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* Josh: [[Electra Ellis]]
* Josh: [[Electra Ellis]]
* Avram: [[Boadicea "Bo" Bellamy]]
* 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]
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== 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]
* [https://sites.google.com/site/somethingville/faq Errata]


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# [[Focus]]
# [[Focus]]
# [[Road]]
# [[Road]]
# [[Life-Changing Event]] --- Stop after this step for a "Rookie" game. Also, I think Rookies get three more Value step-ups to compensate for not going through the After-Event steps of the Pathway. ''See page 31.''
# [[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==
==Cheat Sheets==


*http://nerdnyc.com/tmp/Smallville_Cheat_Sheet.pdf
* [http://www.grumer.org/rpg/smallville/Smallville%20Dice%20Flowchart.pdf Avram's Dice Flowchart]
*https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1YFqao39Nhf7jGdvhiJHowkMq-ul9FKrUHhW-uJruAo0/edit?hl=en&authkey=CIjMsqcI
* [http://www.grumer.org/rpg/smallville/Triggers.pdf Avram's Trigger Cheat Sheet]
*https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1tN6s7kVsp4bPw4uLM1DXCjvkK_1z8qEQH5nnd8N2xH8/edit?hl=en&authkey=CL7fypAK
* [[Rolling the Dice]] here on the wiki.
*http://cobweb.scarymonsters.net/~corleyj/gaming/cheatsheets/scheat1.pdf
* 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] &mdash; 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

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

Steps

  1. Origin
  2. Youth
  3. Focus
  4. Road
  5. Life-Changing Event
  6. If you're playing a "Rookie" game, skip ahead to Finishing Touches. If you're not stopping at Rookie, keep on going....
  7. Priority
  8. Modus Operandi
  9. Motivation
  10. Identity
  11. Finishing Touches

Cheat Sheets

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
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