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== Features == | == Features == | ||
* Bella Blackwater | * [[Bella Blackwater]] | ||
* Prudence Byrne | * [[Prudence Byrne]] | ||
* Nichole Charles | * [[Nichole Charles]] | ||
* Einstein Ellis | * [[Einstein Ellis]] | ||
* Foley Ravenscroft | * [[Foley Ravenscroft]] | ||
== Extras == | == Extras == | ||
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* Brownian Motion | * Brownian Motion | ||
* Einstein's Lab | * Einstein's Lab | ||
* | * McNeil Park | ||
* The Nebraska | * The Nebraska | ||
* Parthenon Books | * Parthenon Books | ||
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# a default to make missing classes more obvious | # a default to make missing classes more obvious | ||
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# LEADS | # LEADS | ||
[Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] {class: lead;} | [Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] {class: lead; flow: right; fill: skyblue; border: navy} | ||
[Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] --> [Laura Jones] | [Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] --> {color: navy} [Laura Jones] | ||
[Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] --> [Sandy Spade] | [Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] --> {color: navy} [Sandy Spade] | ||
[Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] --> [Sophia Byrne] | [Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] --> {color: navy} [Sophia Byrne] | ||
[Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] | [Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] -- works for --> {color: navy} [Electra Ellis] | ||
[Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] -- exercises in --> [ | [Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] -- exercises in --> {color: navy} [McNeil Park] | ||
[Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] -- daughter of --> [Bella Blackwater] | [Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] -- daughter of --> {color: navy} [Bella Blackwater] | ||
[Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] -- lives with --> [Hannah Trahn] | [Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] -- lives with --> {color: navy} [Hannah Trahn] | ||
[Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] -- lives at --> [University Dorm] | [Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] -- lives at --> {color: navy} [University Dorm] | ||
[Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] -- works at --> [Brownian Motion] | [Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] -- works at --> {color: navy} [Brownian Motion] | ||
[Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] -- best friends --> [Foley Ravenscroft] | [Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] -- best friends --> {color: navy} [Foley Ravenscroft] | ||
[Sophia Byrne] {class: lead} | [Sophia Byrne] {class: lead; fill: violet; border: magenta} | ||
[Sophia Byrne] --> [Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] | [Sophia Byrne] --> {color: magenta} [Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] | ||
[Sophia Byrne] --> [Sandy Spade] | [Sophia Byrne] --> {color: magenta} [Sandy Spade] | ||
[Sophia Byrne] --> [Laura Jones] | [Sophia Byrne] --> {color: magenta} [Laura Jones] | ||
[Sophia Byrne] --> [Electra Ellis] | [Sophia Byrne] --> {color: magenta} [Electra Ellis] | ||
[Sophia Byrne] -- granddaughter of --> [Prudence Byrne] | [Sophia Byrne] -- granddaughter of --> {color: magenta} [Prudence Byrne] | ||
[Sophia Byrne] -- dreams of --> [Bella Blackwater] | [Sophia Byrne] -- dreams of --> {color: magenta} [Bella Blackwater] | ||
[Sophia Byrne] -- advises --> [Steve Ross] | [Sophia Byrne] -- advises --> {color: magenta} [Steve Ross] | ||
[Sophia Byrne] -- shops at --> [Parthenon Books] | [Sophia Byrne] -- shops at --> {color: magenta} [Parthenon Books] | ||
[Sophia Byrne] -- lives at --> [The Nebraska] | [Sophia Byrne] -- lives at --> {color: magenta} [The Nebraska] | ||
[Sophia Byrne] -- practices at --> [Schuster Conservatory] | [Sophia Byrne] -- practices at --> {color: magenta} [Schuster Conservatory] | ||
[Sophia Byrne] -- volunteers at --> [Wolfman Hospital] | [Sophia Byrne] -- volunteers at --> {color: magenta} [Wolfman Hospital] | ||
[Electra Ellis] {class: lead} | [Electra Ellis] {class: lead; fill: salmon; border: red} | ||
[Electra Ellis] --> [Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] | [Electra Ellis] --> {color: red} [Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] | ||
[Electra Ellis] --> [Sandy Spade] | [Electra Ellis] --> {color: red} [Sandy Spade] | ||
[Electra Ellis] --> [Sophia Byrne] | [Electra Ellis] --> {color: red} [Sophia Byrne] | ||
[Electra Ellis] --> [Laura Jones] | [Electra Ellis] --> {color: red} [Laura Jones] | ||
[Electra Ellis] -- owns --> [Brownian Motion] | [Electra Ellis] -- owns --> {color: red} [Brownian Motion] | ||
[Electra Ellis] -- daughter of --> [Einstein Ellis] | [Electra Ellis] -- daughter of --> {color: red} [Einstein Ellis] | ||
[Electra Ellis] -- | [Electra Ellis] -- ex-girlfriend of --> {color: red} [Artemis Raine] | ||
