Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] -- daughter of --> {color: navy} [Bella Blackwater] | |||
[Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] -- lives with --> {color: navy} [Hannah Trahn] | |||
[Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] -- lives at --> {color: navy} [University Dorm] | |||
[Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] -- works at --> {color: navy} [Brownian Motion] | |||
[Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] -- best friends --> {color: navy} [Foley Ravenscroft] | |||
[Sophia Byrne] {class: lead; fill: violet; border: magenta} | |||
[Sophia Byrne] --> {color: magenta} [Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] | |||
[Sophia Byrne] --> {color: magenta} [Sandy Spade] | |||
[Sophia Byrne] --> {color: magenta} [Laura Jones] | |||
[Sophia Byrne] --> {color: magenta} [Electra Ellis] | |||
[Sophia Byrne] -- granddaughter of --> {color: magenta} [Prudence Byrne] | |||
[Sophia Byrne] -- dreams of --> {color: magenta} [Bella Blackwater] | |||
[Sophia Byrne] -- advises --> {color: magenta} [Steve Ross] | |||
[Sophia Byrne] -- shops at --> {color: magenta} [Parthenon Books] | |||
[Sophia Byrne] -- lives at --> {color: magenta} [The Nebraska] | |||
[Sophia Byrne] -- practices at --> {color: magenta} [Schuster Conservatory] | |||
[Sophia Byrne] -- volunteers at --> {color: magenta} [Wolfman Hospital] | |||
[Electra Ellis] {class: lead; fill: salmon; border: red} | |||
[Electra Ellis] --> {color: red} [Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] | |||
[Electra Ellis] --> {color: red} [Sandy Spade] | |||
[Electra Ellis] --> {color: red} [Sophia Byrne] | |||
[Electra Ellis] --> {color: red} [Laura Jones] | |||
[Electra Ellis] -- owns --> {color: red} [Brownian Motion] | |||
[Electra Ellis] -- daughter of --> {color: red} [Einstein Ellis] | |||
[Electra Ellis] -- ex-girlfriend of --> {color: red} [Artemis Raine] | |||
[Electra Ellis] -- accepted funding from (now paid) --> {color: red} [Prudence Byrne] | |||
[Electra Ellis] -- used to be friends with --> {color: red} [Nichole Charles] | |||
[Electra Ellis] -- grew up in --> {color: red} [Einstein's Lab] | |||
[Laura Jones] {class: lead; fill: greenyellow; border: green} | |||
[Laura Jones] --> {color: green} [Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] | |||
[Laura Jones] --> {color: green} [Sandy Spade] | |||
[Laura Jones] --> {color: green} [Sophia Byrne] | |||
[Laura Jones] --> {color: green} [Electra Ellis] | |||
[Laura Jones] -- gets coffee from --> {color: green} [Brownian Motion] | |||
[Laura Jones] -- works in --> {color: green} [Tor Towers] | |||
[Laura Jones] -- twin sister --> {color: green} [Elsinore Jones] | |||
[Laura Jones] -- wants --> {color: green} [Straw Island] | |||
[Laura Jones] -- stores weapons at --> {color: green} [13 Court Street] | |||
[Sandy Spade] {class: lead; fill: yellow; border: brown} | |||
[Sandy Spade] --> {color: brown} [Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] | |||
[Sandy Spade] --> {color: brown} [Sophia Byrne] | |||
[Sandy Spade] --> {color: brown} [Laura Jones] | |||
[Sandy Spade] --> {color: brown} [Electra Ellis] | |||
[Sandy Spade] -- found something on --> {color: brown} [Straw Island] | |||
[Sandy Spade] -- lives at --> {color: brown} [University Dorm] | |||
[Sandy Spade] -- investigating --> {color: brown} [13 Court Street] | |||
[Sandy Spade] -- has contacts at --> {color: brown} [Wolfman Hospital] | |||
[Sandy Spade] -- roommate of --> {color: brown} [Foley Ravenscroft] | |||
[Sandy Spade] -- works for --> {color: brown} [Nichole Charles] | |||
(Leads: | |||
[Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] {class: lead; flow: right} | |||
[Sophia Byrne] {class: lead; flow: left} | |||
[Electra Ellis] {class: lead; flow: up;} | |||
[Laura Jones] {class: lead; flow: down} | |||
[Sandy Spade] {class: lead; flow: down} | |||
) | |||
# FEATURES | |||
[Bella Blackwater] {class: feature; shape: circle } | |||
[Bella Blackwater] -- hires --> [Laura Jones] | |||
[Bella Blackwater] -- eats and drinks at --> [Brownian Motion] | |||
