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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Amazing Dingo" data-source="post: 1935149" data-attributes="member: 23353">Hey Scribble,I was actually living in Philly not long ago and now live a little outside of the city, but had plans to run a d20 Modern game in Philly.  Unfortunately the PCs decided to go a different direction with the game.  So now I have it sitting off to the side and constantly add things to it whenever I come across them cause I know, sooner or later, I will be using it.The best way I've done research is by traveling around the city.  Philly has a rich history and the city does a half-way decent job of trying to publicize it.  And by that, I mean more then just the Old Town.  Everything from Rittenhouse (along Lincoln Drive) to the docks has areas with plaques and other types of historical write-ups concerning places of interest.The next best thing I do is watch the news.  There are many local news programs here that go into the community (I'm actually watching one right now on NBC) and provide you with all kinds of information concerning the community.  It isn't quite as historical, but provides plenty of good plot ideas that are grounded in reality.The next place is of course the newspaper and local magazines.  The Sunday Philadelphia Inquirer has good amounts of information just ripe for RPing.  The Philadelphia Magazine is also decent, but I do find I don't get as much out of there as I'd orignally believed I would.The other thing I do is make it a point to go to the Barnes & Nobles and other bookstores and find a seat nearby their Local Section.  Some of the best things I've found is information on Hauntings in the area.  Everything from jails to old military posts that are full of history.  I've also come across one or two local from the 19th century who headed up small local cults for a variety of reasons.  All this was originally located the bookstore, though I did get some follow-up info in the Philadephia Public Library Main Branch and the Internet.I think research is key for me since I love to ground my adventures in realism, especially in Modern d20.  I've even clipped newspaper articles out of papers for later use and Philadelphia is *full* of weird things (from people stealing the heads out of graveyards twice within a year to several other strange phenomena).Good Luck with everything!  I know that, if I was a PC, I'd find the added realism to add great depth to the game and would find even more enjoyment in it.  If you'd like anything more on anything I mentioned above (names, etc.) just throw me a line.Again, good luck.</blockquote>

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