[Electra Ellis] -- accepted funding from --> [Prudence Byrne] | [Electra Ellis] -- accepted funding from (now paid) --> {color: red} [Prudence Byrne] | ||
[Electra Ellis] -- used to be friends with --> [Nichole Charles] | [Electra Ellis] -- used to be friends with --> {color: red} [Nichole Charles] | ||
[Electra Ellis] -- grew up | [Electra Ellis] -- grew up in --> {color: red} [Einstein's Lab] | ||
[Laura Jones] {class: lead} | [Laura Jones] {class: lead; fill: greenyellow; border: green} | ||
[Laura Jones] --> [Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] | [Laura Jones] --> {color: green} [Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] | ||
[Laura Jones] --> [Sandy Spade] | [Laura Jones] --> {color: green} [Sandy Spade] | ||
[Laura Jones] --> [Sophia Byrne] | [Laura Jones] --> {color: green} [Sophia Byrne] | ||
[Laura Jones] --> [Electra Ellis] | [Laura Jones] --> {color: green} [Electra Ellis] | ||
[Laura Jones] -- gets coffee from --> [Brownian Motion] | [Laura Jones] -- gets coffee from --> {color: green} [Brownian Motion] | ||
[Laura Jones] -- works in --> [Tor Towers] | [Laura Jones] -- works in --> {color: green} [Tor Towers] | ||
[Laura Jones] -- twin sister --> [Elsinore Jones] | [Laura Jones] -- twin sister --> {color: green} [Elsinore Jones] | ||
[Laura Jones] -- wants --> [Straw Island] | [Laura Jones] -- wants --> {color: green} [Straw Island] | ||
[Laura Jones] -- stores weapons at --> [13 Court Street] | [Laura Jones] -- stores weapons at --> {color: green} [13 Court Street] | ||
[Sandy Spade] {class: lead} | [Sandy Spade] {class: lead; fill: yellow; border: brown} | ||
[Sandy Spade] --> [Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] | [Sandy Spade] --> {color: brown} [Boadicea "Bo" Blackwater] | ||
[Sandy Spade] --> [Sophia Byrne] | [Sandy Spade] --> {color: brown} [Sophia Byrne] | ||
[Sandy Spade] --> [Laura Jones] | [Sandy Spade] --> {color: brown} [Laura Jones] | ||
[Sandy Spade] --> [Electra Ellis] | [Sandy Spade] --> {color: brown} [Electra Ellis] | ||
[Sandy Spade] -- found something on --> [Straw Island] | [Sandy Spade] -- found something on --> {color: brown} [Straw Island] | ||
[Sandy Spade] -- lives at --> [University Dorm] | [Sandy Spade] -- lives at --> {color: brown} [University Dorm] | ||
[Sandy Spade] -- investigating --> [13 Court Street] | [Sandy Spade] -- investigating --> {color: brown} [13 Court Street] | ||
[Sandy Spade] -- has contacts at --> [Wolfman Hospital] | [Sandy Spade] -- has contacts at --> {color: brown} [Wolfman Hospital] | ||
[Sandy Spade] -- roommate of --> [Foley Ravenscroft] | [Sandy Spade] -- roommate of --> {color: brown} [Foley Ravenscroft] | ||
[Sandy Spade] -- works for --> [Nichole Charles] | [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 | # FEATURES | ||
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[Foley Ravenscroft] {class: feature; shape: circle} | [Foley Ravenscroft] {class: feature; shape: circle} | ||
[Foley Ravenscroft] -- cast a spell on / jealous of --> [Electra Ellis] | [Foley Ravenscroft] -- cast a spell on / jealous of --> [Electra Ellis] | ||
[Foley Ravenscroft] -- mediates at --> [ | [Foley Ravenscroft] -- mediates at --> [McNeil Park] | ||
[Foley Ravenscroft] -- went to school with --> [Sophia Byrne] | [Foley Ravenscroft] -- went to school with --> [Sophia Byrne] | ||
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[Steve Ross] {class: extra; shape: circle } | [Steve Ross] {class: extra; shape: circle } | ||
[Steve Ross] -- wants info from --> [Sandy Spade] | [Steve Ross] -- wants info from --> [Sandy Spade] | ||
[Steve Ross] -- tips off --> [Sophia | [Steve Ross] -- tips off --> [Sophia Byrne] | ||
[Steve Ross] -- investigating --> [Einstein Ellis] | [Steve Ross] -- investigating --> [Einstein Ellis] | ||
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[Hannah Trahn] -- drinks in --> [Brownian Motion] | [Hannah Trahn] -- drinks in --> [Brownian Motion] | ||
[Artemis Raine] {class: extra; shape: circle} -- still carries a torch for --> [Electra Einstein] | |||
# LOCATIONS | # LOCATIONS | ||
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[Einstein's Lab] -- contains early inventions of --> [Electra Ellis] | [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] {class: location; shape: diamond } | ||
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[University Dorm] {class: location; shape: diamond } | [University Dorm] {class: location; shape: diamond } | ||
[University Dorm] -- is near --> [ | [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> | </graph> | ||
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* [[Resources]] and [[List of Resources]] | * [[Resources]] and [[List of Resources]] | ||
* [[Statement Ideas]] | * [[Statement Ideas]] | ||
* [[Names]] | * [[Names]] and [[Comic Creator Names]] | ||
* [[Questions]] | * [[Questions]] | ||
* [[Alternative Rules]] and [[New Distinctions]] | * [[Alternative Rules]] and [[New Distinctions]] | ||
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* [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://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. | * [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 12:45, 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.
Syntax error
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