[Bella Blackwater] -- former teammate of --> [Einstein Ellis] | |||
[Bella Blackwater] -- has access to --> [Einstein's Lab] | |||
[Prudence Byrne] {class: feature; shape: circle } | |||
[Prudence Byrne] -- owns --> [Tor Towers] | |||
[Prudence Byrne] -- wants to buy --> [13 Court Street] | |||
[Prudence Byrne] -- consults --> [Foley Ravenscroft] | |||
[Prudence Byrne] -- funds --> [Schuster Conservatory] | |||
[Nichole Charles] {class: feature; shape: circle } | |||
[Nichole Charles] -- steals from --> [Laura Jones] | |||
[Nichole Charles] -- has offices in --> [Tor Towers] | |||
[Nichole Charles] -- married to --> [Elsinore Jones] | |||
[Einstein Ellis] {class: feature; shape: circle} | |||
[Einstein Ellis] -- father of --> [Electra Ellis] | |||
[Einstein Ellis] -- has a secret base on --> [Straw Island] | |||
[Einstein Ellis] -- looking for --> [Laura Jones] | |||
[Einstein Ellis] -- feeding info to --> [Sandy Spade] | |||
[Einstein Ellis] -- used to babysit --> [Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] | |||
[Einstein Ellis] -- used to babysit --> [Sophia Byrne] | |||
[Foley Ravenscroft] {class: feature; shape: circle} | |||
[Foley Ravenscroft] -- cast a spell on / jealous of --> [Electra Ellis] | |||
[Foley Ravenscroft] -- mediates at --> [McNeil Park] | |||
[Foley Ravenscroft] -- went to school with --> [Sophia Byrne] | |||
# EXTRAS | |||
[Steve Ross] {class: extra; shape: circle } | |||
[Steve Ross] -- wants info from --> [Sandy Spade] | |||
[Steve Ross] -- tips off --> [Sophia Byrne] | |||
[Steve Ross] -- investigating --> [Einstein Ellis] | |||
[Elsinore Jones] {class: extra;shape: circle } | |||
[Elsinore Jones] -- twin sister --> [Laura Jones] | |||
[Elsinore Jones] -- married to --> [Nichole Charles] | |||
[Elsinore Jones] -- audience of --> [Sophia Byrne] | |||
[Hannah Trahn] {class: extra; shape: circle } | |||
[Hannah Trahn] -- keeping an eye on --> [Sandy Spade] | |||
[Hannah Trahn] -- friendly to --> [Laura Jones] | |||
[Hannah Trahn] -- caretaker for --> [Elsinore Jones] | |||
[Hannah Trahn] -- lives with --> [Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] | |||
[Hannah Trahn] -- loves --> [Nichole Charles] | |||
[Hannah Trahn] -- drinks in --> [Brownian Motion] | |||
[Artemis Raine] {class: extra; shape: circle} -- still carries a torch for --> [Electra Einstein] | |||
# LOCATIONS | |||
[13 Court Street] {class: location; shape: diamond } | |||
[13 Court Street] -- is leased by --> [Laura Jones] | |||
[Brownian Motion] {class: location; shape: diamond } | |||
[Brownian Motion] -- loathes --> [Nichole Charles] | |||
[Brownian Motion] -- asked to perform --> [Sophia Byrne] | |||
[Einstein's Lab] {class: location; shape: diamond } | |||
[Einstein's Lab] -- is on --> [Straw Island] | |||
[Einstein's Lab] -- contains early inventions of --> [Electra Ellis] | |||
[McNeil Park] {class: location; shape: diamond } | |||
[McNeil Park] -- intrigues --> [Electra Ellis] | |||
[McNeil Park] -- holds busking sites for --> [Sophia Byrne] | |||
[McNeil Park] -- is near --> [University Dorm] | |||
[The Nebraska] {class: location; shape: diamond } | |||
[The Nebraska] -- domicile of --> [Laura Jones] | |||
[Parthenon Books] {class: location; shape: diamond } | |||
[Schuster Conservatory] {class: location; shape: diamond } | |||
[Schuster Conservatory] -- seeks donations from --> [Electra Ellis] | |||
[Straw Island] {class: location; shape: diamond } | |||
[Straw Island] -- being investigated by --> [Sandy Spade] | |||
[Tor Towers] {class: location; shape: diamond } | |||
[Wolfman Hospital] {class: location; shape: diamond } | |||
[Wolfman Hospital] -- is next to --> [Tor Towers] | |||
[University Dorm] {class: location; shape: diamond } | |||
[University Dorm] -- is near --> [McNeil Park] | |||
# nonexistent relationshps inserted to try to square up the graph a bit. | |||
[13 Court Street] --> {style: invisible} [University Dorm] | |||
[13 Court Street] --> {style: invisible} [Bella Blackwater] | |||
</graph> | |||
== Character Creation == | == Character Creation == | ||
* [[Character Creation Cheat Sheet]] | * [[Character Creation Cheat Sheet]] | ||
* [http://www.grumer.org/rpg/smallville/Core%20Pathways%20Cheat%20Sheet.pdf Avram's Pathways chart] (PDF) | |||
* [[Distinctions]] | |||
* [[Pathways Map]] | |||
* [[Resources]] and [[List of Resources]] | |||
* [[Statement Ideas]] | |||
* [[Names]] and [[Comic Creator Names]] | |||
* [[Questions]] | |||
* [[Alternative Rules]] and [[New Distinctions]] | |||
* [[Pathways Abstract]], an analysis of the Pathways chart, in case someone wants to design a new chart for a different setting. | |||
* [https://sites.google.com/site/somethingville/faq Errata] | |||
=== Steps === | === Steps === | ||
* [[ | # [[Origin]] | ||
* [[ | # [[Youth]] | ||
# [[Focus]] | |||
# [[Road]] | |||
# [[Life-Changing Event]] | |||
# If you're playing a "Rookie" game, skip ahead to [[Finishing Touches]]. If you're not stopping at Rookie, keep on going.... | |||
# [[Priority]] | |||
# [[Modus Operandi]] | |||
# [[Motivation]] | |||
# [[Identity]] | |||
# [[Finishing Touches]] | |||
==Cheat Sheets== | |||
* [http://www.grumer.org/rpg/smallville/Smallville%20Dice%20Flowchart.pdf Avram's Dice Flowchart] | |||
* [http://www.grumer.org/rpg/smallville/Triggers.pdf Avram's Trigger Cheat Sheet] | |||
* [[Rolling the Dice]] here on the wiki. | |||
* Character advancement: [[Tag Scenes]] and [[Growth Pool]] here on the wiki. | |||
* [[Plot Points]] here on the wiki. | |||
* [[Stress]] here on the wiki. | |||
* [[Trouble]], right here in River Wiki. | |||
* [http://nerdnyc.com/tmp/Smallville_Cheat_Sheet.pdf Smallville Cheat Sheet PDF] on NerdNYC | |||
* [https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1YFqao39Nhf7jGdvhiJHowkMq-ul9FKrUHhW-uJruAo0/edit?hl=en&authkey=CIjMsqcI Smallville Rolling] on Google Docs | |||
* [https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1tN6s7kVsp4bPw4uLM1DXCjvkK_1z8qEQH5nnd8N2xH8/edit?hl=en&authkey=CL7fypAK Smallville Conflict Flowchart] on Google Docs | |||
* [http://cobweb.scarymonsters.net/~corleyj/gaming/cheatsheets/scheat1.pdf JDCS Smallville Cheat Sheet PDF] on ScareyMonsters.net | |||
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LEEnQl7vml0AYf1N0jT0H-2N9w1WlQwMTbKUc2-hI7Y/edit?hl=en_GB Assembling a Pool in Smallville] on Google Docs | |||
* [https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1JGh1eNcGlunFtY4himNpJii9HY8bo2Ge9kJ-YTE_Wkc/edit?hl=en_GB Smallville contest flowchart] on Google Docs | |||
* [http://story-games.com/forums/comments.php?DiscussionID=15790&page=1#Item_10 Story Games thread on Smallville], which is where I got the links to the cheat sheets. | |||
* [http://sites.google.com/site/somethingville/ Somethingville] — Fan repository for ideas relating to the ''Smallville'' and ''Leverage'' RPGs. There are a few [http://sites.google.com/site/somethingville/assets/distinctions professional Distinction] listed, like Cop, Lawyer, and Forensic Investigator. Might make a good jumping-off point if you want to develop a Distinction for some other profession. | |||
* How to make [[Minor Features]] and [[Quick and Dirty Features]]. | |||
* [[Episode Map]] | |||
* [[Smallville Graph Experiment]] | |||
==Details== | |||
* Yellow Box is the wiki about superhumans | |||
* Lots of fights between superheros and supervillains | |||
* There was a genderqueer superhero team that was considered to be supervillains for just that reason | |||
* Excelsior Foundation pays Einstein Ellis to be a caretaker of Straw Island | |||
* Sandy has seen someone (Bo) fly on Straw Island | |||
* Bo saw a flicker of light from the fort on Straw Island | |||
* Straw Island has a fort and an asylum, and there are lights there at night | |||
* Third National Back Robbed and Strange Figure Spotted Flying Over Straw Island: Is There A New Supervillain In Town? | |||
* A Telling Piece of Evidence -- Alien Technology | |||
* Fort Bendis | |||
* A Third Weird Happening, besides the bank robbery and the flying person: Electra discovers that the proprietor of the bodega down the street from the bank also was looking for this -- same serial number on a hundred dollar bill, both real? | |||
* The Excelsior Foundation has hired a number of people in town. | |||
* Doppleganger of Laura -- or is she the real one? I Can't Count On Laura | |||
* Bo is an ally d6, Laura | |||
* Laura, Glory d4, I am who I am | |||
* Electra: Justice, d6, Is How you justify yourself to yourself. | |||
* Electra: Truth d10 | |||
* Electra: Laura d4 Laura only likes to buy things. | |||
* Electra: Growth 2d4 2d12 -- 2d4 for 2 new special effects, Suit is now at d6 plus new effect, Movement | |||
* Bo: Growth: Metahuman knowledge to d6 |
Latest revision as of 11:45, 23 March 2016
Leads
- Josh: Electra Ellis
- Avram: Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater
- Gaylord: Laura Jones
- Lisa: Sandy Spade
- Beth: Sophia Byrne
Features
Extras
- Elsinore Jones
- Steve Ross (Detective)
- Hannah Trahn
Locations
- 13 Court Street
- Brownian Motion
- Einstein's Lab
- McNeil Park
- The Nebraska
- Parthenon Books
- Schuster Conservatory
- Straw Island
- Tor Towers
- Wolfman Hospital
- University Dorm
Relationship Map
Graph created with Graph::Easy.
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Character Creation
- Character Creation Cheat Sheet
- Avram's Pathways chart (PDF)
- Distinctions
- Pathways Map
- Resources and List of Resources
- Statement Ideas
- Names and Comic Creator Names
- Questions
- Alternative Rules and New Distinctions
- Pathways Abstract, an analysis of the Pathways chart, in case someone wants to design a new chart for a different setting.
- Errata
Steps
- Origin
- Youth
- Focus
- Road
- Life-Changing Event
- If you're playing a "Rookie" game, skip ahead to Finishing Touches. If you're not stopping at Rookie, keep on going....
- Priority
- Modus Operandi
- Motivation
- Identity
- Finishing Touches
Cheat Sheets
- Avram's Dice Flowchart
- Avram's Trigger Cheat Sheet
- Rolling the Dice here on the wiki.
- Character advancement: Tag Scenes and Growth Pool here on the wiki.
- Plot Points here on the wiki.
- Stress here on the wiki.
- Trouble, right here in River Wiki.
- Smallville Cheat Sheet PDF on NerdNYC
- Smallville Rolling on Google Docs
- Smallville Conflict Flowchart on Google Docs
- JDCS Smallville Cheat Sheet PDF on ScareyMonsters.net
- Assembling a Pool in Smallville on Google Docs
- Smallville contest flowchart on Google Docs
- Story Games thread on Smallville, which is where I got the links to the cheat sheets.
- Somethingville — Fan repository for ideas relating to the Smallville and Leverage RPGs. There are a few professional Distinction listed, like Cop, Lawyer, and Forensic Investigator. Might make a good jumping-off point if you want to develop a Distinction for some other profession.
- How to make Minor Features and Quick and Dirty Features.
- Episode Map
Details
- Yellow Box is the wiki about superhumans
- Lots of fights between superheros and supervillains
- There was a genderqueer superhero team that was considered to be supervillains for just that reason
- Excelsior Foundation pays Einstein Ellis to be a caretaker of Straw Island
- Sandy has seen someone (Bo) fly on Straw Island
- Bo saw a flicker of light from the fort on Straw Island
- Straw Island has a fort and an asylum, and there are lights there at night
- Third National Back Robbed and Strange Figure Spotted Flying Over Straw Island: Is There A New Supervillain In Town?
- A Telling Piece of Evidence -- Alien Technology
- Fort Bendis
- A Third Weird Happening, besides the bank robbery and the flying person: Electra discovers that the proprietor of the bodega down the street from the bank also was looking for this -- same serial number on a hundred dollar bill, both real?
- The Excelsior Foundation has hired a number of people in town.
- Doppleganger of Laura -- or is she the real one? I Can't Count On Laura
- Bo is an ally d6, Laura
- Laura, Glory d4, I am who I am
- Electra: Justice, d6, Is How you justify yourself to yourself.
- Electra: Truth d10
- Electra: Laura d4 Laura only likes to buy things.
- Electra: Growth 2d4 2d12 -- 2d4 for 2 new special effects, Suit is now at d6 plus new effect, Movement
- Bo: Growth: Metahuman knowledge to d6